Major General Charles Airhiavbere (Rted) quest to secure All Progressives Congress ticket and contest September 21 2024 Edo State governorship has received boost. On Wednesday, members of his Campaign Organization led by Prince Charles Nwala, Zonal Coordinator, South-South APC and Hon. Daniel Ighile, picked the forms for the governorship aspirant. Airhiavbere who is the immediate...
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Ighodalo: ‘I want to be gov’ 16 years after been Adviser’ to Edo govt
Frontline Peoples Democratic Party aspirant in Edo 2024 governorship election, Asue Ighodalo on Wednesday said he has extricated himself from been Adviser to the State government for 16 years, to enable him contest the election and become Governor of the State. He made the assertion at his formal declaration for the exalted position at the...
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‘Obaseki’s lackluster’ may spoil Asue Ighodalo’s ambition ― Eholor
A Chieftain of Labour Party, Patrick Eholor says strings of lackluster performance associated with Governor Godwin Obaseki’s government, may thwart Asue Ighodalo’s 2024 governorship ambition in the Stare. Eholor made the comments few days after some aspirants for the governorship seat, stepped down for Ighodalo ― a frontline aspirant, ahead of PDP primaries election. Eholor...
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Deputy governor pardoned, but not yet forgiven!
By TheNewspad The political landscape of Edo State has been marked by a noticeable chill in the relationship between Governor Godwin Obaseki and his Deputy, Phillip Shaibu. The unfolding drama on December 5, 2023, during the presentation of the 2024 budget estimate to the Edo State House of Assembly, served as a spotlight, revealing that...
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Edo govt failure to appoint court members frustrate justice delivery
Delay in appointment of members of Egor Area Customary Court (1 and 2), Uwelu District in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State, is frustrating justice delivery system. The Area Customary Courts are vested with the responsibility to hear and determine both criminal and Civil cases under the native laws and custom. It all began...
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Why I supported Ambrose Alli’s governorship ambition — Ize-Iyamu
Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu on Wednesday declared his affection for Esan ethnic group, declaring that oneness of Edo made him to support former governor of the defunct Bendel State now Edo and States, Prof. Ambrose Alli, during his days as student leader in the University of Benin (UNIBEN). Alli the late Professor of Morbid Anatomy, who...
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Edo 2024: I ‘ll make poverty history — Ighodaro lists area of priority
Asue Ighodalo, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in Edo State, has disclosed plans to make poverty history if he secures his party nomination and win the September 21 2024 election. He made the pledge while briefing journalists at the Correspondents’ Chapel Secretariat in Benin City where he listed areas of priority which include but...
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PDP asks defected Rivers lawmakers to vacate seats
The Peoples Democratic party (PDP) has asked the 27 State House of Assembly members who defected the party to the All Progressives Congress (APC) to vacate their seats by virtue of the provision of Section 109 (1) (g) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended). It also demanded that the...
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Atiku, Obi won presidential election on social media, says Wike
Nysom Wike, the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has mocked Candidates of Peoples Democratic party and his Labour Party, LP counterpart, Peter Obi in the 2023 Presidential election, alleging that opposition parties won the election on social media, while President Bola Tinubu won the polls through the electorate. Recall that Supreme Court had in...
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Edo 2024: Shaibu threatens to sack Consultants recruited by Obaseki
The deputy governor of Edo State, Mr Philip Shaibu has vowed to lay-off Consultants who were engaged by Governor Godwin Obaseki into the State Civil Service if he realizes his governorship bid on September 21, 2024. Shaibu who fired the salvo when he featured on Tuesday November 28th 2023 Channels Television ‘Politics Today’, acknowledged the...