Edo State Governor and the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming gubernatorial election, Godwin Obaseki, has called on voters in the state to come out en masse on September 19, 2020, to cast their votes for the PDP in order to sustain the developmental strides of his administration, noting that power […]
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Three members in the board of Edo State Oil and Gas Producing Area Development Commission on Monday resigned their appointments, citing political and personal reasons. The members are: Osamwonyi Atu, Emmanuel Odigie, and Rilwanu Oshiomhole, representing Edo-South, Edo-Central, and Edo-North respectively in the board of the commission. In their separate resignation letters dated July 27, […]
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It has been 14 years now when a terrible dark cloud fell upon the Lagosian entity and upon all lovers of freedom. It was really a very sad day on that horrific July 27, 2006 as the blood soaked body of Engineer Funsho Williams was discovered in his Dolphin residence in Ikoyi. Funsho Williams, the […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party has described the clash between its supporters and those of All Progressives Congress at the gate of the Oba of Benin’s palace on Saturday as an orchestrated attempt by the APC to cause bodily harm and possibly eliminate PDP national leadership, including visiting governors, that were guests of the monarch. The […]
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Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have paid tributes to a former Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Strategy and Security, Tunde Braimoh. During a valedictory session in his honour on Monday, the lawmakers lauded the contributions of the deceased to the Kosofe Constituency II, which he represented, and the Assembly. The […]
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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has congratulated former governor of the old Western State and later Oyo State, retired General David Jemibewon on the occasion of his 80 years birthday celebration. Sanwo-Olu, in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary Mr. Gboyega Akosile described the former Minister of Police Affairs as an epitome […]
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The aftermath of the defection of Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State from the ruling All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party, has also seen 106 members of the Action Democratic Party have also defecting to PDP. The ADP defectors are from Egor, Ovia South West, and Ovia North East Local Government Areas […]
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Published on 12.04.2019 at 17h54 by AFP Sudan’s UN envoy said Friday that a two-year transition period to civilian rule announced by the military council that seized power in the country could be shortened as protesters kept up their demands for change. Addressing the UN Security Council, Sudan’s charge d’affaires Yasir Abdelsalam offered assurances that […]
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Published on 12.04.2019 at 17h54 by AFP Widening differences over economic policy among euro area countries are “unsustainable” and could undermine the currency union itself, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Friday. “There isn’t enough solidarity in the eurozone,” Le Maire told reporters on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank […]
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In a rush to beat the 21 days deadline provided by the Electoral Act, lawyers to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Monday evening, stormed the tribunal to lodge a petition against President Muhammadu Buhari. The Independent National Electoral Commission had on February 27, declared President Buhari who […]
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MORE results of Saturday’s governorship elections were released, Monday, with Governors Ben Ayade of Cross River, Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna, Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina, Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi, Abubakar Bello of Niger, and Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa handed re-election mandates. Of the lot, only Ayade won on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, […]
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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Saturday lamented the low turnout of voters in the Governorship and State Assembly polls, blaming it on irregularities observed in the presidential election. The defeated presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) made the observation while speaking with reporters in Yola shortly after casting his vote at the […]
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