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 Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Monday arrived in Benin, Edo State capital, 12 days ahead of the governorship election scheduled for 21 September. According to his itinerary, the INEC boss will on Tuesday witness a mock accreditation in three locations, a readiness assessment of INEC local government offices, inter-agency consultative committee on …

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 Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has reaffirmed the nomination of Dr. Asue Ighodalo as Edo State governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party(PDP). The election holds on 21 September. In a unanimous judgement delivered by Justice Usman Alhaji Musale, the Appeal Court held that the delegates, who sought to nullify the PDP governorship primary, lacked locus and the …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State has reduced itself to crisis profiteers in an election for which it is obviously unprepared. After our chairman stood at Ring Road to make a misleading video about the absence of a protest in the state, in a calculated bid to boast to the presidency about a capacity they lack, the party …

Team Asue Media Organisation (TAMO) has hailed Wednesday’s judgement of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which affirmed the nomination of Dr. Asue Ighodalo as Edo State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The election holds on 21 September. In a statement issued in Benin City, TAMO said that “the judgment represents a landmark pronouncement by upholding the sanctity …

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, affirmed Dr. Asue Ighodalo as the duly nominated and authentic governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State. In a judgement delivered by Justice James Omotosho in the suit marked CS/469/24, the court held that Ighodalo was duly nominated at last 22 February primary of the PDP, which …

Today makes it a whole year since Nigeria’s 10th Senate was inaugurated. It is a fitting and appropriate time to review the performance of Senator Monday Okpebholo, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 21 September governorship election in Edo State. Has he performed well enough to want to be the governor of Edo State? Has his …

The Coalition of Obidient Movement groups in Edo State has applauded 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, who is the driving force behind the movement, for validating its position that members are at liberty to vote for any political party of their choice in the September governorship election in the state. Ahead of the election, some Obidients groups …

Uromi, the administrative headquarters of Esan North East Local Government Area of Edo State, came under heavy political Tsunami on Saturday as a well-known chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Musa Isiwele led over 3,000 other members to dump the party. The former Deputy Commissioner of Police and former National President of the Road Transport Employees Association (RTEAN), …