•Apapa and Abure The Labour Party (LP) has decried the arrest of its national chairman, Barrister Julius Abure, by a combined team of police officers and operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS) yesterday in Benin, Edo State. The national publicity secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh, in a statement, shortly after videos of [&helli...
•LP National Secretary, Umar Farouk Leaders of the Labour Party yesterday arrived in Benin, the Edo State capital over the arrest of the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure. Abure was arrested yesterday by Police operatives of Zone 5 Benin for attempted murder, illegal possession of firearms, and related offences, reports Channels TV. Spea...
•Sacked Governor Uzodinma The All Progressives Congress National Working Committee has sacked Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, as Chairman of the Edo State Gubernatorial Election Committee. A revised list issued today and signed by Suleiman Argungu, National Organising Secretary of the party, announced Cross Rivers State Governor Bas...
•Julius Abure The Nigeria Police Force says Labour Party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure, was arrested for attempted murder illegal possession of firearms, and related offences. The spokesperson for the Nigeria Police Force Zone 5, Tijani Momoh, said Abure was arrested today afternoon in Benin City, the Edo State capital. Momoh told newsmen ...
•Uzodinma Ahead of tomorrow’s rescheduled conduct of the All Progressives Congress primary in Edo, certain aspirants and a Civil Society group have demanded President Bola Tinubu’s direct intervention in the fresh process. In a joint statement today signed by Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, Chief Lucky Imasuen, Senator Monday Okpebholo, and General C...
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared Saturday’s primary election in Edo State inconclusive. The Frontier reports that the exercise, which triggered controversy, had produced three different candidates. While a member of the House of Representatives, Dennis Idahosa, was announced winner by the chairman of the APC Primary Elec...
•Anugbum Onuoha The Resident Electoral Commissioner for Edo State, Dr. Anugbum Onuoha, has expressed his anger against all the governorship aspirants in Edo State for engaging in open campaigns while the Commission was yet to lift ban on campaigns for the September 21 gubernatorial election. The REC who called on the aspirants to remove all [&...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has slated February 22 for the conduct of its Edo governorship primaries. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, said this in a statement yesterday in Abuja, reports The PUNCH. Ologunagba said that the date was approved by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party, adding that the com...
The pan socio-political organisaÂtion, Middle Belt Forum (MBF), has said that the transition of the parliamentary system as proposed by 60 House of RepreÂsentatives members should take off in 2027 and not 2031. According to the organisation, the speculation in some quarÂters that the transition should be done in 2031 when President Bola Tinubu...
•Bugaje and Tinubu A political activist Usman Bugaje claims President Bola Tinubu is incapable of addressing the numerous challenges facing the country. Since the fuel subsidy payment was stopped and the naira floated, Nigerians have been experiencing biting economic issues with inflation hitting 29.90 percent, sparking protests in some parts ...
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