A PDP Chieftain in Edo, Chief Dan Orbih, on Friday asked the All Progressives Congress (APC), to apologise to Edo people over its varying positions on the person of Gov. Godwin Obaseki. Orbih, the immediate past chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo, made the call in Benin while reacting to the disqualification of Obaseki from APC Governorship primaries for June 22. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the screening committee for...

Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, 2019 Presidential Candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), has called for electoral reforms to strengthen democracy, drive economic development, and progress in Nigeria. Moghalu who is also the Convener, To Build A Nation (TBAN) initiative, made the call in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Friday as the nation celebrated Democracy Day on June 12. According to him, for democracy to have real...

Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra has described late Moshood Abiola as a national in the mould of foremost Nigerian nationalist, late Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe. Obiano said the recognition of June 12, the date Abiola won a national election cross ethnic, regional and religious divide by the federal government, was most deserving. The governor said this in a statement signed by Mr C-Don Adinuba, Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment in Awka on Friday. According to...

The second term ambition of Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, appears to have ended as the committee set up by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to screen aspirants who would contest in the primary election of the party and eventually represent the party in the gubernatorial election, disqualified the governor and two other aspirants, on Friday. The screen committee also disqualified Chris Ogiemwonyi and Matthew Iduoriyekenwen. The panel while submitting its findings to the National...