Politics

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that before Nigerians demand to see the changes he promised them during the 2015 election, they must first change their own attitude by shunning corruption and other social vices. He adds that change is not about economic or social progress, but it is in terms of citizens’ personal …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday dispelled rumours of postponement of the Sept. 10 governorship election in Edo. Mr Solomon Soyebi, INEC National Commissioner in-charge of Voter Education and Publicity, said during a press conference held at INEC’s office in Benin, that “the governorship election will go ahead …

Members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Thursday, said that it will not succumb to the act of intimidation, harassment and an attempt to silence them by the Department of State Services, DSS, with the list of 38 alleged members both in Nigeria and the Diaspora, it released as …

The National Youth Service Corps has called for adequate security measures to be put in place for the protection of corps members who will participate in the Edo governorship election, scheduled for Saturday. The Director-General, NYSC, Brig.-Gen. Sule Kazaure, made the call when he paid courtesy visits to various security …

Mr Anselm Ojezua, Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo, said President Muhammadu Buhari would lead the party members to Benin on Tuesday for the governorship campaigns finale.  Ojezua disclosed this while speaking with journalists in Benin on Monday and said  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and all APC governors …

A group, the GET INVOLVED CAMPAIGN,  has raised an alarm over plans by the security agencies to scuttle the upcoming Ego State gubernatorial elections coming up this weekend. In a statement released, it said: “We wish to alert the nation of a very dangerous dimension in the impending Edo state …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman in Ondo State, Chief Isaac Kekemeke, says the party will not manipulate the process of the Aug. 27 governorship primary in the state. Kekemeke said in Akure on Tuesday that the electoral process would be “free and fair.’’ 23 governorship aspirants will participate in …

A federal judge has ruled that Democrat Hillary Clinton must respond in writing in a lawsuit over her use of a private e-mail server while she was secretary of state. In a two-page ruling issued on Friday, Judge Emmet Sullivan declined to order Clinton to testify in person in a …

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has voided the judgment that sacked Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State from office. The court, in a unanimous decision, a five-man panel of Justices of the appellate court, vacated the June 27 verdict of Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court …

An Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti on Thursday declined to grant an ex-parte order sought by the Ekiti state government to restrain EFCC from investigating the finances of the state. Justice Cornelius Akintayo refused to grant the order on the grounds that all the defendants in the case …