Uncertainty hangs over Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State as announcement of results at the state collation centre was yet to commence as at 5 am. This is despite the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) posting 98.21 per cent of the results across the state on the INEC IRev portal as at 4:55.05 am of Sunday. With 17 candidates on …

Two major suspects, Emotingham Godspower (25 years old) and Farawei Isaac (27), both from Ufunama community, Ovia South West Local Government Area of Edo State were arrested at about 7 pm on Friday by the police operatives over alleged vote buying. According to a statement by Force Police spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the suspects, said to be connected to …

Who governs Edo State from 12 November, this year? From 8:30 am (Saturday), 2.2 million voters with Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) choose among 17 candidates who will step into the office to be vacated by Mr. Godwin Obaseki, who will have completed his two term of four years each as the state governor. But there are three candidates who are …

By his admission, Senator Adams Oshiomhole is a lousy product vendor. In the real commercial world, his premises would have been closed and his products banned. But in politics, crime multiplies grace. Oshiomhole dragged Godwin Obaseki into the governorship race in 2016 when the odds were against him. Obaseki’s daytime job was minding his business at Afrinvest, a financial services …

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 …

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 …

The Executive Director of Yiaga Africa, Barrister Samson Itodo has said that political actors in Edo State are preparing for a showdown. He also said that Thursday’s Peace Accord boycott by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) might impair voters’ turnout in the state’s governorship poll on 21 September. During an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday night, Itodo said that, …

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 …

The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, said on Wednesday that about 35,000 security personnel would be deployed to provide security cover for the 21 September governorship elections in Edo state. This is in addition to about 80,000 other security personnel drawn from other sister security agencies. At a stakeholders meeting in Benin, the state capital, Egbetokun disclosed that no …

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 …