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…Nigeria wins UN praise as global body commend improved humanitarian The Presidency has disclosed how President Muhammadu Buhari asked Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo to coordinate efforts to resolve a nagging problem faced by international agencies and NGOs in reaching remote areas in the troubled North-East with vital food supplies. A statement signed by Presidential Spokesman Femi Adesina disclosed that ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday presented certificate of return to Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, and his deputy, Phillip Shaibu. The National Commissioner, INEC in charge of Edo, Rivers, and Bayelsa, Mrs. May Agbmuche-Mbu made the presentation on Tuesday at the INEC office in Aduwawa, Benin City, the Edo State capital.   Agbmuche-Mbu commended stakeholders particularly the ...

  Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has suspended the management of the State Internal Revenue Service with immediate effect. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Onogwu Muhammed, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Lokoja, NAN reports. According to the statement, the suspension was due to alleged violation of corporate governance in the service which was ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Godwin Obaseki, winner of the governorship election in Edo State. INEC’s Returning Officer, Prof. Akpofure Rim-Rukeh, announced the total result of the election. He said APC polled 223,619 votes, while PDP got 307,955 votes. SEE DECLARED RESULTS 1) Igueben LGA PDP 7,870 APC 5,199 Total 13170 ...

Godwin Obaseki, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is leading Osagie Ize-Iyamu, his All Progressives Congress (APC) rival, in the Edo governorship election. According to the results that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced so far, the PDP candidate is leading with over 13,000 votes. As of 12:45am on Sunday, the commission had declared results in three local ...

Confirmed information reaching us revealed that voting has officially ended in the ongoing Edo State 2020 gubernatorial election. Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), won the election in his polling unit. Ize-Iyamu voted at his PU 26, Ward 5, Iguododo, Orhionmwon Local Government Area, on Saturday morning. The result of the unit was announced by the presiding ...

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved the full reopening of worship centres in the state. He said this during a briefing in Lagos on Saturday. The governor said mosques can hold their prayers five times daily while churches can also commence weekly services. Details later…

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has won his polling unit in the ongoing governorship election in the state. Voting at Polling Unit 19, Ward 4, Oredo Local Government Area, Obaseki polled 184 votes while All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, got 62 votes. In Unit 21 of the same ward, the PDP garnered 53 votes while the APC ...

There is currently tension at polling unit 19, ward 04, Oredo local government area of Edo, where Godwin Obaseki, governor of the state, is expected to vote. Supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) attacked each other shortly after the governor arrived at his polling unit. Obaseki, candidate of the PDP, is up against ...

  The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, has raised the alarm over the harassment of governors of the party in Benin, Edo State by the police. He said information available to the party indicated that the party’s governors were being harassed at the West End Hotel, Benin City where they are currently staying. Secondus said this ...