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Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have declared the just-concluded Edo governorship election as a rape of democracy. Also, the PDP governors said: “We are still examining the documents in Ondo elections where the APC manipulated results after openly buying votes.” These were part of the resolutions reached by the PDP Governors Forum, PDP-GF, at an extra-ordinary …

CNN — President-elect Donald Trump is still putting together his Cabinet for his second term, and many other government positions will open up when he takes the oath of office in January. But there’s a growing expectation that he will quickly make at least one new vacancy by firing FBI Director Christopher Wray. There would be some circularity in that particular personnel move since …

President Bola Tinubu has sent a letter to the Senate seeking confirmation of Lieutenant General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede’s appointment as the substantive Chief of Army Staff. This was disclosed on Friday in a statement issued by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy). According to the statement, the president is seeking Oluyede’s confirmation in accordance with the provision …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called on JBS S.A, one of the top three largest meat processing companies globally, to consider investment in Nigeria’s livestock sector, saying there’s hunger in Nigeria at the moment. Tinubu said this on Thursday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the signing of a Letter of Intent between the Nigerian Government and the JBS S.A. …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has labeled corruption a “great monster” hindering Nigeria’s progress, emphasizing the urgent need to eradicate it for the country to thrive. Obasanjo made this assertion during a memorial service held at the Methodist Church Nigeria, Diocese of Agodi, in Ibadan, Oyo State, to honor the late Justice Olayinka Ayoola (retd.), former Chairman of the Independent Corrupt …

Russia has a stock of powerful new missiles “ready to be used”, President Vladimir Putin has said, a day after his country fired a new ballistic missile at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. In an unscheduled TV address, the Russian leader said the Oreshnik missile could not be intercepted and promised to carry out more tests, including in “combat conditions”. …

A Federal High Court sitting in Benin City, presided over by Hon. Justice B.O. Quadri, has ordered the issuance of a bench warrant and directed sureties to show cause for the absence in court of Jessica Iguodala Oghomwen and Akpes Omorodion. The people referenced here are first and second defendants respectively in the ongoing case involving the alleged suicide of …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Thugs allegedly led by members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) invaded the State Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benin City, Thursday. The attackers destroyed key properties within the building, including doors, windows and office equipment, carting away valuables worth millions of naira. It was reported that the thugs, who reportedly ransacked the PDP …

The House of Representatives has rejected a bill recommending a single term of six years for the Offices of the President, State Governors and Local Government Areas Chairmen by amending the 1999 constitution. The proposed bill, which seeks to alter Sections 76, 116, 132, 136, and some others of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), was sponsored by Rep Ikenga Ugochinyere …

The Senate on Thursday approved President Bola Tinubu’s loan request of $2.2 billion to partially finance the ₦9.7 trillion budget deficit for the 2024 fiscal year. The approval followed the presentation of a report by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, Aliyu Wamakko, during plenary. Presiding over the session, Deputy Senate President Jibrin Barau commended the committee …