By Anayo Okoli – Enugu A total of 450 policemen from the Enugu State command were part of the 31,000 police officers being deployed by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), for the Edo State governorship election on Saturday. The Enugu command’s spokesman, Daniel Ndukwe, ASP, in a statement, confirmed the deployment, saying that it […]

Edo people’re determined to end godfatherism The Special Adviser to Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr Crusoe Osagie, has said the former Lagos State Governor and Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu cannot extend his political empire to Edo State as Edo people are determined to end […]

Ahead of the Sept.19, Governorship Election in Edo, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Monday said it was ready for the poll, pledging to ensure free, fair and credible election. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr Johnson Sinikiem, stated this at a stakeholders’meeting in Benin, which had in attendance heads of security agencies, observer […]

The former governor of Edo State and immediate past Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has described using what he said about Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu in the last governorship election against him (Oshiomhole) as a lazy man’s argument.

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the Edo governorship election, Gov. Godwin Obaseki, on Sunday expressed belief that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), would conduct free, fair and credible elections in Edo. Obaseki stated this when he played host to the Senate Committee on (INEC), on a courtesy visit to the […]

Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the Edo governorship election has urged the electorate in the state not to sell their votes come Sept. 19. Speaking at an APC ward-to-ward campaign on Sunday at Igbanke, Orhionmwon Local Government Area of the state, Ize-Iyamu urged the electorate in the area to […]

The Edo State Governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Godwin Obaseki and the former Governor of Kano State, Alhaji Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, have commissioned the Edo State Hajj Camp in Benin City, with a charge to Muslim faithful in the state to turn out en masse on September 19, 2020, to […]

By Ozioruva Aliu BARELY five days to the September 19th governorship election, former Provost Marshal of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier-General Idada Ikponmwen (rtd) and numerous members of a group called Friends for SIMPLE Agenda over the weekend defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) and pledged to supports the […]

Edo State will be heading to the polls in the next few days, the first since the demise of Chief Tony Anenih.

‘How gov messed up everything we did within two years’ Says trouble began when his deputy, SSG, state APC Chair disclaimed 2  issues against him out of intimidation Speaks on Aliko Dangote’s intervention Calls criticism of support for Ize-Iyamu despite past utterances lazy argument By Ozioruva Aliu COMRADE Adams Oshiomhole, the immediate National Chairman of […]