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APC Accuses Obaseki of Setting Up Okpebholo’s Government for Crisis Over Illegal Recruitments and Planned Minimum Wage Increase to ₦85,000
The incoming political party in Edo State, the All-Progressives Congress, has called out the outgoing governor, Godwin Obaseki for allegedly taking hurried actions and decisions that could hamper a smooth takeoff of the Senator Monday Okpebholo’s government and set the stage for industrial disharmony in the state. The APC in a statement on Friday, raised […] More
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How the APC Has Started Looting the Treasury – Obaseki
Though yet to officially take over the government of Edo State, outgoing governor of the state, Godwin Obaseki, has accused the incoming All Progressives Congress, (APC) administration of Senator Monday Okpebholo of having started to squander the ₦27 billion he had reserved for payment of contractors and other obligations by borrowing to fund the November […] More
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Transition: Govt Operations Crippled in Edo as EFCC Arrests Accountant General, Two Others Over Huge Last-minute Withdrawals From 13% Derivation Fund
With barely 10 days to hand over of power to a new administration by Governor Godwin Obaseki, the activities of the Edo State government was on Thursday paralysed following the arrest of key signatories to the state’s accounts by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Though there had been no official statement from the […] More
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Transition: Afegbua Gloats as Edo Speaker Shocks Obaseki Following Legislature’s Rejection of Request for Supplementary Budget
Governor Obaseki’s letter seeking an approval for supplementary budget was submitted to the House on Monday for reason of leaving money for the incoming administration to take off. Consequently, a member of the transition committee of the incoming All Progressives Congress, (APC) and former Information Commissioner in the state, Kassim Afegbua, has raised the alarm […] More
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in PoliticsEdo Guber Battle: My Faith in Judiciary Remains Unshaken – Ighodalo
Having scaled the first hurdle in his journey to reclaim his allegedly stolen mandate with the successful filing of his petition at the Edo State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, in spite by the antics of those he described as “enemies of democracy” to put spanner in the works, Dr Asue Ighodalo, candidate of the People’s […] More
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in PoliticsHandover: APC Sets Up 24-man Transition Committee
Barely 24 hours after the Edo State government challenged the All-Progressives Congress (APC) to set up a transition committee to interface with that of the state government for a seamless transfer of power, the party on Monday announced a 24-member body headed by former deputy governor of the state, Dr. Pius Odubu. Recall that the […] More
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in PoliticsEdo 2024: We Have Overwhelming Evidence to Reclaim Our Mandate, Says PDP
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State says it has successfully filed its petition against the outcome of the September 21 governorship election in the state in which the candidate of the All-Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Monday Okpebholo was declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The party expressed confidence that it […] More
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in PoliticsEdo Guber Tussle: INEC Suspends Materials Inspection by APC, PDP Indefinitely Over Security Threat as Rival Party Thugs Engage in Gun Duel
Inspection of materials used for the September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo State has been suspended indefinitely following outbreak of violence whereby rival political thugs apparently loyal to the All-Progressives Congress, APC, and the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) exchanged gunfire, thereby creating a tensed atmosphere at the Benin City head office of the Independent […] More
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in PoliticsYIAGA, JDPC Reiterate Call for Review of Edo Governorship Poll, Insist Process Was Compromised
Yiaga Africa, a civil society organisation and advocate for credible elections, on Thursday stood its ground that the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, which produced Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All-Progressives Congress, (APC) as governor-elect, failed election integrity standards. The Justice Development and Peace Commission, (JDPC), a Catholic organisation in the Archdiocese of […] More
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The Task Before Okpebholo
November 12, 2024, in Edo State, is history waiting to unfold. It is day when one governor bows out and another steps in. The September 21 governorship election has been won and lost, and a new dawn beckons. For the outgoing governor, Godwin Obaseki, and the governor-in-waiting, Senator Monday Okpebholo, November 12 is a date […] More
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in PoliticsEdo 2024: PDP, APC In Game of Wits Over Inspection of Election Materials
It was a game of intrigues between the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, (APC) at the Benin City, Edo State office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) on Wednesday as counsels to both parties clashed over which election materials should be inspected first – the voters’ register or the Bimodal […] More
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in PoliticsEdo 2024: Ighodalo Accuses Edo REC of Misleading the Public As INEC, PDP Bicker Over Inspection of Election Materials
The Team Asue Media Organisation (TAMO) has punctured the claim by the Edo State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr. Anugbum Onuoha, that he never denied the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) access to essential electoral materials, describing it as misleading and a clear disregard for transparency and accountability within the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Dr. […] More