… I did not bring my church members to vote – Azena The governorship primary election of the Edo State chapter of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, held last Friday in Benin City, is generating bad blood as the first runner-up in the election, Peter Okoeguale, has rejected the outcome of the exercise which…
Esekhaigbe Sues for Closing of Ranks in APC, Rallies Support for Okpebholo Ahead of Edo Governorship Battle
With the political battleline drawn with the three major political parties in Edo State picking their flagbearers for the September 21 governorship election last weekend, Leader of the All-Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo Central senatorial district, Cecil Esekhaigbe, a retired army general, has seized the initiative to foster unity and peace within the opposition party…
Idahosa Insists He Remains APC Candidate, Warns Party of Legal Consequences of Substitution
The last may not have been heard in the controversial Edo State All Progressives Congress, (APC) governorship primary election as the initially declared winner of the election, Dennis Idahosa, the member representing Ovia Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives is still laying claim to the party’s ticket in spite of the emergence of Monday…
Legal Battles: Oborevwori Attributes Victories to Grace of God, Thanks Church Leaders for Prayers
For triumphing in all the 38 court cases filed against him by his political opponents before and after the 2023 election climaxing with the final victory at the Supreme Court, Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, has expressed appreciation to church leaders for their prayers. Speaking on Saturday at the Light of Christ Ministry, Sapele, where…
Okpebholo Defeats Idahosa as Edo APC Concludes Guber Primary
The hitherto suspended gubernatorial primary of the Edo State All Progressives Congress, APC, was concluded on Friday with the senator representing Edo Central Senatorial District, Monday Okpebholo, declared the winner. The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu, who replaced Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State as Chairman of Edo APC’s shadow poll, made…
Olu Akpata, Ex-NBA President, Clinches Edo LP Guber Ticket
…Vows ‘We must enter Osadebe Avenue.’ Immediate past President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Olumide Osaigbovo Akpata has emerged the candidate of the Labour Party, LP for the September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo State. Akpata was elected at a tension-soaked primary election of the party held at the Bishop Kelly Pastoral Centre,…
Erratic Power Supply: Succour is Close, Power Minister Assures Nigerians
Nigeria’s Power Minister, Adebayo Adelabu, has raised the hope of Nigerians of an imminent end to epileptic power supply in the country, assuring that all the problems bedeviling the sector would soon be a thing of the past. Adelabu, who spoke on Friday when he paid a working visit to Edo State to inspect the…
Edo 2024: Ighodalo Scales First Hurdle, Wins PDP Guber Ticket
…. As Shaibu emerges factional candidate Asue Ighodalo, a lawyer and former chairman of Sterling Bank and Nigerian Breweries Limited, who had been tipped to win the ticket of the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP for the September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo State, on Thursday proved bookmakers right, emerging winner of the primary…
Nigeria’s Electoral System Has Collapsed, captured – Nwankwo, Suggests Creation of a New Commission
Clement Nwankwo, Constitutional lawyer, Executive Director, Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre, and Convener of the Civil Society Situation Room, Monday night on Arise Television programme, Prime Time, raised the alarm that Nigeria’s democracy is on its tethers and would soon “drop and collapse” if the present electoral body is not dismantled. In the interview monitored…
Nigerian Courts Are Courts of Favours, Not Justice – Joe Keshi
President Weah deserves credit for not intimidating opponents – Onor In what is unarguably a vote of no confidence on the Nigerian judiciary, a former Diplomat, Ambassador Joe Keshi, has dismissed the nation’s courts as “courts of favours”, and not courts of justice. Keshi, one-time Nigeria’s Consul General in Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America,…
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