The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in last September’s governorship election in Edo State, Dr. Asue Ighodalo, on Monday, appeared at the state governorship election petition tribunal in the premises of the state High Court, along Sapele Road, Benin City, with his team of lawyers in a bid to prove that he won the election. He was accompanied …

Two months after, more knocks came for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over alleged wide spread rigging and institutional manipulation of the governorship election in Edo State As a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday evening, the Chancellor of the Athena Centre, Mr. Osita Chidoka revealed that his organisation’s finding about the exercise, taking the electoral umpire …

Nigerians often deploy the pidgin English lingo, “See your life for outside”? as a sharp rebuke to an individual who had misbehaved, fallen far below expectation or had engaged in a despicable, disgraceful and condemnable act. And this is exactly what Nigerians in their numbers have been asking the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) since Friday, 1 November 2024 when …

The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State, Olumide Akpata, has denied stepping down from the race. Akpata in Benin on Friday, said documents purporting that he has stepped down for the People Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, were false, wicked machinations of those who have held our State captive for a quarter …

Edo State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Asue Ighodalo has declared his campaign activities closed, two days to the election, in line with electoral laws. In a statement by Team Asue Media Organisation (TAMO) on Thursday in Benin City, the state capital, its spokesperson, Erhabor Emokpae said that all campaign activities would cease by 11:59 pm …

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 …

Ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State, the first batch of the 35,000 police officers deployed to ensure law and order during election has arrived in the state, according to The PUNCH. Also in the state are soldiers and officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as moves …

I like to play hide and seek with my five year old son. When it is his turn to hide I have to close my eyes and count to 10 before I begin the search for his whereabouts. To make the game interesting for him, I must pretend I don’t know where he is hiding even when I see half …

With just four days to the governorship election in Edo State, Governor Godwin Obaseki has warned civil servants that they would be the first victim, if the party doesn’t win the election. He stated this on Tuesday during a thank you meeting inside the Sir Victor Uwaifor Hub, Benin City, where he met with public servants. He said, I came …

The Edo State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Asue Ighodalo has demanded the payment of N20 billion in damages from former National Chairman of the All progressives Congress (APC), Senator Adams Oshiomhole for malicious defamatory utterances aalegedly made against him last Saturday, at a political campaign rally in Benin City, the state capital. Oshiomhole had reportedly …