Criticisms have trailed Tuesday’s signing into law of the Anambra Local Government Administration Law 2024 by Governor Chukwuma Soludo. Soludo said that the law was necessitated by the fact that granting absolute autonomy to the 774 Local Government Areas was a recipe for “humongous chaos” and would not lead to a sustainable development. At a press briefing shortly before signing …

The Labour Party’s (LP) candidate in the recent Edo State Governorship election, Olumide Akpata, has attributed the party’s third-place result to a deeply flawed electoral process. On Sunday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the Edo State Governorship election. Okpebholo secured 291,667 votes, defeating the PDP’s …

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 …

Ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State, the first batch of the 35,000 police officers deployed to ensure law and order during election has arrived in the state, according to The PUNCH. Also in the state are soldiers and officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as moves …

The chances of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 21 governorship election in Edo State received yet another major boost on Monday with the defection of hundreds of members of other parties, notably from the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Labour Party (LP), the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and other fringe parties joining the ruling party in …

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed and many members of the National and State Houses of Assembly on Wednesday, attended a stakeholders meeting of the party convened by Governor Alex Otti. The meeting which was held at the Banquet Hall of the Abia State government house in Umuahia, …

The Ogun State Labour Party (LP), rising from its leadership meeting aimed at reconciling some teething challenges within the Party and strengthening it ahead of the forthcoming Local Government (LG) Elections in the State, has urged all Party stakeholders and interest groups in the party to close ranks and form a common front towards successful prosecution of the forthcoming local …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected some political parties submissions for polling and collation agents in the upcoming Edo State governorship election, particularly those of the Labour Party and All Progressive Congress APC, citing widespread non-compliance with digital submission requirements. This development was confirmed by INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, during a meeting with political parties in Abuja …

Ahead of the 21 September Governorship Election in Edo State, Candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Monday Okpebholo; Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Asue Ighodalo; Labour Party (LP), Olumide Akpata, and 13 others will on 12 September sign a peace accord in Benin. The peace pact is being spearheaded by the General Abdulsalami Abubakar-led National Peace Committee (NPC). Chairman of …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP), on Monday, berated the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government for purchasing a new presidential jet worth $100 million without the approval of the National Assembly. The PDP Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Ibrahim Abdullahi, and Deputy Youth Leader, Timothy Osadolor, described the action of the government as insensitive, while Nigerians are …