The All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo has been declared winner of the Edo State governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. According to the results announced by the Returning Officer, Faruk Kuta, the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, at the commission’s collation center in Benin city, APC […]
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar has warned against any attempt to rig next week’s governorship election in Edo State. Atiku warned that Edo is not Lagos where, according to him, election can be rigged by the All Progressives Congress, APC. He spoke in Ekemwan area of Edo State […]
The embattled deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has declared that the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate, Monday Okpebholo, will win Edo North in upcoming governorship election. Shaibu said the APC Ward-to-Ward rally in Etsako West Local Government Area of the state was a resounding success. Posting on X, the deputy Governor said […]
In a video circulating on the social media, the actress was seen campaigning for Okpebholo at a rally, calling on the crowd to support the APC candidate. In the video, she emphasized the need for change in Edo State, pointing to the lack of basic amenities such as electricity, water, healthcare and security. The video […]
Edo State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chairman Anthony Aziegbemi and the party’s candidate, Asue Ighodalo, who were present during the signing of the Peace Accord, declined to sign. Aziegbemi told newsmen that they were declining because 10 members of the party were currently being detained by the police in Abuja. It would be recalled that […]
In anticipation of the Edo State governorship election on September 21, the All Progressives Congress (APC) welcomed hundreds of defectors from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Labour Party, and the Africa Democratic Congress (ADC) on Wednesday. The defection event took place in Igueben, the headquarters of the Igueben Local Government Area. Matthew Urhoghide, […]
It was gathered that about four trees fell simultaneously on traders and customers in the market following a heavy morning downpour and sources also disclosed a mother and her child were among the victims. The chairman of the Local Government, Marvellous Zibiri, who spoke to newsmen confirmed that four persons lost their lives. However, at the […]
It added that it discovered a specially constructed large hole in a wall, hidden behind wallpapers and fetish objects used for drug storage. A statement by the NDLEA’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, noted that methamphetamine, Loud, Colorado and Arizona, all strong strains of cannabis with a total weight of 8.743 kilograms among others, were recovered from […]