A group, Concerned Obidient Movement, has declared support for Mr Asue Ighodalo, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), candidate in the Sept. 21 Edo governorship election. Leader of the group, Mr Ikhuenbor Igbinevbo, told newsmen on Monday in Benin that the election transcends individual personalities. “It is a critical moment...
Edo State Governorship election
Edo State Police Command has commenced a mop up of illegal arms and ammunition ahead of the Sept. 21 Governorship Election in the state. The spokesperson of the command, SP Moses Yamu, quoted the state’s Commissioner of Police, Nemi Iwo, as saying this on Saturday in Benin. Iwo said,...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the recent hike in price of petrol will not affect the conduct of Edo governorship election. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, said this while fielding questions from newsmen during the pre-election news conference in Abuja. Oyekanmi...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has hailed the Court of Appeal over its judgment affirming the eligibility of Dr Asue Ighodalo, the party’s candidate for the Sept. 21 Edo governorship election. The PDP in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, in Abuja on Friday, described the...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday dismissed an appeal seeking to disqualify Asue Ighodalo as governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo. A three-member panel of the appellate court, led by Justice Hamma Barka, dismissed the appeal marked CA/ABJ/CV/863/2024. The appeal was filed by...
The Governorship Campaign Train of the People Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday received defectors in Irrua, Esan Central Local Government of Edo ahead of the Sept. 21 governorship election in the state. The Leader of the defectors, Chief Harrison Echie, said the defectors were members of the Nigeria Peoples...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki on Thursday described the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Asue Ighodalo as governorship candidate who has the best plans to develop the state further. Obaseki spoke during the ongoing PDP campaign in Fugar, Etsako Central and Agbede in Etsako West...
The Campaign Council of the APC for Edo Governorship Election has called on the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to subject party candidates in the poll to compulsory drug tests. The council made the call in a statement by its Director of Media, Kassim Afegbua, on Wednesday in...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says its candidate, Dr Asue Ighodalo, will win not less than 65 per cent of the expected votes in the Sept. 21 governorship election in Edo. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, said this at a news conference in Abuja on the...
The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress ( APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, on Thursday expressed optimism that the party will win the September 21 Edo governorship election. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that Ganduje spoke while receiving the leadership of the Kano State Correspondents’ Chapel of...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said 125,928 of the 184,438 newly printed Permanent Voters’ Card (PVCs) have been collected in Edo, ahead of the Sept.21 Governorship election in the state. INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Sam Olumekun, said this in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – In continuation of preparations for the Edo State Governorship Election holding on Saturday 21st September 2024, the Commission is test running the deployment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and result upload to the INEC Result Viewing (IReV) portal for the election using...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has hailed the Appeal Court judgment which on Monday, re-affirmed the nomination of Dr Asue Ighodalo as its candidate for the Sept. 21, Edo Governorship election. The party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, in Abuja, described the judgment...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Edo on Tuesday presented soft copies of voters register to political parties participating in the Sept. 21 Edo governorship election. Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Edo, Dr Anugbum Onuoha, presented the register to the chairmen and secretaries of political parties and other...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Edo has fixed Aug. 22 to 30 for the collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in the state. Head of Department, Voter Education and Publicity, INECp, Timidi Wariowei, confirmed this in a statement on Friday in Benin. Wariowei said that a...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja- The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has called on security agencies to heighten their vigilance as the gubernatorial elections in Edo and Ondo States approach. Speaking at the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) meeting held at...
Daughter of a Benin High Chief, Gabriel Igbinedion, Ms Omosede Igbinedion, has formally tendered her resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Igbinedion announced her resignation in a letter dated Aug. 11, which was addressed to Mr Lucky Edosomwan, Chairman of...
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), says that it did not divert funds to support the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate in Edo. NDDC Director of Corporate Affairs, Mrs Seledi Thompson-Wakama told newsmen in Port Harcourt on Monday that the claims are fabrications by mischief makers. “NDDC...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said details of only 44,687 out of 80,410 expected party agents for Edo governorship election were submitted on its dedicated portal, by the July 30 deadline. This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday, by Sam Olumekun,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Chairman Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has urged interested media organisations wishing to cover the Edo gubernatorial election to submit their applications before the deadline of Thursday 5th September 2024. He made the call at the INEC Quarterly Consultative...