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  Shehu Garba, spokesperson of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said his principal has received “convincing” advice that Victor Giadom is legally the Acting National Chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC). “The President has received very convincing advice on the position of the law as far as the situation in the party […]

There was palpable sense of relief and anxiety in the Edo capital, Benin City yesterday after an Edo State High Court, sitting in Ekpoma, issued a ruling restraining the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from excluding incumbent Governor Godwin Obaseki from participating in the PDP governorship primary scheduled for […]

If there is one lesson that Covid-19 has taught the world; whether it is sacrificing time with family or donating time and resources or simply following social distancing guidelines to stay home, the deadly coronavirus pandemic has shown that we are all inextricably connected because of our common humanity. We therefore owe each other a […]

Notwithstanding the fact that Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo, yesterday tendered his country’s apology to President Muhammadu Buhari over the demolition of a building in the premises of the Nigerian High Commission in Accra, Ghana, the House of Representatives described the demolition of building as a direct attack on Nigeria’s sovereignty, calling for appropriate reciprocity.   […]

Mr. Victor Giadom, member of the National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress and a factional chairman of the party,  has summoned a virtual meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC).   The NEC meeting was announced in a press statement issued on Tuesday.    According to Mr. Giadom, the virtual meeting which is […]

Nigeria on Sunday recorded 436 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 20,244. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this through its official Twitter handle.   The NCDC said that the 436 new confirmed cases were recorded in 19 states with 12 deaths. The health agency […]

The House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs has condemned the demolishing of Nigerian Embassy staff quarters in Accra. The House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs says Ghana must face the consequences of its actions and in actions as a bulldozer invaded and demolished Nigerian Embassy staff quarters in Accra.   In a statement […]

The Consulate General of Nigeria in New York has disclosed that the second batch of Nigerians to be evacuated from United States will pay $1,250 which is equivalent to N562,500 for Economy class and $2,800, which is equivalent to N1,126,000 for Business Class.   The consulate, in a statement issued Saturday, revealed that the prospective […]

As the political calculus continues to shift and recalibrate in Edo state, following the defection of Governor Godwin Obaseki from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), no fewer than 10,000 members of the APC in Igueben LGA, on Saturday defected to the PDP to join Obaseki and his deputy, […]

Tension mounted in the Ondo state capital over the weekend after a team of policemen, led by the state Commissioner of Police, Bolaji Salami, prevented the state deputy governor, Agboola Ajayi, from leaving government house after he resigned his membership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and defected to the main opposition Peoples Democratic […]

Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has emerged as the winner of the party`s direct primary conducted on Monday. Governor Hope Uzodinma, Chairman of the Edo State APC Primary Election Committee declared Ize-Iyamu winner of the election after collating the results turned in by the returning officers in the 18 local government areas of the state.   According […]

The Director-General, Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF), Salihu Lukman, says that despite the current crisis rocking the All Progressive Congress (APC), there is no division among the governors.   Lukman, in a statement in Abuja on Monday, dismissed a report, which claimed the crisis had divided the governors, as false.   According to him, there is […]