Ahead of the September 21 governorship election, there is a pertinent question on the lips of every Obidient, and even non-Obidients in Edo State just now: ‘What is Mr Peter Obi up to in Edo State?’ Of course, Peter Obi needs no introduction in the Nigerian political space. He is the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the …

In commemoration of 12 June, now christened Democracy Day, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 21 September governorship election in Edo State, has urged all voters in the state to make the lessons of 12 June count in the forthcoming election in the state. In a statement on Wednesday by Team Asue Media Organisation (TAMO) in …

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 …