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Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2016 Edo State gubernatorial election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has said Nigeria’s electoral system has become predictable, insisting that he has not reached a decision to contest the 2020 poll. His words: ...

Electricity generating companies (GenCos) in Nigeria have rejected the new administrative charge of 0.75 per cent introduced by the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET) on the cost of payment to gas suppliers. NBET had recently written letters to thermal ...

Chairman of the National Conscience Party (NCP), Dr. Yunusa Tanko, has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive that ministers should interface with his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, indicates that the President was weak and incapable of fully discharging his ...

Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has advised Nigerians against putting the nation’s judiciary on trial, saying they should rather have confidence in it and separate it from politics. Ortom, who gave the charge at the weekend, while declaring the Benue ...

The Federal High Court, Abuja, has dismissed claims of alleged plans to frustrate the appointment of Justice John T. Tsoho as substantive Chief Judge (CJ) of the Federal High Court. It distanced itself from groups and individuals making public statements on ...

The Operation Lafiya Dole has launched ‘Operation Identify Yourselves’ aimed at tracking and arresting fleeing terrorists and criminals from the North East region. Its Commander, Major General Olusegun Adeniyi, disclosed that the terrorists were fleeing following last week’s ground and aerial bombardments ...

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abukabar Malami, to drop the treason charges against the detained convener of ‘RevolutionNow’ protest, Omoyele Sowore, and Olawale Bakare (popularly ...

Players in the Value Added Service (VAS) segment of Nigeria’s telecommunications market have decried the adverse impact of the ‘Do-Not-Disturb’ (DND) activation on their operations nationwide. According to the operators, under the aegis of Wireless Application Service Providers Association of ...

Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson State has relieved his Special Adviser on Talent Development and Gender Education, Mrs. Helen Bob, of her appointment. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Fidelis Soriwei, said Bob was dismissed for ...

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has described Shell Petroleum Development Company’s (SPDC) claim of deploying aerial cameras to track oil spills as a plot to distract Nigerians from their demand on the firm to fix its ...