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Lawyers and political activists have shot down the plan by 60 Members of the House of Representatives to change the nation’s Presidential system of governance to a Parliamentary system, saying Nigeria requires a new constitution and restructuring of the country. They said nothing significant would come out of the adventure by the lawmakers, who seem to be playing a game. …

One of the aspirants in the recently concluded All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary in Edo state, Honourable Dennis Idahosa, has rejected the outcome of the process that produced Senator Monday Okpebholo. Idahosa came second in the primary conducted by Cross Rivers State Governor, Bassey Otu. Speaking with journalists at the party national secretariat on Saturday, Idahosa who has filed a …

The three major political parties in Nigeria, the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the Labour Party (LP), have all got their candidates ahead of the September 21, governorship in Edo state. Here are the APC, PDP, and LP candidates for Edo 2024 election Senator Monday Okpebholo (APC) Senator Monday Okpebholo (Edo Central) was on Friday, February …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has released the 2023 General Elections Report. The commission disclosed this in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, in Abuja on Friday. Olumekun said the election report was reviewed and approved for publication at the commission’s weekly meeting held on Thursday He said the publication …

The immediate past national chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, has emerged as the governorship candidate of the Labour Party for the September governorship election in Edo. Akpata, who was a senior partner and the Head of the Corporate and Commercial Practice Group at Templars law firm in Nigeria until his resignation on 31 August 2023, won the …

The APC had replaced the Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma as the chairman of the Edo State Primary Election Committee. Senator Monday Okpebholo has been declared the winner of the Edo State All Progressives Congress governorship primary election. Okpebholo defeated 11 other aspirants to win the re-run election. The APC had replaced the Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma as the …

Youths under the platforms of Nigeria Civil Society Forum (NCSF) trooped out en mass in Abuja for a solidarity rally in support of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his administration. The placard-carrying youths converged on the Unity Fountain at the Business District Centre of the Federal Capital City as early as 9 am adorned in white T-shirts and Fez-caps with the bold …

The INEC report said the “HTTP error” its server returned during the presidential election was because of a configuration bug which was discovered after the presiding officers at the polling units could only upload the results of the National Assembly elections. Nigeria’s electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has finally explained why the result viewing portal (IReV) failed …

“So, if the senate president, who is the number three citizen in this country, could be quoting an unverified report, people are looking at us as leaders. This is the period that we are supposed to give confidence to our people. It is not the period to start playing politics or to start looking for scapegoats,” Mr Makinde said. The …

The collation of results of Edo All Progressives Congress’ (APC’s) governorship direct primary election on in the 192 wards across the 18 local government areas is about to commence on Friday morning. Lushville Hotel and Suites, Gapiona Avenue, Government Reservation Area (GRA), Benin, the state capital, is still the collation centre. Cross River Governor Bassey Otu, who is the Chairman of Edo …