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INEC Inaugurates Portal for Live Transmission of Results
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday launched a portal where election results from polling units can be viewed in real-time, as part of the efforts to strengthen transparency in the election…
Edo guber: Grave danger lies ahead – Atiku warns
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has warned that grave danger lies ahead of the Edo governorship election if the rule of law and order currently being trampled upon in the state…
BREAKING: 12 anti-Obaseki lawmakers take oath of office as ‘plot to remove Edo gov thickens’
Twelve lawmakers-elect of the Edo state house of assembly have reportedly taken their oath of office. This comes more than one year after they were elected.The faction has elected…
Kolanut embarrassment: Edo Gov Obaseki redeploys director of protocol
Governor Godwin Obaseki has ordered the redeployment of his Director of Protocol (DoP), Government House, Benin, Aisagbon Osayande, to the Ministry of Culture and Diaspora Affairs.…
Igbo elite will demand Biafra in 2023 if we don’t get presidency – Nwodo
Okwesilieze Nwodo, a former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says the elite in the south-east will join Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to…
Edo guber: We restored pride, dignity to Edo people – deputy governor
Edo state deputy governor Comrade Philip Shaibu on Tuesday, said the current administration of Governor Godwin Obaseki restored the pride and dignity to Edo people through the administration’s focus on development. A statement…
Why Dogara jumped ship again
Like a bolt out of the blue, former Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara took everyone by surprise when he defected from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All…
Deputy Speaker, 16 other lawmakers back Ize-Iyamu
SEVENTEEN of the 24 members of Edo State House of Assembly are backing the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu. Deputy Speaker Yekini…
Edo guber: Obaseki heading for disgraceful end – Ize-Iyamu
Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the September 19 governorship election in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has said that Governor Godwin Obaseki is heading for a…
PDP asks Oshiomhole to present Primary Six certificate
The Peoples Democratic Party, on Monday, asked a former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, to present his Primary School Leaving Certificate…
Anti-party activities: Afegbua blows hot, dares Edo PDP to expel him
A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), in Edo State, Prince Kassim Afegbua, has dared the the party to expel him over his alleged anti-party activities. He was allegedly…
Oshiomhole, do not overheat Edo polity – PDP warns
The Peoples Democratic Party National Campaign Council (PDPNCC) for Edo governorship election has advised the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams…
A snail can’t be a threat in a race where tigers are involved – Oshiomhole tells Obaseki
Adams Oshiomhole, former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says Godwin Obaseki, governor of the state, is not a threat to Osagie Ize-Iyamu in the…
2023: Ex-Governor backs Mamman Daura on zoning
A former Governor of Niger State, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, has declared his support for the position of the nephew of President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Mamman Daura, on the…
PDP moves to recall Yakubu Dogara from House of Reps
The Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) in Bauchi State is planning to recall former speaker Yakubu Dogara from the House of Representatives. Dogara last week dumped the PDP, for the…
‘We will stop Edo election if we perceive violence’ – INEC warns
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has threatened to discontinue with conduct of the Edo governorship election if it perceives any form of violence. The Commission warned…
Ondo: Jimoh Ibrahim promises to work for Akeredolu’s re-election
Business mogul and politician, Mr Jimoh Ibrahim, has vowed to be strategically involved in the re-election of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State. Ibrahim gave the assurance on…
2023: South should produce next President – Arewa youths
Northern youths have rejected arguments by influential nephew of President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Mamman Daura, that competence, and not zoning, should determine the next President. The youths,…
PDP ex-national chair Gemade rejoins APC
Former National Chairman of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Barnabas Gemade has rejoined the All Progressives Congress (APC) after a stint with the Social Democratic Party…
Edo 2020: Verbal war escalates as Obaseki denies clash with deputy
A meeting of top leaders of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State to strategise for the September 19 governorship election almost ended in a fiasco on Thursday…
Edo 2020: Concerns over increasing violence
NOTWITHSTANDING the violent kick-off of the Edo Governorship Election campaign and the subsequent fears in the polity, the Chairman of the Independent National…
Next president must come from the South —Ali Ndume
The senator representing Borno South and chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Ali Ndume, speaks about the 2023 presidential ticket of the governing All Progressives Congress and…
Obaseki’s family members endorse Ize-Iyamu
Some members of the Obaseki extended family yesterday pledged their support for Ize-Iyamu ahead of the election. The endorsement came during a meeting at the Benin private residence of the APC…
Edo 2020: Ighodalo backs Obaseki to win re-election
Ituah Ighodalo, Senior Pastor of the Trinity House Church, has backed Governor Godwin Obaseki to win the September 19 governorship elections in Edo State. Ighodalo, while speaking in a radio…