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Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday dismissed a suit seeking the removal of Abdullahi Ganduje as National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The judge delivered the verdict in a lawsuit filed by the North-Central APC Forum led by Saleh Zazzaga. The forum in the suit noted: FHC/ABJ/CS/599/2024 changed the appointment of Ganduje as …

  A former governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Ernest Afolabi Umakhihe, has expressed absolute confidence in the election of Senator Monday Okpebholo and Honourable Dennis Idahosa as governors-elect and deputy governors-elect of Edo State. Senator Monday Okpebholo [aka Akpakomiza] Umakhihe, former Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, described the election of Senator Okpebholo …

A Civil Society group, Yiaga Africa, on Monday, expressed disappointment over the conduct of last weekend’s governorship election in Edo State. The National Electoral Commission (KPU) on Sunday night declared the APC candidate as the winner of the election, beating his People’s Democratic Party (PD) rival, Asue Ighodalo. Okpebholo, 54, won 291,667 votes, beating Ighodalo who won 247,274 votes in …

Edo State Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu has taken a swipe at Governor Godwin Obaseki following the results of the recent governorship election. Shaibu said he felt vindicated after Obaseki lost his local government area to the All Progressives Congress (APC), stressing that he bore no grudge against the ousted governor. In an interview with Arise TV on Monday, Shaibu commented …

APC Condemns Obaseki’s Siege of INEC Headquarters – Edo People Must Defend Democracy Against Tyranny Press release The All Progressives Congress (APC) wishes to alert the public to the disturbing actions of Governor Godwin Obaseki and his puppet godson, Asue Ighodalo, who have launched an aggressive siege on the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Their objective? To …

Military personnel from the Nigerian Army Barracks 3 Battalion in Effurun, Delta State, have arrested over 100 youths suspected of carrying out internet fraud during a raid on a facility known as HK “Hustle Kingdom.” The location is believed to be a training center for cybercriminals. The Army Housing Complex, where the raid took place, is a residential area primarily …

    Owhelogbo in Isoko North Local Government Area of ​​Delta was emotional over the weekend as the family of late Chief Ovuakporie Agbodo bid farewell to his sister, Mrs. Mercy Obuwhomero Ekwenuke, nee Ovuakporie. The funeral ceremony was attended by prominent Isoko personalities such as the Iyasere of Isokoland, High Chief Enahoro Eta, Otota of Isokoland, Chief Macaulay Ovuzuorie, …

Former Super Eagles player Joseph Yobo has expressed his desire to become a football coach while demanding that indigenous coaches be treated better. His call-up comes months after former international Finidi George resigned from the national team as head coach following alleged mistreatment by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). Yobo, who worked with the Super Eagles under Gernot Rohr and …

The Naira started the week on a low, losing N21 against the US dollar on the official exchange on Monday, September 23, 2024. The local currency was trading at N1,562/$1 on the official window to data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM). This shows that N1,562/$1 is N21 lower than the N1,541/$1 the currency traded at the official …

Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has lost the governorship of his local government, Oredo Local Government Area, to the All Progressives Congress in the gubernatorial election results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission. According to the result declared by the commission on Sunday in Benin City, the state capital, the APC candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, secured a total of …