Thousands of members of the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP, and the Action Democratic Party, ADP, on Sunday dumped their parties for the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Irewole local government area of Osun State. The PDP decampees led by a former scribe of the local government Alimi Surajudeen, attributes their decision partiality within the PDP. He said the ruling …

Reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo State, Comrade Philip Shaibu, on Saturday, rejoined the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The deputy governor, who returned to the APC in Benin City, the state capital, alongside prominent members of the Dan Orbih-led Legacy Group of the PDP, said he was back to add value to the party. He …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) accuses the All Progressives Congress (APC) of masterminding the violence by thugs which resulted in the unfortunate death of a gallant Police officer in Benin City, Edo State capital on Thursday 18 July 2024. In a statement on Friday, 19 July 2024, by its National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, the Party calls on the …

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 …