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…Calls for the sack of Mahmoud Yakubu and the restructuring of INEC Benin City, Edo, Nigeria – Social critic and human rights activist, Comrade Igbotako Nowinta has described the September 21, 2024 Edo State Governorship Election, as a political witch hunting exercise against Governor Godwin Obaseki and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Comrade Nowinta, Executive Director, Nigeria Good Governance Research …

By Williams Adesoji Abuja, Nigeria – A prominent Nigerian social critic and human rights activist, Comrade Igbotako Nowinta, has described the recent statement made by Ayodele Olawande, Minister of State for Youth Development, as “an affront to the collective intelligence of Nigerian masses.” Comrade Nowinta, Executive Director, Nigeria Good Governance Research Centre (NGGRC) who doubles as an international conflict resolution …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room (NCSSR) has commended the conduct of security personnel during Edo governorship election today, describing it as largely professional and free from intimidation. Yunusa Ya’u, the convener of the NCSSR, shared this assessment in an interim statement to journalists in Benin City, on Saturday. Yunusa reported that security agents were present and on …

All progressives Congress (APC’s) candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo has been declared the winner of the just concluded Edo State gubernatorial election which took place on Saturday September 21, 2024. The state returning officer, Prof Furuk Adamu Kuta, Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State declared Senator Okpebhole winner of the highly contested gubernatorial race, having polled a …

Edo State ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been declared the winner of Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area having secured 26,382 in the just concluded gubernatorial election which took place on Saturday September 21, 2024 in the heartbeat of the nation. However, this victory is not enough to see the party’s candidate, Dr. Asue Ighodalo through to the coveted seat at …

Beirut, Lebanon – An Israeli airstrike reduces a nine-story apartment building in Beirut’s southern suburb to a large mound of rubble. A man covered in dust flails lifelessly in the arms of a rescuer. A corpse in a body bag is whizzed past parked ambulances on the back of a quad bike. Suspicion pierces through the catastrophic aftermath of the attack. Plainclothes …

LANSING, Mich. — Republican activists in swing states say they have seen little sign of the teams tasked with knocking on doors and turning out infrequent voters on behalf of Donald Trump, raising concerns about the party’s presidential nominee relying on outside groups for an important part of his campaign operations. Trump and the Republican National Committee he controls opted to …

LANSING, Mich. — Republican activists in swing states say they have seen little sign of the teams tasked with knocking on doors and turning out infrequent voters on behalf of Donald Trump, raising concerns about the party’s presidential nominee relying on outside groups for an important part of his campaign operations. Trump and the Republican National Committee he controls opted to …

NAHARIYA, Israel — Hezbollah fired over 100 rockets early Sunday across northern Israel, with some landing near the city of Haifa, as Israel launched hundreds of strikes on Lebanon. A Hezbollah leader declared an “open-ended battle” was underway as both sides appeared to be spiraling closer toward all-out war. The overnight rocket barrage was in response to Israeli attacks in …

According to him, PDP agents were denied access to the collation centre, adding that this election might go down as the worst in the country. He said, “From our perspective, the way these elections are going, they’re probably going to be the worst elections in the history of this country. “We have information for instance, where we have over 20 polling …