“Rigging is the greatest problem of democracy in the country and steps must be taken to address this problem in the interest of our democracy. In 1999 when I was the national chairman of the PDP, we did not rig yet we had tremendous support from across the country. PDP remains a party that is well liked by Nigerians so it has no reason to rig elections.

Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Paul Dike read a riot act to security chiefs in Kano yesterday to ensure that the Boko Haram assault does not come to Kano. But the police in Bauchi yesterday quizzed 121 suspected Bauchi female members of Boko Haram.

Fayemi is challenging the election of Engr Segun Oni as the governor in the 6 wards of Ifaki 1 and 2, Orin/Ora Ward,Usi ward and Ipoti wards1 and 2 in both Ido /Osi and Ijero Local Government areas respectively
The lead counsel to the AC gubernatorial candidate in the election,Mallam Yusuff Alli had in a motion dated July 17 and filed on July 22, filed an application asking the tribunal to order for the movement of the electoral materials to the custody of the tribunal.

“SWAP received its Co-location and Infrastructure Sharing Licence from Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in November 2008 to begin its co-location and telecoms infrastructure sharing business and now has sites in different parts of Nigeria available to all GSM, CDMA and WIMAX operators for co-location, “he said.

The leadership of the Edo state House of Assembly, through a letter addressed to the Governor, that was signed by the Deputy Speaker of the House, Mr Levis Aigbogun, had last Thursday, described the Governor’s action as illegal and urged the Governor to properly look at the relevant Local Government laws and reverse his decision.