Edo Election: PDP MANIPULATING FIGURES, PRODUCING FAKE ELECTION RESULTS, Says APC

By Cosmas Enahoro (Edo State Correspondent)

As the vote counting in the just concluded Edo state election process continues, the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), has raised alarm that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state was of falsifying figures and producing what it described as fake results. It urged the public to ignore such results.

EDO FIRST LADY EMPHASIZES UNITY, SYNERGY AMONG INDIGENES

By Cosmas Enahoro (Edo State Correspondent, in Benin City)

The Coordinator of the Office of the First Lady, Mrs. Edesili Okpebholo Anani, reiterated the importance of unity and its benefits when she met with representatives of the Afemai Women in Politics at the Government House in Benin City.

Edo Guber 2024: EX-MINISTER, CLEM AGBA, SEEKS APC TICKET

• * Sells TRUST Agenda To State Working Committee

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

Immediate past Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, on Thursday, informed the Edo State Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that if given the opportunity to be the candidate of the party in the 2024 Edo governorship election, and if eventually elected governor, his mission for the state would be to stop rural-urban dift through sustained rural development.

Edo Guber Election: WHY OBASEKI WILL LOSE ....Imo Commissioner

Imo state Commissioner for Special Duties and stalwart of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Imo State, Simon Ebegbulem, has said that the Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, who is seeking a re-election on the platform of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), will not win the September 19, 2020 governorship election.

Edo Guber Poll: BE MAGNANIMOUS IN VICTORY, OBASANJO URGES OBASEKI

•  Mourns Emir Of Zaria

By Cosmas Enahoro (Edo State Correspondent)

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has urged the governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, to be magnanimous in victory, as it was charitable and would cool passions in the wider interest of the state and country.

Edo Guber Poll: GOV WIKE REMAINS ADAMANT OVER ALLEGED "QUIT EDO STATE" ORDER ON HIM BY POLICE IG

• PDP Kicks, Says Rivers Gov Is Being Harassed
• PANDEF, Rivers PDP Stalwarts, PDP BoT Chairman Condemn Action

   

By Cosmas Enahoro (Edo State Correspondent)

Following an alleged directive on the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, by the Inspector General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, to quickly find his way out of Edo State ahead of the voting process, the governor insists that he was going no where, claiming that other APC Governors like those of Kano and Imo States (Ganduje and Uzodinma) were also in Edo state to monitor the same election.

Edo Guber Poll: IGNORE LAMIDO APAPA'S LETTER TO INEC ON ALTERNATE CANDIDACY, LP TELLS NIGERIANS

By Kingsley Eghagha (Politics Reporter)

The opposition Labour Party has clarified that the letter to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by an alleged dissident group and former members of the party led by Mr Lamidi Apapa to recognise Anderson Uwadiae Asemote and Monday Ojore Mawa as the gubernatorial and deputy governorship candidates does not emanate from the Labour Party.

Edo Guber: ABURE HAILS PARTY DELEGATES AS OLUMIDE AKPATA EMERGES LP FLAG BEARER

• * Congratulates Akpata, Other Aspirants

By Kingsley Eghagha (Politics Reporter)

Embattled Labour Party (LP) National Chairman, Barrister Julius Abure, has commended delegates of the party for ensuring a peaceful and successful governorship primary for the Edo state gubernatorial election slated for September this year in which a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Barrister Olumide Osaigbovo Akpata emerged winner on Friday.

Edo Guber: LABOUR PARTY DISCLAIMS TIME TABLE FOR EDO STATE GOVERNORSHIP PRIMARY

By Cosmas Enahoro (Edo State Correspondent, in Benin City)

The Edo State chapter of Labour Party has disclaimed a purported guidelines and time table for the Edo governorship primary of the party issued by one Dr Abayomi Arabambi which is being circulated by a section of the media.

