Special Adviser to Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr Crusoe Osagie, has declared as completely false, the allegation by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that thugs are being ferried into the Edo State Government House in Benin City, the state capital. Osagie, who made the declaration in a statement issued on Wednesday […]

The Obaseki family of Benin Kingdom has reaffirmed support for the reelection of their son and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Governor Godwin Obaseki, promising to mobilise other members of the family, at home and in the Diaspora, to ensure the governor’s victory at the September 19, 2020, gubernatorial election in the state. […]

By Ozioruva Aliu – Benin City Wife of Edo state deputy governor, Mrs Maryann Shaibu, has petitioned the State Commissioner of Police over an alleged threat to life by the immediate past Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. In the petition dated September 8 through her counsel, Idemudia Ilueminosen & Co […]

…Use of card readers for authentication affected …Distribution of election materials may be strained …Politicians hijack nominees for Supervising Presiding Officers, SPOs …No threat to polls, allegations misleading, mischievous – INEC By Charles Kumolu & Clifford Ndujihe BARRING last-minute change of plans before tomorrow’s meeting, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is in a quandary […]

By Dirisu Yakubu Barely 24 hours after billionaire businessman, Capt. Hosa Okunbo took Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki to the cleaners, accusing him of poor performance in his first term in office. the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has risen in defence of the governor, saying his refusal to see Okunbo as his godfather is the […]

Hearing of a suit seeking to disqualify Mr Osagie Ize-iyamu from the Sept. 19 governorship election in Edo was on Tuesday, stalled at the Federal High Court, Abuja.

Mr Paul Odaro, a former member of the  Edo House of Assembly, on Tuesday, led defectors from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Uhunmwonde Local Government Council of the state to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

…Shaibu doesn’t need arms to win election – Aide By Ozioruva Aliu THE All Progressives Congress (APC) Tuesday accused the deputy governor of Edo State, Comrade Philip Shaibu and some other high profile members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of a gun-running plot to manipulate the September 19th governorship election in some parts of […]

An ardent supporter of Governor Godwin Obaseki and publisher of Bullets of the Harmless Rabbit, Lukman Akemokue, has said the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Osagie Ize-Iyamu and the sacked national chairman of the Adams Oshiomhole will face defeat in the hands of well-meaning Edo people at the poll, come September 19, noting that […]

By Ozioruva Aliu BARELY two weeks to Edo state governorship election, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Governor Godwin Obaseki of attempting to smuggle the names of agents of some political parties to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as those of the PDP. A statement by the […]