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Re-elected Governor of Edo state, Comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, yesterday, reiterated that thieves and fraudsters who had corrupted the electoral processes since 1999 were still holding sway at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday commiserated with His Royal Highness, the Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, on the death of his mother, Hajiya Goggo Abubakar. This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja by the Special Adviser to the Preside...
Dr Mohammad Ahmad, Director-General of the National Boundary Commission (NBC), has commended Nigeria and Benin Republic for their efforts at resolving the boundary dispute between them. Ahmad gave the commendation in Abuja on Monday at a Joint Standing...
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) on Monday described the re-election of Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo as victory for the masses and workers. A statement signed by Comrade Peter Esele, TUC President, and Chief John Kolawole, TUC General Secretar...
In the nation’s primitive political space, civilisation suddenly became a work in quantifiable progress some 48 hour ago when the governorship election successfully held in Edo State. In a poll defined by gripping political drama, justifiable fea...
The Special Task Force (STF) maintaining peace in Plateau has said that the evacuation order given to some communities in Barkin Ladi and Riyom local governments is based on `military necessity’. The STF on Saturday ordered the inhabitants of fiv...
Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo on Sunday described President Goodluck Jonahan as a statesman and a man of honour. Oshiomhole, who made the statement at a world press conference in Benin, attributed the peaceful conduct of the governorship election in Edo...
President Goodluck Jonathanon on Sunday congratulated Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo on his re-election in Saturday’s governorship polls. In a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, Jonatha...
The current security breaches in the North have been described as the major threat to the continued implementation of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. Gov. Theodore Orji of Abia State made the remark during a dinner organised in honour o...
The Edo Governor, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, has assured the people of Edo that he would not disappoint them in his second term. Addressing a crowd at Ring Road in Benin on Sunday, Oshiomhole said his victory in the Edo governorship election was an indicatio...
Mr Thomas Okosun, the Edo Chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for not interfering in the just concluded governorship election in the state. Okosun in an interview with newsmen on Sunday in Benin a...
The Minister of Works, Mr Mike Onolememen, has said that it is up to PDP and its candidate in the Edo governorship election to react to the outcome of the contest. ``As an Edo citizen, I have performed my duty in the election by voting’&rsq...
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), South East Zone, has urged Nigerians to live in peace and respect one another. NSCIA in a statement after a meeting with the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) in Abakaliki, condemned the r...
Incumbent governor and candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), in yesterday’s governorship election in Edo state, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has warned that there will be trouble if the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) di...
As the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) works towards the 2015 elections, it has been advised to ignore any political party that does not have the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanism. This was the view of experts at a roundta...