In a move towards securing the party ticket for the 2024 Edo State Gubernatorial election, the immediate past president of the Nigerian Bar Association, Olumide Akpata, joined the Labour Party earlier today.Mr Akpata joined the party at his ward in Benin and was received by some stakeholders of the party.Akpata, who has yet to announce his intention for the number 1 post in the state, is expected to pick the party ticket for the coming governorship election.The ace...

A former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has joined the list of notable Nigerians who have either been locked up in foreign jails in the past or are still serving jail terms.Ekweremadu was sentenced on Friday to about 10 years' imprisonment along with his wife, Beatrice, on the charge of conspiracy to traffic organs.Nigeria's longest-serving deputy senate president is now in the company of notable Nigerians who have tested or are testing prisons on...

It was a dramatic and tense day yesterday at the INEC head office as supporters of the PDP and APC clash in front of INEC office in Port Harcourt.The protesters, who are demanding joint inspection of the 2023 election materials with other political parties, were accompanied by a native doctor, who placed a ceramic pot in front of INEC office.A man dressed in white attire and a traditional cap to match could be seen in a video standing barefooted, making incantations...