The Executive Director of Yiaga Africa, Barrister Samson Itodo has said that political actors in Edo State are preparing for a showdown. He also said that Thursday’s Peace Accord boycott by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) might impair voters’ turnout in the state’s governorship poll on 21 September. During an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday night, Itodo said that, …

With nine days to the governorship election in Edo State, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has refused to sign the peace accord. At the venue of the signing of the peace accord in Benin City, the state capital, on Thursday, former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd.), who leads the National Peace Committee, announced that the PDP said it …

Ahead of the Edo State governorship election, the Independent National Electoral Commission has announced that the signing of the peace accord will be held on 12 September, 2024, in Benin City. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who announced this during a meeting with political parties held in Abuja on Thursday, provided crucial updates on preparations for the election. The …

Presidential candidates of the 18 political parties participating in the 25 February election on Wednesday signed a Peace Accord in Abuja. Present at the signing of the Peace Accord were members of the National Peace Committee, as well as President Muhammadu Buhari. In Kwara State, 14 political parties also signed a peace accord document in Ilorin, the state capital. In …

Peace Accord, which was signed on Thursday by several presidential candidates for next year’s election in Abuja, suggests that Nigeria is at war, according to the candidate of the African Action Congress, Mr Omoyele Sowore. Sowore was among the candidates of 18 political parties who attended the event and subscribed to the accord, while that of the ruling All Progressives …