The governorship primaries of All Progressives Congress in Edo State this Saturday is a battle for supremacy between two national leaders of the party The All Progressives Congress, APC in Edo State is on trial, a trial that would either make or mar the party as it elects its governorship candidate for the September 10 gubernatorial election…
We will Engage Buhari over Maritime University
Tuesday last week, the Supreme Court affirmed the victory of , medical doctor, in the April 11, 205 governorship elections in the state. Speaking to journalists last Wednesday in what was his first interactive session with the press since assuming office, Okowa explains why his main challengers, Great Ogboru of the Labour Party, and…
Bomb Blast In Edo State
A female passerby is now receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital in Benin following injuries sustained when she unsuspectingly walked into a bomb blast at No. 41, Zomizomi Street, off Aifuwa Street Upper Sokponba Road, Benin, the capital of Edo State. The bomb explosion reportedly occurred around 14.10 hours, local time. The tenant, Chinedu Elue…
Amaechi Walks A Tight Rope
With the revelations from the Rivers State Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the sales of some government properties under the administration of Chibuike Amaechi, will the former governor who shunned the panel come out clean as he claimed or will the outcome dent his political image? Click here to download our magazines Once upon a…
Delta State Accountant-General Absconds
From mere speculation came an official confirmation that one week to transfer of power from the outgoing administration of Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan of Delta State to his successor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, the government has been rendered prostrate. This was due to the sudden disappearance of the state Accountant-General, Cyril Agbele, and his lieutenants from their…
Presidential poll presents Surprises and upsets in Edo
As official results of Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections are being awaited, there are indications that the opposition party in Edo State, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is set to turn the table against the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The PDP which has never won elections in Oredo Local Government Area, with Benin…
Absence of Result Sheets Raises Tension
Tension was high at Ward 2, Unit 2, G.R.A in Benin City where the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, John Odigie-Oyegun had been accredited to vote when voting could not commence because of absence of result sheets. Oyegun had demanded from the INEC officials if there were result sheets to which the…
Oshiomhole shocked as soldiers block INEC officials
Edo State Governor, Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole has raised the alarm over alleged restriction of INEC officials and journalists by soldiers. Oshiomhole said the restriction had prevented INEC officials in Edo North from carrying out their lawful duties, describing the development as shocking. The Governor who noted that the soldiers must have gotten an illegal order…
Fashola Chides Jonathan
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola has criticized President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan for what he described as his failure to articulate his plans for Nigeria during the presidential campaign rally held in Lagos on Thursday. Fashola spoke on Thursday evening at a political forum in Benin City, Edo State capital, organized by the ruling All…
Intrigues At Delta Governorship Primary
With the governorship primary election of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Delta State under way in Asaba, the state capital, there are indications that the unwritten zoning arrangement which had favoured the Delta North Senatorial district to produce the successor to incumbent governor, Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, may have collapsed. Twenty-four hours to the primary…
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