POLITICS

According to Ahmad Lawan, the President of the Senate, the ninth senate is committed to giving Nigerians reason to trust in its leadership especially in the delivery of the dividends of democracy. As soon as the senate returned from its Christmas recess, the senates swing into action immediately with the …

The Edo State Government has called on all relevant security agencies to place the former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu and other members of the Edo Peoples Movement (EPM) under close surveillance in order to put an end to the sudden rise in the …

BENIN CITY – The Edo State Government has applauded the reconstitution of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Reconciliation Committee, expressing confidence that the committee will deliver on its mandate to restore peace and unity in the party. In a statement, Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq., said …

With barely a week to the February 13 adjourned date for the criminal trial of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidate in the 2016 governorship election in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, and four others bordering on a N700 million election-related fraud case, details have emerged that resort to technicalities …

Abuja – The House of Representatives which was presided over by the Speaker, Rt., Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila had rejected in totality the call seeking for the Nigerian government to evacuate stranded Nigerians in China, following the Coronavirus outbreak and the need to quarantine them here in Nigeria. The motion which …

The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Uhunmwonde Local Government Area of Edo State has passed a vote of implicit confidence on Hon. Charles Idahosa for his good leadership style towards the development of the council. This was contained in a communique issued at the end of an …

ABUJA – House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee on Unspent Budget Funds had insisted that the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund NSITF must be probe, despite disagreement with the agency who said that the invitation to it to appear before the Committee was wrong as it is not funded by government. …

BENIN CITY – The Edo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the activities of the suspended National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and his co-dissidents in the proscribed Edo Peoples Movement (EPM) are causing violence and crisis in the state. In a statement, the …

BENIN CITY – Leaders of All Progressives Congress, APC at all levels including the ward and Local Government Executives have been assured that nobody has the power to delist them from the party register. The assurance was given by no other person than the Edo State Deputy Governor, Rt Hon …

A civil society group, Concerned Citizens of Edo State (CCES) and the Market Women Association in Edo State have condemned the resort to violence by politicians in the state, stressing that no one’s political ambition should put the people in harms way. The groups, in separate statements, in Benin City, …