At the centre of democratic governance lies a sacred trust — a delicate bond between the electorate and the institution in charge of overseeing how they make their choices. As an electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), presided over by Prof Mahmood Yakubu, is at a crossroads of history in the ongoing Edo State governorship election. Together with …

INEC postpones collation of Edo gov election results The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that collation of results for Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State would resume by 10 am on Sunday. In a statement on Sunday morning, the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Anugbum Onuoha said: “This is to inform the general public, political stakeholders and observers …

Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki arrived at the head office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Benin City, the state capital, in the early hours of Sunday. INEC’s state head office is the main collation centre for the ongoing governorship election. Accompanied by his security aides, the governor walked into the office of the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), …

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, …