The Nigerian Senate Minority Caucus has congratulated Governor Godwin Obaseki over his emphatic victory in the Edo State governorship election. Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, in a statement signed

There was wild jubilation in Benin City, capital of Edo State and other major cities of the state on Sunday as the Independent National Electoral Commission declared Governor Godwin Obaseki

The Emir of Zazzau in Kaduna State, Shehu Idris, has passed on. He died on Sunday at the age of 84. The monarch spent 45 years on the throne having

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Saturday’s Edo State Governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, suffered a shocking and humiliating defeat in his home local government area, Orhionmwon,

After several weeks of electioneering and assurances from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Edo State Governorship election has been described as one marred by massive vote-buying and several

One of the Edo State governorship election observer groups, the Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth, and Advancement Africa (YIAGA Africa), has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of failing

Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki and a former National Chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, have both criticized the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the electoral

West Africa’s second largest economy posted a 3.2% decline in growth for the second quarter of the year. This is the first time Ghana will slip into a negative growth

The European Union (EU) has provided 86.8 million Ethiopian Birr (2 million Euros) to UNICEF to support vulnerable communities affected by desert locusts in the Afar, Amhara, Oromia, Somali and

This year’s UN General Assembly will be held against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic as global leaders have been asked to pre-record their speeches which will be shown in

The massive volatility driven by Covid-19 has pushed the steady growth in investment migration into overdrive, with a nearly 50 per cent increase in enquiries in the first half of

By James Emejo The Comptroller General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (Retd), has effected the redeployment of five senior officers. He also appointed two new acting Deputy Comptrollers

By James Sowole A non profit foundation, European Centre for Electoral Support (ECECS), yesterday tasked youth in Ondo State to vote right in the October 10 Governorship Election, for the

By John Shiklam Seven people, including a family of five, have been abducted by gunmen in Barkallahu, a suburb of Kaduna metropolis. The bandits were said to have invaded the

By Francis Sardauna The Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari, has decried the inability of the federal government to keep its promise of resettling and compensating flood victims in Jibia

By James Emejo The Federal Government Friday apologised over what it called ‘misleading tweets’ by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) directing account holders in financial snsitution to complete a