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Edo 2020: PDP will win convincingly – Wike *Urges Edo electorate to be vigilant, defend their votes.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Campaign Council Chairman, Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the Edo governorship election will be won convincingly by Governor Godwin Obaseki. The PDP National Campaign chairman who is also the Governor of Rivers State made the assertion at the Grand Finale of the …

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Constitution Review: Committee won’t kill any bill, Omo-Agege assures ….. Says we’re not under pressure from external forces

The Deputy President of the Senate and Chairman, Senate Adhoc Committee on Review of the 1999 Constitution, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has assured that the panel would not kill any of the constitution alteration bills before it. He promised that the Senate would recommend all the bills before it for consideration …

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Corruption, insecurity, economic hardship threat to Nigeria’s democracy – Obi

As the world celebrates International Democracy Day, the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has identified corruption, insecurity of lives and property, and economic hardship as the greatest threats to Nigeria’s democracy. Obi, in a message to mark the …

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SERAP sues Lawan, Gbajabiamila over ‘failure to publish details of corruption probes’

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan and Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila over “their failure to publish reports of all completed public hearings and corruption probes by the National Assembly since 1999, and failure to disclose …

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Makinde not spending Oyo’s money on party politics-CPS …says gov running Oyo with ingenuity

….State’s anti-corruption agency to launch soon The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Mr Taiwo Adisa, said on Saturday that the governor is running the state with ingenuity, while also delivering incisive governance in the state. He maintained that contrary to insinuations that the governor has …

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Edo 2020: Dep Gov’s wife petitions Police, DSS over threat to her life by Oshiomhole

Ahead of the September 19, 2020, Governorship election, Edo State is presently rocking with the weighty allegation that the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, may have perfected plans to kill the wife of Edo State Deputy Governor, Mrs. Maryann Philip-Shaibu. A petition, written by Idemudia Ilueminosen, …

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Edo, Ondo guber polls: Be neutral, citizen-friendly, Police IG charges Mobile Force Commanders

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, has charged Commanders of the 79 Police Mobile Force (PMF) Squadrons spread across the nation to exhibit high-level professionalism, neutrality and embrace a citizen-friendly approach in policing the forthcoming Gubernatorial elections in Edo and Ondo states on September 19 and October 10, 2020 …

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Lawmakers didn’t receive palliative from NDDC – Senate spokesman …challenges Ojuogboh to provide evidence …demands immediate retraction, apology

The Senate has challenged the Executive Director (Projects) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Cairo Ojuogboh, to provide evidence to back up his claim that members of the National Assembly were beneficiaries of COVID-19 palliatives from the Commission. Ojougboh in an interview with a national daily had accused the …

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