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President Muhammadu Buhari has waded into the crisis rocking the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress over next year’s governorship election. Some members of the APC under the auspices of the Edo Peoples Movement (EPM) have vowed to stop Governor Obaseki from securing the party’s ticket to run …

A new twist has been added to the race for the office of the Deputy Senate President of the ninth Senate with Saturday’s endorsement of Delta senator, Ovie Omo-Agege for the plum job, by the All Progressives Congress APC in the South South zone. The Zonal Working Committee which said …

No fewer than five operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Rivers State Police Command have been arrested for allegedly torturing a radio broadcaster with Nigeria Info, Port Harcourt, Mr Kofi Bartels. Bartels had suffered a swollen knee after he was hit several times by the policemen in Mgbuoba, Obio/Akpor Local …

Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr, led no fewer than 25 players in the team’’ camp in Asaba to the 2nd Stephen Keshi Memorial Lecture held in the Delta capital on Friday. Keshi died in June 2017 and the memorial lecture was instituted by the National Association of Nigeria Professional Footballers. …

Nigerian lawmaker Senator Godswill Akpabio Thursday apologised to members of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for leaving the party months before the 2019 general elections. “I apologize to my colleagues in the PDP for the manner I left,” Akpabio said at the 8th Senate valedictory session in Abuja. “I …

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has lamented that the Ogoni cleanup contract has been corrupted as political patronage for politicians to enrich themselves at the detriment of the poor-impacted victims of the oil and gas pollution. The ERA/FoEN also noted that the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project …

Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson has said he would lead the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), with the support of leaders in the state, towards ensuring that the baton of leadership is handed over to another PDP governor. Governor Dickson stated this at a PDP stakeholders’ meeting in Yenagoa. A statement …

Francis Atanomeyovwi, former National Treasurer of the Urhobo Progress Union has warned those planning protest against Senator Ovie Omo-Agege’s Deputy Senate President’s bid to drop their ‘evil agenda’ in their own interest, noting that taking such protest to Abuja may be a dangerous misadventure that will yield no benefits. Addressing …

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has disclosed that the State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board was dissolved because of division and the illegal sale of pilgrimage slots. Wike, however, assured Muslims in the state that his administration would continue to carry all groups along, irrespective of their religious and ethnic background. …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caucus in the House of Representatives has urged its members to vote for speaker of their choice among the All Progressives Congress (APC) contenders. Its leader, Leo Ogor, in a statement, said the members could proceed to the meetings, campaigns, strategy sessions and other activities …