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in PoliticsHandover: APC Sets Up 24-man Transition Committee
Barely 24 hours after the Edo State government challenged the All-Progressives Congress (APC) to set up a transition committee to interface with that of the state government for a seamless transfer of power, the party on Monday announced a 24-member body headed by former deputy governor of the state, Dr. Pius Odubu. Recall that the […] More
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in PoliticsEdo 2024: We Have Overwhelming Evidence to Reclaim Our Mandate, Says PDP
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State says it has successfully filed its petition against the outcome of the September 21 governorship election in the state in which the candidate of the All-Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Monday Okpebholo was declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The party expressed confidence that it […] More
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in PoliticsEdo Guber Tussle: INEC Suspends Materials Inspection by APC, PDP Indefinitely Over Security Threat as Rival Party Thugs Engage in Gun Duel
Inspection of materials used for the September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo State has been suspended indefinitely following outbreak of violence whereby rival political thugs apparently loyal to the All-Progressives Congress, APC, and the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) exchanged gunfire, thereby creating a tensed atmosphere at the Benin City head office of the Independent […] More
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in PoliticsYIAGA, JDPC Reiterate Call for Review of Edo Governorship Poll, Insist Process Was Compromised
Yiaga Africa, a civil society organisation and advocate for credible elections, on Thursday stood its ground that the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, which produced Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All-Progressives Congress, (APC) as governor-elect, failed election integrity standards. The Justice Development and Peace Commission, (JDPC), a Catholic organisation in the Archdiocese of […] More
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The Task Before Okpebholo
November 12, 2024, in Edo State, is history waiting to unfold. It is day when one governor bows out and another steps in. The September 21 governorship election has been won and lost, and a new dawn beckons. For the outgoing governor, Godwin Obaseki, and the governor-in-waiting, Senator Monday Okpebholo, November 12 is a date […] More
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in PoliticsEdo 2024: PDP, APC In Game of Wits Over Inspection of Election Materials
It was a game of intrigues between the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, (APC) at the Benin City, Edo State office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) on Wednesday as counsels to both parties clashed over which election materials should be inspected first – the voters’ register or the Bimodal […] More
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in PoliticsEdo 2024: Ighodalo Accuses Edo REC of Misleading the Public As INEC, PDP Bicker Over Inspection of Election Materials
The Team Asue Media Organisation (TAMO) has punctured the claim by the Edo State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr. Anugbum Onuoha, that he never denied the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) access to essential electoral materials, describing it as misleading and a clear disregard for transparency and accountability within the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Dr. […] More
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Give Us Back Our Mandate, Protesting PDP Women Demand from INEC
As the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) continued to protest alleged manipulation of the September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo State in Favour of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) Senator Monday Okpebholo, by the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) women in the party joined the fray on Tuesday, trooping out in large […] More
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in PoliticsEdo Poll: How Obaseki Caused PDP’s Loss – Idahosa; Insists Election Was Free and Fair
Contrary to widespread allegations that the September 21 governorship election in Edo State was rigged in favour of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) Senator Monday Okpebholo, a former member of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) now a chieftain of the APC, Charles Idahosa, has accused Governor […] More
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in PoliticsLG Poll Holds in Rivers with Pockets of Protest
The local government election in Rivers State on Saturday was generally peaceful despite the tension that preceded it.There were, however, isolated cases of violence in places like All Progressives Congress, APC office in Port Harcourt, Igwuruta, Elelenwo and Etche. At Igwuruta, Ward 13, Ikwerre Local Government Area, some gunmen were said to have chased away […] More
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in PoliticsAPP Wins 22 out of 23 Chairmanship elections in Rivers
The Action Peoples Party, APP, has won 22 out of the 23 chairmanship elections in Saturday’s local government elections. The Chairman of Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, Justice Adolphus Enebeli, who disclosed this on Saturday in Port Harcourt, however, said that the remaining collation process for Etche local government area was stood down because […] More
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in PoliticsDrama in Edo as Shaibu, Reinstated Deputy Governor, Inspects Projects in Absence of Governor Obaseki; Govt Appeals to IGP to Save State from Anarchy
With Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, away on a one-month leave days after the September 21 governorship election in the state lost by his ruling People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) candidate, Dr. Asue Ighodalo, the reinstated deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, on Monday took charge of the affairs of the state, inspecting some on-going projects like the […] More