….Advocates INEC Holding All Elections Same-day ….Election of INEC Chairman Rather than Appointment BY ABUBAKAR YUSUF. The Inter Party Advisory Council IPAC is proposing the transfer of local government elections into 774 Councils through the amendment of Electoral Act and the Constitution to the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC going forward. While submitting a 35…
“Hon Abdullahi Mahmud Gaya, Non-Executive Director at the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Agency, has extended warm birthday wishes to Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima on his 58th birthday. In a statement personally signed, Gaya commended the Vice President for his remarkable contributions to both the private and public sectors, earning widespread admiration. Gaya praised Shettima’s leadership,…
Jahziah Coke died after he was attacked on Lovett Avenue in Oldbury, West Midlands A police forensic investigator in white scrubs outside the house, with several other male and female police officers and others behind. Police tape surrounds the house A man in his 40s who was arrested on Monday has also been charged with…
By Osayogie Osata Raphael Sen.Adam Oshiomhole disparaging statements and comments on Mrs Betsy Obaseki were highly sacrilegious and a show of negative public display to womanhood. He needs to apologize not just to her excellency, but also to the entire women of Edo State in general; else he may one day meet its “wits’ end”…
By Kingsley Ohens The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Monday, led the campaign train of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to Uhunmwonde and Orhionmwon Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the State, where they were warmly received by a jubilant crowd of supporters and party members who trooped out in their numbers, rolling out…
By Kingsley Ohens The Amb. Peter Orobor Foundation in conjunction with The Association of Edo Indigenes in Abuja and The Enterprise Development Institute, Abuja, have thrown their weights behind the PDP candidate in Edo State, Barr. Asue Ighodalo and his running mate, Barr. Osarodion Ogie. The groups also presented an award of “Excellent Leadership” to…
By Benjamin Atu As vibrant as John F. Kennedy was in his campaign for American president, Nixon’s attack on Kennedy’s softness was harsh simply because he dozed off. But here comes a candidate in the Edo Governorship election who is perpetually at sleep. Never having a vibrant moment, but always at the lowest ebb. No…
The Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media Projects, Mr. Crusoe Osagie has restated that the candidate of the Labour Party, Olumide Akpata, in the September 21 governorship election cannot peddle falsehoods to attain political power. In a statement, Osagie insisted that Akpata is unprepared for governance and leadership as he remains a…
Spokesperson of the major opposition party in Delta State, the All Progressives Congress, APC, have been told to direct all matters relating to state and national security to the Commander of the Armed Forces, and the office of the National Security Adviser to Mr President. In a swift reaction to a trending story on social…
…..As Obaseki Speaks, abduce reason why Ighodalo should succeed him as Edo Gov By Kingsley Ohens The two Local Government Areas of Uhunmwode and Orhionmwon in Edo South Senatorial District were Agog on Monday as Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, led the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 21 governorship election,…