Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 21 September governorship election in Edo State, Dr Asue Ighodalo, has recorded an emphatic lead in a recent poll of registered voters in the state conducted by EBDA and audited by BusinessDay newspaper. The results of the poll published on Monday morning by BusinessDay show that a total of 1,179 registered …

One of the 12 All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirants in Edo State, Ehiozuwa Agbonayinma, on Thursday, announced his withdrawal from the race. Agbonayinma, a former member of the House of Representatives, announced this following the news of his son’s death. Agbonayinma’s 23-year-old son, Osazuwa Agbonayinma, was said to have been killed by a gunman in Houston, Texas, USA. Agbonayinma …

The Labour Party (LP) has said its aspirants in the September governorship election in Edo State will pay N30 million for the nomination and expression of interest forms. The Julius Abure-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the party, which took the decision, urged interested aspirants to pay N5 million for Expression of Interest and N25 million for Nomination forms. The …

Ahead of the Edo State 2024 governorship election, the Deputy Governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu has made a formal announcement, expressing his desire to compete for the Peoples Democratic Party ticket in the forthcoming party primaries. Shaibu made his declaration known in a pre-recorded televised announcement on Monday morning. “As your deputy governor in the last seven years, I have had …