POLITICS

…as Senate refers his external loan request to committee The Nigerian Senate, Tuesday, received a formal request from President Muhammadu Buhari to confirm the nominations of Members of the Board of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority. The President in a letter to the upper chamber also sought …

BENIN CITY – Edo State Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Comr. Philip Shaibu has linked the spate of insecurity and banditry being witnessed in the country to refusal of politicians to speak the truth, urging them to be bold and speak truth to power irrespective of their political affiliations so as …

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu has tasked the new Residents Electoral Commissioners (RECs) to take their appointments as call to service in ensuring free, fair and credible elections to deepen the nation’s democracy. The chairman made known at the headquarters of the Commission during the swearing …

The National Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has resolved the seeming crisis that rocked the Rivers State Council of NUJ after their election was stalemated. Today, Thursday 9th September, 2021, a Caretaker Committee of the Council was inaugurated to pilot the affairs of the Council pending when …

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has expressed optimism that the country will overcome its present security challenges, but called on Nigerians to join hands with the government in the fight against insecurity. Obaseki stated this while addressing the Nigerian Ambassador to the Republic of Benin and former Chief …

The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday, commenced its e-registration exercise for membership drive, with a target to register one million members for the party in the state. Speaking at the flag-off of the nationwide exercise, at the state party secretariat in Benin City, Chairman …

Benin – Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Monday expressed faith in the unity of the country dispelling insinuations in some quarters that the country is due for a split. “Nigeria has come to stay,’’ Obaseki said as he received visiting Nigeria’s Ambassador to Republic of Benin, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, …

The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will on Monday, September 06, 2021, officially commence the electronic registration of old and prospective party members in Edo State. The State Chairman of the e-registration committee, Alhaji Kabiru Adjoto, in a statement, said the exercise is in line with …

BENIN CITY – The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commenced the training of its officials to ensure seamless electronic registration exercise of new and old party members ahead of the launch of the exercise across the state. Chief of Staff to Edo State Governor, Hon. …

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki and his counterparts in Oyo and Abia States, Engr. Seyi Makinde and Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, respectively, on Tuesday, flagged off the e-registration and Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise in Anambra State, ahead of the November 6, 2021 date for the state’s gubernatorial poll. …