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WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly two-thirds of Democrats say President Joe Biden should withdraw from the presidential race and let his party nominate a different candidate, according to a new poll, sharply undercutting his post-debate claim that “average Democrats” are still with him even if some “big names” are turning on him. The new survey by the AP-NORC Center for Public …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced on Wednesday, July 17, that the accreditation granted to election observers for the Edo and Ondo governorship elections is not guaranteed and can be revoked at any time. Speaking at a training session for election observers, Sam Olumekun, National Commissioner and Chairman of the Election and Party Monitoring Committee, emphasised that any observer …

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday upheld the nomination of Dr. Asue Ighodalo as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the 2024 Edo State gubernatorial election. The court’s decision, delivered by Justice James Omotosho, came in a judgment on a suit marked CS/469/24. The court dismissed the case filed by Philip Shaibu, who had challenged Ighodalo’s …

The Edo State House of Assembly, led by Blessing Agbebaku, has appealed the judgment by Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja, which overturned the impeachment of ex-eputy governor, Philip Shaibu and reinstated him. The Assembly has also filed for a stay of execution of the judgment pending the appeal’s outcome. The 24-member Edo House of Assembly …

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, in her speech to the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, cheered America’s “incredible ability to self-correct.” Haley, so recently a political rival and fierce critic of former President Donald Trump, might have been talking about herself. On the second night of the convention in Milwaukee, less than 24 hours after a top union leader denounced corporate America in the …

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general said Wednesday it has opened an investigation into the Secret Service’s handling of security for former President Donald Trump on the day a gunman tried to assassinate him at a Pennsylvania rally. In a brief notice posted to the inspector general’s website, the agency said the objective of the probe is to “Evaluate …

The Senator representing Borno North, Senator Mohammed Monguno (APC-Borno), has replaced Senator Ali Ndume representing Borno South (APC-Borno) as the Majority Whip of the Senate. This was contained in a letter to the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, and signed by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, and the National Secretary, Sen. Ajibola …

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has reinstated the impeached Deputy Governor of Edo State, Mr. Philip Shaibu back to office. The court, in the judgment that was delivered by Justice James Omotosho, declared his purported impeachment by the Edo State House of Assembly as illegal, unconstitutional, null, and void. It held that the said impeachment was in gross violation of …

…, asks him to join PDP The National Working Committee, NWC, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has written the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, to ask the Chief Whip, Senator Ali Ndume (APC, Borno South) to resign from the party and join either the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, or any of the opposition party. APC, in the letter, also …

As part of effort in addressing the issues of human and food security in the Northwest Region of Nigeria, the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP), has launched a community livelihood project aimed at core areas, such as agriculture, peacebuilding, and gender inclusion, in Katsina State. WANEP’s National Network Coordinator, Chief Dr. Bridget Osakwe at the launching said, by providing …