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The two chambers of the National Assembly would attend to some pressing national issues upon resumption from annual vacation today. Attention of the lawmakers upon resumption will, among others, focus on further work on the ongoing constitution review process. The federal legislators, according to THISDAY checks, will embark on steps to ensure that the local government councils in the country …

•Expert says Nigeria is emerging global key player •Depot owners commence lifting …As Rights Group accuses marketers of price manipulation Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, has said the take-off of Nigeria’s Dangote refinery in Nigeria and Dos Bocas refinery in Mexico would affect plants in the United States of America, USA, and Europe. Hitherto, the two countries in addition …

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has called on Edo people and supporters to maintain calm and shun violence and destruction of property despite provocation from the conduct of last Saturday governorship election which he alleged was rigged against Asue Ighodalo, the Peoples Democratic Party candidate. Obaseki made the appeal in Benin today, following the declaration of Senator Monday Okpebholo …

Asue Ighodalo, Edo State People Democratic Party’s Candidate in the just concluded gubernatorial election on Saturday September 21, 2024 has alleged that those who don’t mean well for Edo and its people stole his mandate to be governor of the state. Ighodalo made the allegation on Monday following the declaration of his opponent, Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives …

…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 …