The gist in Benin is that the emergence of Senator Monday Okpebholo as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State has become a mortal blow for the political relevance of the immediate past governor of the state, Senator Adams Oshiomhole. The nexus for such flows from the unbridled […]

It was a shock hearing Professor Pat Utomi last Thursday telling Senator Godswill Akpabio to shut up. Given the dignity of the office he occupies as President of the Senate, and also being the second in the order of succession, some may say that the learned academic should have been more restrained in his vituperation against […]

The political firmament around Edo State was yesterday shaken after Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu formally withdrew from the contest for the All Progressives Congress, APC governorship ticket. It is a significant development. Despite being a pastor, Ize-Iyamu has undoubtedly been among the most active political actors in Edo State in the Fourth Republic. He has been directly […]

It was remarkable that in the face of the increasing agitations against the increasing hardship in the land, that the All Progressives Congress, APC was this week forced to seek the understanding of Nigerians on the challenges in the land.  Just six years ago, during the time of the immediate past government of President Muhammadu Buhari, the […]

The process to pick the candidates of the major parties in the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State starts today with the election of ad-hoc delegates by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The PDP has as usual adopted the indirect option of choosing delegates to nominate its candidate in a congress to be held on […]