Open Letter to Senator Monday Okpebholo Dear Senator Monday Okpebholo I bring you greetings. I am an indigene of Edo State but resident in Lagos. From my surname, you should be able to guess that I am from Edo Central Senatorial District, and importantly, not far from your Uwuesan community. This should suffice for introduction, I guess. On Tuesday 14 …

The Edo State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Monday Okpebholo is enmeshed in a web of political office sharing, it was learnt on Wednesday. According to a source close to the candidate, the Edo Central lawmaker has offered his seat at the Senate to at least four different former governorship aspirants, who contested the primary with …

Ahead of the governorship election in Edo State, a coalition of youth organisations under the aegis of Edo Youth Arise Initiative (EDYAI) has tasked the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its governorship candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo to stop the “regime of lies and propaganda”. The group argued that the opposition’s resort to peddling lies and propaganda …

A support group, the Asue Ighodalo Movement (AIM) has inaugurated a magnificent independent campaign office for the Edo State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Asue Ighodalo. AIM said it would  use the office to propagate the messages and vision of the candidate to the people of the state and prosecute its campaign for him and the …

The Afemai Coalition for Asue Ighodalo has embarked on a series of market visits across Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State beginning with the bustling Jattu Market. This is in mobilisation of support for the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party. In addition to Jattu Market, the group also visited four other markets – Ughele, Igbei, Uchi, and …

A coalition of youth organisations in Edo State under the aegis of Edo Youths Arise Initiative (EDYAI) has challenged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on why it is yet to commence Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) exercise for the 21 September governorship election in the state. The youth group alleged that there is a grand conspiracy by the electoral body …

A top chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Uhunmwode Local Government Area of Edo State, Daniel Noah Osa-Ogbegie, on Thursday, dumped the party for presenting what he described as “dour governorship ticket”. He said the fact that the party actually fielded the duo of Senator Monday Okpebholo and Hon. Dennis Idahosa “was clear to me that Edo APC …

In Edo State, the political conversation has continued to revolve around the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) September’s election, Dr. Asue Ighodalo. His unprecedented acceptance and popularity is sweeping across the state like wild harmattan fire in the month of January. He’s been described as a confluence of vision, competence, capacity, compassion, integrity and to a large …

A coalition of youth support groups under the aegis of Edo Youths Awake Initiative (EDYAI) has said that the integrity of the Edo State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Asue Ighodalo, in September’s election remains rock solid and intact. It added that an elaborate plan to maliciously tarnish the good name and hard earned reputation of …

As campaigns for the Edo State governorship election in September officially kick-off today, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Asue Ighodalo has appealed to the other political parties participating in the election and their candidates, in particular, to endeavour to focus on issues, be decorous and not dwell on inanities. In a statement on Tuesday by the …