A total of 269,992 new voters have been registered by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Edo and Ondo states at the end of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) which ended on Sunday, 9 June 2024. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. …

Ahead of the 21 September and 16 November, Edo and Ondo governorship elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will resume the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise in the two states from 27 May to 5 June 2024. The CVR exercise in both states will take place simultaneously between 9.00 am and 3.00 pm daily including the weekend. The INEC …

If he wins the 21 September governorship election in Edo State, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Asue Ighodalo would build upon the “legacies of past administrations” stretching as far back as the administrations of Prof. Ambrose Alli, and including the “developments achieved more recently by Governors (Lucky) Igbinedion, (Adams) Oshiomole and (Godwin) Obaseki; while charting a …

The Edo State Chief Judge, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, has set up a seven-man panel headed by Justice S.O. Omonua (rtd.) to investigate the allegations contained in the impeachment notice against the state deputy governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu. Shaibu has been in the eyes of the storm with his principal, Governor Godwin Obaseki, over the governorship ticket of the ruling Peoples …

The crisis that erupted after the governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State may not be over as one of the aspirants, Dennis Idahosa, has written to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, not to receive any other name as the candidate of the party apart from him, claiming that …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will today (Thursday) hold its governorship primary in Edo State, with 10 aspirants battling for 563 delegates votes in the indirect primary. The primary, holding at Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin, is expected to produce the PDP governorship candidate for the forthcoming 21 September governorship election in the state. The 10 PDP aspirants include Edo State …

The Acting State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Emperor Jaret Tenebe, has said that the party is determined to win the 21 September governorship election in the state. Tenebe stated this whilst briefing journalists on the outcome of the meeting of the National Working Committee (NWC), of the party with its 29 aspirants. He disclosed that the committee …

The Edo State Government has said that 102,650 persons in 1,969 communities across the 18 local government areas of the state will benefit from the second phase of the ‘Renewed Hope Cash Transfer’ of the Federal Government. The General Manager of Social Investment Programme (SIP) in the state, Yuwa Aladeselu, said this at a one-day refresher training of local government …

Succour came the way of 10,000 indigent students in Edo State, as the member representing the Etsako federal constituency of the state in the House of Representatives, Anamero Dekeri, announced free registration for next year’s Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (SSCE). The House of Representatives member said the beneficiaries of the gesture cut across the three senatorial districts of the state, …

Three operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have been injured with one shot in the head following an attack by hoodlums protecting a drugs’ den inside the Opuje forest in Edo State. In a statement on Thursday, the spokesman for the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, said the operatives came under gunfire in the early hours of Monday, 4 …