The Edo State government has said that reinstated Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, mobilised the thugs that unleased terror on Benin which led to the death of Inspector Onuh Akoh. The Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, who stated this in a statement on Friday, also said that the deputy governor remained impeached. The commissioner said following the judgement reinstating …

The Edo Integrity Group (EIG) on Thursday advised a man parading himself as a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Emmanuel Odigie, to accept God’s arrangement of the destinies of the APC governorship candidate, Monday Okpebholo and his running mate, Dennis Idahosa. ‘’Monday Okpebholo is a patriot and the best. He is the talk of Edo State’’. The group …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won all 25 local government chairmanship seats in the Delta local government election held across the state on Saturday. The party also clinched 499 of the 500 councillorship seats, losing one to the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) in Oshimili North Local Government Area (LGA). The chief electoral officer and chairman of Delta State Independent …

Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 21 September governorship election in Edo State, Monday Okpebholo, was again typically missing in action on Saturday as he failed to show up at a town hall meeting organized by the people of Owan nation in the Edo North District. Okpebholo was expected to speak to the people about his plans …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asserted that both All Progressives Congress (APC) and its Edo State governorship candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, are out of the race following a shocking revelation that he is not a registered voter as reportedly revealed by checks in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) portal. The alarming discovery that the APC candidate allegedly presented …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate in the 21 September 2024 Edo State governorship election, Sen. Monday Okpebholo, are out of the race, following an allegation that the APC candidate is not a registered voter as reportedly revealed by checks in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) portal. PDP said …

Notwithstanding the mid-morning heavy downpour in Benin City, the coalition of non-indigenes of Edo State made up of several ethnic groups across Nigeria who are residents in the state, on Thursday threw its weight behind Dr Asue Ighodalo, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 21 September governorship election. The endorsement, considered as another significant political gain …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says that its candidate in the 21 September 2024, Edo State governorship election, Dr. Asue Ighodalo remains validly in the race, contrary to erroneous interpretative media reports of the ruling by the Federal High Court, Abuja. According to a statement by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, PDP states that the Court did …

Reactions have continued to trail the just concluded engagements with Edo Diaspora in Europe by Dr Asue Ighodalo, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 21 September governorship election in Edo State. Stakeholders, party chieftains and other members of the public spoke glowingly about how successful the Diaspora tour in their reviews. They declared that it clearly …

The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has approved the inauguration of new Governorship Election National Campaign Councils ahead of the Edo and Ondo states’ elections. The inauguration is set to take place on Thursday, July 27, with plans to ensure victory in the upcoming elections. This is disclosed in a statement made available to the press and …