THE Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC) has again shifted the local government election for the State to January 18, 2025. Dr Joseph Aremo, ODIEC Chairman, made the announcement during a stakeholders’ meeting held at the commission’s headquarters in Akure. The election, which was earlier scheduled to be conducted on …
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THE Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has reaffirmed Dr. Asue Ighodalo’s nomination as the Governorship Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State. In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Musali JCA in the suit marked CA/ABJ/CV/764/2024, the court ruled that the delegates who sought to nullify …
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FORMER Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday, August 26, decried the level of poverty experienced across the African continent. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the FESTAC Africa Festival at the Jomo Kenyatta Stadium in Kisumu, Kenya, the former president said that the widespread poverty in Africa is man-made and …
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AS the Edo State governorship election slated for September 21, 2024, draws nearer, the Asue-Ogie Campaign Management Council on Sunday called on the people of the state not to mortgage their future by voting for an incompetent candidate. Newsextra24 reports that the council made the call at a press conference in …
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By Osagie Imasogie THE question before every lip of Edo State citizen is how deeply has the candidacy of Senator Monday Okpebholo negatively affected the fabric of Edo State compared to the euphoria that greated all and sundry, especially the youth, of the emergence of Dr Asue Ighodalo as the …
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THE Supreme Court has affirmed the re-election of Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma in the November 11, 2023, governorship election in the state. A five-member panel of the Supreme Court in a judgement delivered by Justice Mohammed Idris on Friday, August 23, 2024, dismissed the appeal filed by the Peoples …
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Oshiomhole Calls Out Bloodthirsty Opposition at Egor Rally, Demands Justice for Fallen Police Inspector In a passionate address at a rally in Egor Local Government Area, Benin City, former Governor and APC Chieftain, Adams Oshiomhole, openly condemned the opposition for their alleged involvement in the tragic killing of a police …
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Gov. Alex Otti of Abia has called for the adoption of the economic model of late Chief Michael Okpara, the first Republic Minister of Agriculture to promote development and create enough employment opportunities for the jobless youths. Otti made the call at the 2024 Michael Okpara Leadership Lecture and Award …
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THE Federal Government has entered into partnership with Shelter Afrique Development (ShafDB) to deliver 5000 housing units as part of effort to provide housing for Nigerians. The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, made this known while briefing on the achievements of the ministry within one year in …
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Dr Bello Matawalle, the Minister of State for Defence, has urged the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen, Christopher Musa to fish out the killers of Alhaji Isa Bawa, the District Head of Gatawa in Sokoto State. Matawalle gave the charge in a statement on Friday in Abuja, by Mr Henshaw …
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