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THE All Progressives Congress (APC) has unveiled the final twelve aspirants that will battle for the party’s governorship ticket for the 2024 elections in Edo State. The list was made known in a statement released in Abuja by the APC National Organising Secretary, Suleiman Arugungu. The statement disclosed that of the 23 persons …

DESPITE mounting opposition and intractable barriers erected on the political pathway to Comrade Philip Shaibu’s governorship bid by Governor Godwin Obaseki, PDP Chieftain, Mr Friday Valentine Okeile in this interview says Shaibu is the candidate to beat in the coming delegate primary election slated for this month. You recently resigned …

HIRED political thugs with guns and other dangerous weapons arrested at the scene of protest at the Labour Party Secretariat in Benin City, Edo State capital, have allegedly confessed to being sponsored by Barrister Olumide Akpata to disrupt Labour Party meeting on Sunday afternoon. Police sources at the Police State …

By Elempe Dele THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Edo State Chapter, on Sunday, 3rd, 2024, had their congress across the 18 Local Government Areas, LGAs, to elect Ad Hoc Delegates from the 192 wards who will in turn vote for their prefered aspirants come 22nd of this same month of …

A member of the board of trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Hon Charles Idahosa has accused some national officers of the party from APC-controlled northern states of acting as mercenaries bent on selling the soul of the PDP in Edo State to the highest bidder. Idahosa, who served …

By Ben peters, Abuja NINE out of the ten aspirants of the People’s Democratic party in the Governorship race in Edo state on Sunday evening raised alarmed that the governor of Enugu state, Peter Mbah has been hijacked by the state Governor, Godwin Obaseki. Addressing journalists in Benin City, Barrister …

NINE governorship aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo state have described the delegates congress held in Edo State on Sunday as a nullity saying the decline by the chairman of the committee, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state to supervise the process was an indication of a …

ENUGU State Government has set up a standing committee for property and land reconciliation and compensation, with the mandate to review all title documents, construction approvals, double and wrongful allocations and double certificates of occupancy. The committee is also to evaluate compensations in respect of government’s acquired lands, among other …

A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, has purchased his expression of interest and nomination forms for the governorship primary election of the Labour Party (LP) in Edo State. Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled September 21 for the conduct of the Edo …

THE National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has, pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the PDP (as amended in 2017) approved the composition of the Edo State Ward Caretaker Committees to function for a period of 30 days effective today, February 1, 2024. The …