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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Mr Godwin Obaseki of the All Progressives Congress(APC) winner of the Edo governorship election held on Wednesday.  A statment issued by INEC said, Godwin Obaseki polled 319,483 to defeat his closest rival, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), who scored 253,173 votes.  Full text of the […]Read More

www.www.aso.rocks search engine understands  that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the announcement of result, and gone on a one hour break. However, of the results from nine local government areas announced so far, APC is in the lead with 142, 424 votes, against PDP’s 136, 799 votes.  Announcement of results is expected to […]Read More

Many voters got their pockets filled with cash on Wednesday as citizens of Edo State went to polls to choose their next governor. Various sources monitoring the election confirmed that agents of political parties were seen inducing electorates with cash of worth N1000, N2,000, N3000 and more .  An All Progressives Congress (APC) agent was […]

The Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and National Union of Air Transport Employees on Wednesday organised a peaceful protest for worker of Aero Contractors Airline. Hundreds of employees were seen protesting over the closure of the airline by the Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON). The workers, who began the protest at […]

As collation of results begins, the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun could not deliver his polling unit as the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) beat APC there. Oyegun voted at Polling unit 2, Ward 2, in Oredo LGA. His party scored 69, while the PDP scored 78. Reports indicate that Staff […]

Borno State Commissioner for Environment, Waziri Imam has died. www.www.aso.rocks search engine gathered that Imam died  on Wednesday morning (today) after a brief illness. The former commissioner reportedly died at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital. He was the younger brother of Kashim Imam, a two-time governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but […]

Whistle-blower lawmaker, Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin, has been suspended by the House of Representatives. The lawmaker from Kano at the centre of the unfolding budget padding scandal was on Wednesday suspended fron the house for 180 legislative days. The House seats three days in a week and this consequently means that Mr. Jibrin’s suspension would last […]

The Senate has rejected last week’s recommendation of National Executive Council (NEC) call on the Federal Government to sell the country’s national assets.  It had been recommended by the NEC that the sale of the assets would help in raising capital to shore up foreign reserves. The whole essence of the recommendation is to save […]

The Chief Justice of Nigeria(CJN), federal judicial officers and State Judicial officers have in the last one year guzzled the sum of N33.47 billion as emoluments and other allowances, checks by Economic Confidential has revealed. The report obtained and computed by the Economic intelligence magazine showed the annual salaries, regular and non-regular allowances of 934 […]

Nigeria’s current Minister of Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah was on Tuesday linked to a $13.9 billion money laundering scheme by MTN.  The allegation was made by the  Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye during a plenary session.  “The senate notes with serious concern the illegal repatriation of $13.92bn out of Nigeria by […]Read More

The Pan-Delta Coastal States Consultative Forum, led by former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark has been criticised By the  Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) for rejecting the Niger Delta Summit proposed by the Federal Government. Jomo Gbomo, the spokesperson to the group stated this in a statement released on […]

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved $1 billion loan towards meeting the deficits in Nigeria’s 2016 Budget, believed to partly responsible for the country’s economic crisis. AfDB President, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, disclosed this to State House correspondents on Monday after meeting with Vice President and other members of the Economic Management Team (EMT) at […]