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The Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, has assured former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar that Saturday's gubernatorial election in Edo State would be peaceful.He said that tensions had been high leading up to the polls until he called the…

The Senator for Kaduna Central in the Eight Senate, Shehu Sani, says a peace accord between warring Christian and Muslim communities in Southern Kaduna may not bring an end to wanton killings in the volatile region.Two communities in…

The European Union Election Observation Mission(EU EOM) says the final peace accord signed by the presidential candidates ahead of the 2019 presidential election is a very strong message to Nigerians.Maria Arena, Chief Observer, EU EOM,…

Ahead of Saturday's presidential election, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has declared that his ambition is not worth the blood of any Nigerian.Atiku made this known at the signing of…

No fewer than eight governorship candidates in Abia, including Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu, and two senatorial candidates on Monday signed a peace accord to ensure a violence-free general elections in the state.The event which took place in…

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba, Alhaji Sani Danladi, whose campaign train was attacked recently in Wukari on Monday, signed the peace accord ahead of the general elections.Danladi said that…

Immediate-past Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has described President Muhammadu Buhari's avowed commitment to peaceful, free, fair and credible elections as mere lipservice.The vocal ex-governor disclosed this in a series of…

The African Action Congress (AAC) has kicked against the exclusion of its presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, in Tuesday's signing of the Abuja Peace Accord and the January 19, 2019 presidential debate.The party's stance was…

President Muhammadu Buhari, chairmen of political parties and their presidential candidates in the 2019 general elections on Tuesday signed a Peace Accord as a commitment to peaceful elections in the country.The signing of the accord…

The candidate of the major opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday boycotted the signing of Peace Accord among all presidential candidates for the elections.The News Agency of…