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…Says Obaseki planted moles on LP’s House of Assembly tickets Leadership of Edo State Labour Party (LP) has released the list of authentic candidates for next Saturday March 11, 2023, House of Assembly elections in the State and berated Governor Godwin Obaseki for allegedly peddling fake news of alliance with the PDP. According to the party, its authentic candidates are: Dr …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Tuesday, visited major markets in the Benin metropolis where he alerted the traders of the threat by opposition party to impeach him if the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) loses the house. “They say they will impeach me when they come into the House,” Obaseki alerted the traders, who pledged their support for the …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City, Nigeria – Ahead of next Saturday House of Assembly poll in Edo State, residents have expressed concerns over mounting insecurity and voter apathy. The concerns mostly stem from the killings and criminal destruction of ballot materials in parts of the state during the February 25 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections. At least, two persons …

By Eben Enasco Ahead of the States House of Assembly elections in Nigeria, Civil Society Organizations, CSOs are calling on electorate to elect those who are proficient in making laws that will promote economic prosperity in the Country. This was the outcome of a press conference held Tuesday, in Benin City, Edo State Capital, where the organizers also called on …

Antony J. Blinken, the United States Secretary of State, today poured encomiums on Ned Price who will step down this month as the State Department’s Spokesperson to serve in another capacity and directly work with him. In a press statement made available to Alltimepost.com, Blinken commended Price for his performance with extraordinary professionalism and integrity, saying: “On behalf of the …

A meeting with the President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is being contemplated by some high-profile members of the National Assembly made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives, Vanguard learnt yesterday. The agenda of the meeting is the constitution of the leadership of the national parliament which principally falls on the presiding officers of both chambers. Recall that …

The race to Delta State Government House in Asaba has taken a new twist as the Obidient movement has denounced any pact with the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the March 11 governorship election, Ovie Omo-Agege. Some followers of Obidient Movement in Delta State had pledged to support Omo-Agege, saying that he possesses the character of …

The Independent National Electoral Commission has released the full list of members-elect of the 10th Senate. The National Assembly elections were held last Saturday, February 25, 2023, alongside the presidential election. A new set of members, however, with returning familiar faces, will sit in the legislative arm of government making up the Red and Green chambers. In the recently released …

He noted that a total of N869 billion ($1.88 billion) will be required for the census including post census activities; N626 billion ($1.36 billion) for census at $6 per capita and N243 billion ($527 million) for post-census activities up to 2025. 17 years after the last national census (2006), Nigeria is set to conduct a green census. The counting exercise …

The President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, approached the Court of Appeal in Abuja, praying it to order the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to grant him access to sensitive materials it used for the presidential election he won. Tinubu, through his lawyer, Mr Akintola Makinde, said he would need to inspect, scan and make photocopies of some of the electoral …