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Amid the burgeoning weight of the present confederacy on the 36 states in Nigeria, groaning under the heavy burden of debts and inability to perform their fiscal responsibilities, the House of Representatives Constitution Review Committee yesterday proposed 31 additional ones to push the states in the country to 67.
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, closed its case defending the September 21 governorship election in Edo State without calling a single witness.
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INEC’s decision to forgo presenting a single witness to defend its role in the Edo governorship election has baffled many. However, the Commission’s silence appears to be a calculated effort to avoid the legal risks associated with perjury—a risk made all too real by recent events. On February 5, 2025, just a day before INEC…
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Ahead of 2026 governorship poll in Osun, a group within state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Thursday, enlisted
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Some members of major political parties in Osun State have reportedly sustained varying degrees of injuries in a violent attack that broke out during a rally in Ilesa town of the state on Wednesday. Supporters of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party and the opposition All Progressives Congress were said to have clashed while campaigning around…
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The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Osun State Chapter, has condemned the recent statement by the National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Senator representing Osun Central, Ajibola Basiru, in which he described the projects executed by Anambra State governor, Chukwuma Soludo, as lacklustre. The state chapter of the party dismissed the…
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In a dramatic turn of events at the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has failed to present any witnesses to defend its declaration of Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the 21 September 2024 election. Despite having requested an…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has sparked controversy after failing to present any witnesses in its defence against allegations of electoral malpractice in the Edo 2024 governorship election. At the ongoing tribunal, INEC’s legal team formally closed its case without calling a single witness, a move that legal experts say could undermine its position.…
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As consultations and permutations for the 2027 governorship election gather momentum, the politics of zoning is unsettling political leaders in Ogun State. The people of Ogun West have not produced a governor since the state’s creation in 1976.
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The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has relocated its meetings from the party’s national secretariat in Abuja for security reasons.
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Against the backdrop of recent communal clashes in some parts of Osun State, the National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ajibola Basiru, yesterday, said that the governor, Ademola Adeleke, had lost grip on security in the state.
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, commenced its defence before the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja by tendering three documents in evidence.
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Popular singer and record label boss, Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, has spoken out in defence of Afrobeats star Ayra Starr after she was criticised for dancing to his new song, Pxy Drip (I’m Back). A video of the Sabi Girl crooner vibing to the track surfaced online on Thursday, sparking mixed…
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Residents of Iguovbiobo in Uhunmwode Local Government Council Area of Edo State, on Friday, cried out for help to the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II over the leadership crisis rocking the rural community. They also expressed dissatisfaction with the leadership of Iguovbiobo in Uhunmwode Local Government Council Area by one Mr. Bright, who has…
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The House of Representatives is in support of President Bola Tinubu's proposal to the National Assembly to increase the 2025 budget proposal from N49.7trillion to N54.2trillion, given prospects of additional revenue from key government agencies. The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, who presided over plenary…
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The Chief Judge of Kogi State, Justice Josiah Majebi, has admonished the state Commissioner of Police, CP Miller Dantawaye, to train his men
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Education experts in the country are divided over the Federal Government's proposal to shift from the old 9-3-4 to 12-4 system.
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested Adam Imam Yusuf, a Deputy Commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Kogi State, over the alleged diversion of more than N3 billion. Yusuf, who was at large until now, was taken into custody from his residence in Gwagwalada,…
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The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, February 6, 2025, arraigned nine Chinese nationals and a company, Genting International Co. Ltd., before Justice C.J. Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. The anti-graft agency gave the names of the defendants as Su Dong Fu, Zheng…
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Amid dangerous weather conditions, authorities have launched a search for a Bering Air Caravan plane with 10 people on board which vanished over Alaska. The aircraft, which was travelling from Unalakleet with nine passengers and one pilot on board, was declared missing after it disappeared from radar and failed to arrive at its destination in…