The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) accuses the All Progressives Congress (APC) of masterminding the violence by thugs which resulted in the unfortunate death of a gallant Police officer in Benin City, Edo State capital on Thursday 18 July 2024. In a statement on Friday, 19 July 2024, by its National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, the Party calls on the …

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Abdulahi Ganduje, has said the party has initiated moves to de-marginalise Igbos to place them in the limelight of national politics. Ganduje asserted on Sunday during the APC South East zonal meeting in Abakaliki, noting that Igbos had shown massive support to the party and the President Bola Tinubu-led administration …

Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 21 September governorship election in Edo State, Monday Okpebholo, was again typically missing in action on Saturday as he failed to show up at a town hall meeting organized by the people of Owan nation in the Edo North District. Okpebholo was expected to speak to the people about his plans …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asserted that both All Progressives Congress (APC) and its Edo State governorship candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, are out of the race following a shocking revelation that he is not a registered voter as reportedly revealed by checks in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) portal. The alarming discovery that the APC candidate allegedly presented …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate in the 21 September 2024 Edo State governorship election, Sen. Monday Okpebholo, are out of the race, following an allegation that the APC candidate is not a registered voter as reportedly revealed by checks in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) portal. PDP said …

The controversies trailing the 21 September governorship election in Edo state continued yesterday as the All Progressives Congress (APC), called for the resignation of the running mate to the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Osarodion Ogie saying that he cannot continue to earn salaries and emoluments from the state while campaigning. The Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, …

A former governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Victoria Amu, has dumped the party and defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Amu, in doing this, threw her weight behind the party’s candidate in the 21 September governorship election, Dr Asue Ighodalo. She made this declaration during a press conference held at the PDP Secretariat …

The acrimony between the Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) festered on Tuesday with the APC describing the call for Philip Shaibu’s resignation from the PDP as irritating and baseless. Shaibu, a former deputy governor of the state who was impeached on 8 April but still remains a member of the PDP, on Sunday …

The Governor of Cross Rivers State, Bassey Otu, has commended President Bola Tinubu for the ongoing Lagos-Calabar coastal highway, saying the project would strengthen the socio-economic ties between the South-West and the South-South regions of the country. According to a statement on Monday by his media aide, Otu spoke on Sunday during the South-South zonal meeting of the All Progressives …

All Progressives Congress (APC) has won 17 local government chairmanship seats in last Saturday’s council poll. The Yobe State Independent Electoral Commission (YSIEC) chairman, Dr Mamman Muhammad, declared that the APC won all 17 local government chairmanship seats and 178 councillorship positions. He said the commission had received, considered, validated, and adopted the results of each of the 178 councillorship …