Edo North Senatorial Race: SENATOR ALIMIKHENA IN QUANDARY AS WARD REJECTS HIS 2023 THIRD TERM BID

* Passes Vote Of Confidence In Etsako East APC Party Exco

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11

The move by the Senator representing Edo North in the Senate, Francis Alimikhena, to secure a third term bid has run into a storm as his APC Ward 3 in Etsako East Local Government Area has rejected his bid.

Edo Poll: GROUP HAILS BUHARI'S ACTION ON PDP, OBASEKI'S VICTORY

• * Describes President As True Democrat, Statesman

By Janet Bassey (Governance Reporter)

The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO), has applauded President Muhammadu Buhari’s disposition towards a free and fair election, noting that the successful conduct of the governorship election in Edo state has shown that President Buhari is a man of honour.

EDO POLLS AND THE FAMOUS PRODUCT VENDOR

By Azu Ishiekwene

By his admission, Senator Adams Oshiomhole is a lousy product vendor. In the real commercial world, his premises would have been closed and his products banned.

EDWIN CLARK BACKS SENATOR ANYIM, SOUTH EAST ZONE ON 2023 PRESIDENCY

• * Re-affirms Position That It's Turn Of South East
• Calls On Other Geopolitical Zones To Cooperate With Igbos On Presidency Quest

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

Nigeria's former number three citizen and frontline Presidential hopeful in the 2023 general elections, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, at the weekend, received the fatherly blessings of prominent Ijaw leader and elder statesman, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, in his aspiration to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari at the end of his tenure.

Eid-el - Fitri: NASARAWA ASSEMBLY SPEAKER URGES SUPPORT FOR NATION'S LEADERS FOR PEACE, UNITY, DEVELOPMENT

By David Okpashi (Nasarawa State Correspondent, in Lafia)

The Speaker of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi, has appealed to the citizens to give the necessary support to the leaders in the country to ensure peace, unity and development of the country.

Eid-el-Fitri: ANYIM URGES MORE PRAYERS FOR NIGERIA, REJOICES WITH MUSLIMS ON RAMADAN

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

Muslims in Nigeria and indeed all citizens in the country, have been asked to use the occasion of this year's Eid-el-Fitr celebration which marks the successful end of the 2022 Ramadan Fast, to pray for the unity, peace, political stability and economic prosperity of the Nigerian nation.

Ekiti: APC, PDP PRIMARIES CONTROVERSIES (1)

 Bola Bolawole

The All progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship party primaries have come and gone but the reverberations may not abate any time soon. Call them primaries of controversies and you will be right. None of the two leading political parties can lay claim to the bragging rights over the conduct and outcome of their primaries. And this is a shame! 

Ekiti: APC, PDP PRIMARIES OF CONTROVERSIES (2)

By Bolanle Bolawole

On June 1, 2018, there was pandemonium (“b’oolo, yaa’mi) at the All Progressives Congress (APC) rally in Ado-Ekiti as a chieftain of the party, Opeyemi Bamidele, was accidentally shot by a policeman at a rally organised by the APC; the rally was to welcome Dr. Kayode Fayemi, its governorship candidate in the July 14, 2018 Ekiti State governorship election, to the state after his resignation from the Federal Executive Council where he had been the Minister of Mines and Steel Development.

EKWEREMADU COMMENDS SENATE FOR REVERSING ITSELF ON ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

Former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has commended the Senate for reversing itself on electronic transmission of results, saying it was a huge victory for the nation’s democracy.

EKWEREMADU CONGRATULATES NEW PDP CHAIRMAN, AYU, OTHER NATIONAL OFFICERS-ELECT

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

Former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has congratulated the newly elected National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Iyorchia Ayu, and other 20 national officers-elect during the just-concluded National Convention of the party.

EKWEREMADU CONGRATULATES OBASEKI

• * Says Victory, A Huge Relief

By Suzan Okenwa (Senate Correspondent, NASS)

Former Deputy President of the Senate and a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Campaign Council for Edo State, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has congratulated the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, on his victory in the state’s governorship election.