.PDP sticks to non-signing, women protest By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – ABOUT two hours after the Edo state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) said it would not sign the Peace Accord by all political parties and candidates ahead of the 21st September governorship election, the party itself as the Acting Chairman of […]

PDP said they were declining because 10 members of the party were currently being detained by the Police in Abuja

LESS than two hours before the signing of the Peace Accord between contending political parties ahead of the September 21 governorship election, the All Progressives Congress (APC) said it was not disposed to signing the peace accord.

He urged all registered voters who had yet to collect their PVCs to seize the opportunity of the extension to do so.

THE brewing tension over insecurity ahead of the September 21 governorship in Edo State deepened, yesterday, as Governor Godwin Obaseki and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Tony Aziegbemi bickered with the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, over alleged bias of the police against the PDP.

Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, announced on Wednesday that 35,000 police officers will be deployed across Edo State fo…

The Edo State Governor and leader of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has indicated that the PDP may not sign the Peace Accord today on the grounds that the agency, the Police, responsible for enforcing the accord have, through their actions, shown that they are acting in the interest of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and waging war against the PDP.

The Court of Appeal on Wednesday dismissed a suit seeking to disqualify Olumide Akpata as the gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the Sept. 21 election in Edo. The appellate court held that the suit instituted by an aggrieved governorship aspirant, Kenneth Imasuangbon lacked cogent and verifiable evidence in the allegations against Akpata. […]

The Police Command in Edo has assured the public of adequate security measures towards a successful governorship election that is coming up on September 21 in the state. The Commissioner of Police, Nemi Iwo stated this on Wednesday via a statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Moses Yamu. The commissioner said the […]

By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said it has released all funds needed for the conduct of the election to the state office. The National Chairman of the INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this when he paid a visit to the state to assess the preparedness and […]

By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – SEVERAL parts of Benin City, particularly market areas like Mission Road, New Benin market and other areas dominated by Igbo traders were locked down for the Labour Party (LP) and its governorship candidate in the September 21 governorship election, Olumide Akpata as the presidential candidate of the party in […]

 A Federal High Court in Abuja  on Tuesday, fixed Sept. 19 to hear a suit filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) seeking the disqualification of Asue Ighodalo, the PDP candidate for the Sept. 21 governorship election in Edo. Justice Peter Lifu fixed the hearing of all pending applications after lawyers to the parties in […]

ELEVEN days to the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, there is tension in the polity amid fears of violence breaking out during the exercise especially as leading political parties trade allegations and counter-allegations of violent rigging plots.

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo, on Monday declared that he had done his best for the state and that Asue Ighodalo and his running mate, Osarodion Ogie, would continue from where he stopped.

…Promises to drive devt with technology, tourism, agriculture …Your votes will count, Obaseki assures Edo voters THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governorship Candidate, Dr. Asue Ighodalo, and his campaign team, yesterday, made a stop in Egor and Ikpoba-Okha local government areas, of the state, where they were warmly received by a crowd of supporters and […]