Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign council for Sept. 21 governorship election would deliver 80 per cent of votes to Asuerinme Ighodalo, the party’s candidate. Governor Obaseki, who said this at the inauguration of the campaign Council in Benin, noted that...
Edo State Governorship election
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given political parties the go ahead to start campaigning in public from Wednesday 24th April 2024 and end at midnight on Thursday 19th September 2024 ahead of the Edo state governorship election scheduled to hold...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Edo State, Dr Asue Ighodalo, has promised not to betray the trust of the people if voted as the governor in the forthcoming Sept. 21 election. Ighodalo stated this on Saturday at his campaign office at Aguobasemwin, GRA, Benin,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has concluded all arrangements to publish the final list and personal particulars of candidates for Edo Governorship election. This was disclosed in a statement signed by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the forthcoming Edo State gubernatorial election slated for later in the year, Senator Monday Okpebholo, aka Akpakomiza, has congratulated the Executive Governor of Kaduna State, His Excellency, Senator Uba Sanni, and the good people...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, fixed April 30 for judgment in two separate suits challenging the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s primary election that produced Asue Ighodalo as the party’s governorship candidate for the Edo poll. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after counsel for the parties...
President Bola Tinubu has said the All Progressives Congress (APC), is on the path to victory in the forthcoming governorship election in Edo. Tinubu stated this during the presentation of the party’s flag to the Edo governorship candidate, Sen. Monday Okpebholo, and his running mate, Dennis Idahosa on...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has constituted Edo Post-Primary Election Reconciliation Committee, to reconcile all aggrieved members to work for party’s victory in the Sept. 21 governorship election in the state. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, who disclosed this in a...
The National Leader of New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has urged the people of Edo to vote for the party’s candidate in the Sept.21 governorship poll. Kwankwaso said when he presented Certificate of Return to the party’s candidate for the election, Dr Azemhe Azena....
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, has said he is almost certain that the party will win the Sept. 21 Edo governorship election, going by the popularity of its candidate Sen. Monday Okpebholo. Ganduje said this on Saturday in Abuja when he...
Edo State Deputy Governor, Mr Philip Shaibu, has said intimidation and harassment will not change his resolve in the pursuit of his political ambition. Shaibu said this while addressing newsmen in Abuja on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Shaibu emerged the party’s candidate in...
Renowned businessman Asue Ighodalo has won the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary for Edo State, beating other aspirants including Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu in the election held in Benin City on Thursday. In the exercise held at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in the Edo State capital, Ighodalo...
L A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to show cause why 381 delegates elected on Feb. 4 at its ward congress should not participate in the primary scheduled for Thursday. Justice Inyang Ekwo made the order in a ruling on the ex-parte...
Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, one the All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirants for the Sept.21 governorship election has withdrawn, ahead of Saturday’s primaries. Ize-Iyamu, said this at a news conference in Benin on Friday. He said that his decision to quit was painful adding that he took the decision after...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje has urged the party’s Edo Governorship Primary Election Committee to conduct a free, fair and credible primary. Ganduje made the call in Abuja while inaugurating the APC Edo Governorship Primary Election Appeal Committees headed by...
The Secretary, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edo Chapter, Mr Hilary Otsu, has said Governor Godwin Obaseki should be blamed in the absence of a PDP candidate in the upcoming Edo gubernatorial election. Otsu said in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday that...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee has announced Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo, as Chairman of a seven-member team that will elect the governorship candidate of the party. APC National Organising Secretary , Alhaji Sulaiman Argungu, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Alhaji...
Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship aspirant in Edo, Mr Osarenren Izedonmwen, has promised to replicate legacies left by Brig-Gen. Samuel Ogbemudia and Prof. Ambrose Alli if elected. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ogbemudia and Alli were former Military and Executive Governors of the defunct Bendel...
A Labour Party governorship aspirant in the upcoming Edo governorship election, Mr Olumide Akpata, on Tuesday said he joined the party to build it and not to destroy it. Akpata made this known in Benin while debunking allegations that he sponsored a protest at the Labour party secretariat...