•Olumide Akpata The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has dismissed an appeal filed by Kenneth Imansuangbon, seeking to disqualify Olumide Akpata as the governorship candidate of the Labour Party in the September 21 governorship election in Edo State. In the lead judgment delivered by Justice Okon Abang, the appellate court held among others, t...
The Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman of The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Rotimi Oyekanmi, has said that the commission has learnt its lessons. Oyekanmi stated this while analysing the Commission’s preparedness on the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State during an interview on Channels TV last night. He said ...
•Prof. Mahmood Yakubu (right) The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu alongside members of the commission on Thursday held an extraordinary meeting with political parties leaders at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja. The meeting focused on the Commission’s preparations for the upcoming Edo and ...
•Shaibu and Obaseki Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu, who was recently reinstated, has threatened to expose some of the atrocities of his former boss, Governor Godwin Obaseki if his surrogates do not desist from insulting him again. Shaibu who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) told reporters shortly after Sunday Mass yester...
•New CP Edo State, Nemi Edwin-Iwo Apparently with the lack of arrest of suspects responsible for the attack on Senator Monday Okpebholo, Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Candidate for the September 21 election, and court-reinstated Deputy Governor of the state, Comrade Philip Shaibu, in Benin City recently, Edo State Poli...
•Shaibu The reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo State Philip Shaibu has resumed office and has directed his staff to follow suit. He is also warning banks carrying out transactions with the Office of the Deputy Governor of Edo State without his express consent about the illegality of such transactions, reports Channels TV. In a video […]...
The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced that more than 44,000 polling and collation agents have been submitted by political parties for the upcoming Edo State governorship election. This information was disclosed in a press release issued today by the National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) today, Tuesday, August 6, released the final figure of registered voters in Edo and Ondo states ahead of the September 21 and November 11 governorship elections in the two states. The final figure showed that 2,629,025 persons registered to vote in Edo State, while 2,053,061 registered to vo...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday insisted on full investigaÂtion of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its Edo State governorship candiÂdate, Monday Okpebholo, over the death of a police officer in Benin City, the Edo State capital, on July 18, 2024. The party emphasised that the APC and its candiÂdate for Edo governorship ele...
•Rice thieves The looted bags of rice at three locations in Benin and its environs in Edo State, yesterday, led to a disagreement between Governor Godwin Obaseki, who was backed by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Edo Chapter, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Bags of rice were discovered and looted […]