The candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Asue Ighodalo, and All Progressives Congress (APC), Monday Okpebholo, have both secured victories at their respective polling units (PUs) in the Edo State governorship election. According to The Cable newspaper, Mr Ighodalo gathered 200 votes at polling unit 11, Ward 1, in Ewohimi, Esan South-East LGA, defeating Mr Okpebholo, who polled 45 votes. In addition, Mr Ighodalo triumphed over the Labour Party…

The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the Edo State election, Olumide Akpata, has praised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after casting his vote.Expressing his satisfaction in the voting process after casting his vote at polling unit 11, Ward 6 in Oredo Local Government Area, around 10:30am, Akpata expressed the hope that the voting process will be likewise hitch-free all over the state.He appealed that nobody, especially…

Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has cast his vote at Polling Unit 19, Ward 4, located within Emokpae Primary School in Benin City during the ongoing governorship election. The Punch newspaper reported that Governor Obaseki voted at approximately 11:57 a.m. Speaking after casting his vote, he expressed his satisfaction with the voting process. He also expressed optimism that the collation of results would proceed smoothly. Details later….

Dele Momodu, a former presidential aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, has voiced his concerns about the ongoing Edo State Governorship Election. Earlier, the New Daily Prime reported that several individuals were arrested by the EFCC and the police in connection with thuggery and vote-buying activities. In a statement shared on his X account (formerly Twitter), the 64-year-old journalist expressed his disappointment, calling the election…

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have apprehended three individuals suspected of engaging in vote-buying in Egor Local Government Area during the ongoing Edo State Governorship election. Channels Television reported that the anti-graft agency arrested the suspects, which were two men and one woman, and took them into custody around 10:00 am. The report also noted that some residents protested the arrests, alleging that the individuals were…

Today, the people of Edo State will cast their votes to elect a new governor, who will succeed the incumbent, Godwin Obaseki. In November 2020, Mr Obaseki and his then deputy, Philip Shaibu were sworn in and administered oath of office by the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Esther Edigin. He defeated the APC candidate, Osagie Ize-Iyamu to be re-elected governor of the state. Mr Obaseki will leave office…

There are palpable hope and expectations, tension and uncertainty as residents of Edo State head to the polls today.It is expectedly so, as the three leading political parties have kept the tempo very high with their candidates promising heaven and earth during the period of campaigns that traversed the nooks and crannies of the politically active state.Candidates Asue Ighodalo (Peoples Democratic Party), Monday Okpebholo (All Progressives Congress), and Olumide Akpata…

Edo State, Nigeria — Less than 24 hours before the highly anticipated Edo Governorship Election, federal lawmaker Henry Okojie narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in what is believed to be a politically motivated attack. Okojie, who represents the Esan North-East/Esan South-East Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, is also the husband of popular Nollywood actress Mercy Johnson. The attack occurred at Okojie’s residence when gunmen, believed to be political thugs,…

Ahead of Saturday’s Edo State Governorship Election, President Bola Tinubu has urged all stakeholders to ensure a peaceful and sportsmanlike approach. In a statement made available to newsmen by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the President appealed to the governorship candidates, political parties, and their supporters to uphold the sanctity of the democratic process and respect the will of the people. President Tinubu emphasised his faith…

Ahead of the Edo State governorship election, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Asue Ighodalo, and the chairman of the party, Dr Tony Aziegbemi were the only ones out of the 18 political parties participating in next week’s election that refused to sign the peace accord organized by the Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar-led National Peace Committee, Wednesday.The remaining 17 parties signed the peace accord.Former Head of State, Abubakar, the…

Former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has left the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja after voluntarily turning himself in, without being interrogated.The EFCC had preferred 19 charges against the former Kogi governor, alongside his nephew Ali Bello, Dauda Suliman, and Abdulsalam Hudu, for money laundering offences totalling N80,246,470,088.88.After he (Bello) refused to honour several invitations from the EFCC and many attempts to arrest…

ays after an assassin attempted to kill former President Donald Trump, the Republican candidate and his Democratic counterpart, Vice President Kamala Harris have resumed their campaigns.Trump on Tuesday, travelled to Michigan two days after a failed assassination attempt against him was foiled at his golf course in Florida.Meanwhile, the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) will host Vice President Harris in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania for an interview…