The candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 21 September, governorship election in Edo State, Dr Asue Ighodalo, on Wednesday got a heroic welcome from a huge enthusiastic crowd in his Ewhohimi community,  Esan South East Local Government Area where he hosted elders and leaders of the party from Ewhohimi, Ewhossa and Ewatto at his country home in …

Five days to Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State, the the state’s Non-Indigenous Forum in Ovia North East and South West Local Government Areas has thrown its weight behind the candidate of of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Asue Ighodalo. At two separate Town Hall Meetings held in Okada and Iguobazuwa on Monday, the forum, made up of various …

In a political move that has electrified the campaign trail, award-winning musician, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has thrown his weight behind Asue Ighodalo, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the upcoming Edo governorship elections. On Sunday evening, the superstar took to his Instagram to announce the endorsement, posting a Thisday newspaper cover featuring Dr. Ighodalo, …

Benin City, the Edo State capital, stood still on Saturday as leaders and chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held its grand finale rally ahead of next Saturday’s governorship election, with a clarion call to all Edo people to vote enmasse for the party to keep the wheel of progress and development in the state rolling. Speaker after speaker …

With nine days to the governorship election in Edo State, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has refused to sign the peace accord. At the venue of the signing of the peace accord in Benin City, the state capital, on Thursday, former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd.), who leads the National Peace Committee, announced that the PDP said it …

Edo State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Asue Ighodalo, has said that the state is in need of people who can offer good governance because of the many challenges facing it. At a town hall meeting organised by the state chapter of the National Youth Council (NYC), Ighodalo said that such people would be able to …

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 21 September governorship election in Edo State, Asue Ighodalo, on Monday, advised the people of the state against voting an illiterate as the next governor. Making a veiled reference to the gaffe by the candidate of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Monday Okpebholo, Ighodalo, while addressing a crowd …

Ahead of the 21 September governorship election in Edo State, Governor Godwin Obaseki has declared that “only the best is good enough for Edo State”, stressing that “on no account should the people allow fraudsters to become their leaders”. He added that, “We don’t want to be taken back by some incompetent people. In fact, we have no reason to …

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, again dismissed an appeal filed by Arthur Osene and Anslem Ojezua against Edo State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Asue Ighodalo and four others. Justice Hamma Barka held that the lower court was right in holding that the action is statute barred and, where a case is …

The two Local Government Areas of Uhunmwode and Orhionmwon in Edo South Senatorial District were Agog on Monday as Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, led the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 21 September governorship election, Dr Asue Ighodalo; his running mate, Osarodion Ogie Esq; the party chairman in the state, Dr Tony Aziegbemi; the Director General …