Obaseki receives certificate of return

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Godwin Obaseki on Tuesday received his certificate of return from Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Obaseki won the Edo governorship on Saturday. “I received my certificate of return today from INEC Nigeria after the landmark victory in Saturday’s election,” Obaseki said in a Twitter post. “I restate my commitment to […]

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Fuel hike: No going back on strike, protest – NLC

NLC President, Ayuba Wabba during a protest The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has vowed to proceed with its planned strike and protest with effect from September 28 following the failure of the Federal Government to reverse the hike in electricity tariff and fuel price. Rising from its National Executive Council meeting in Abuja a few […]

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Edo election: Lessons for business managers

By Osaro Aigbogun   L-R: Deputy Governor-Elect, Philip Shaibu; Chairman, PDP National Campaign Council for Edo State governorship election/Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike; and Governor-Elect, Godwin Obaseki, at a press conference after the declaration of the PDP as the winner of the governorship election in Benin…on Sunday. Photo: Edo State Government House “If you talk […]

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Court remands suspected political thugs who attacked Akeredolu

The suspected political thugs being taken to Olokuta Prisons By Shefiu Adeyemo An Akure Magistrate Court on Tuesday remanded for one month, seven suspected political thugs who allegedly attacked the campaign train of All Progressives Congress, APC candidate in the October 10 governorship election and Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, on September 19 at Ifon […]

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Edo election: Buhari in closed-door meeting with Buni, Ganduje

The Caretaker Committee Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Mai Mala Buni, on Monday, led the chairman of the party’s governorship election campaign for Edo State, Abdullahi Ganduje, to a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting, said to be a private one, held behind closed doors at the […]

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UN at 75: Buhari calls for equitable representation in security council

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, joined world leaders at a virtual event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the United Nations. Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the UN for the first time convened world leaders in a virtual format for the High-level meetings and the annual General Debate. According to a statement by his […]

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Petrol scarcity looms as NARTO begins strike Tuesday

Union orders tanker drivers to suspend operations nationwide Petrol scarcity may surface across the country as the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners on Monday ordered tanker drivers nationwide to halt operations beginning from Tuesday, September 22, 2020. NARTO gave the directive in Abuja in protest against the Federal Government’s ban on petroleum trucks above […]

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Wild jubilation as Obaseki defeats Ize-Iyamu, APC alleges foul play

PDP candidate scores 307,955, party says we’ve retired godfathers, caged lions Obaseki was busy rigging while raising false alarm, claims beaten opposition party The Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday declared the incumbent Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki,  as the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state. The Returning Officer for the election, […]

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Akeredolu urges Ajasin’s daughter, other aggrieved ex-aspirants to join his team

Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State, Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has told aggrieved aspirants, who are yet to key into his re-election campaign, to do so and not after the October 10 election. He said over 90 per cent of the aspirants that contested at the APC primaries had pledged […]

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Jegede disowns thugs arrested with firearms

Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State, Mr Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, has disowned suspected thugs arrested with firearms at Ifon in Ose Local Government. He was scheduled to stop at Ifon as part of his local government campaign tour. The suspected hoodlums were inside a Toyota Sienna bus branded with Jegede’s […]

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