Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has said he was surprised at the loss of the All Progressive Congress in the recently concluded Edo State Governorship Election. Speaking on Monday, September 21, 2020, after the declaration of incumbent Governor Godwin Obaseki as the winner of the election, Mallam El-Rufai said three weeks to the election, […]
An official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been shot and critically injured. The incident occurred on Saturday, September 19, 2020, while the electorate were voting in the governorship election in the State and was confirmed by the Collation Officer, Professor Godswill Alan Lukman, in Etsako Central Local Government Area where the incident […]
As the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) started to announce results of polls conducted across Edo State on Saturday, September 19, 2020, the incumbent Governor of the State, Mr Godwin Obaseki, is distinctIvey taking the lead as at Sunday morning, September 20, 2020, Governor Obaseki, contesting as a candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has begun the distribution of sensitive electoral materials ahead of the Edo State governorship election. Channels Television reports on Thursday, September 17, 2020, that the sensitive materials are kept in the Central Bank of Nigeria in Benin City, awaiting onward distribution. Less than 48 hours to the Election, there […]
Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) including Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike; Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal; Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, among others are currently in Benin, Edo State capital campaigning for Governor Godwin Obaseki. The leaders are gathered at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City for the Party’s mega rally ahead […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edo State chapter, has completed its campaign ahead of the September 19, 2020 election, after touring all the 192 wards of the State. The Party’s State Chairman, Mr Tony Aziegbemi, in a statement said, since the approval and composition of the campaign council five weeks ago, presenting its governorship candidate, […]
The people of Edo State are hopeful for a peaceful governorship poll following a new twist in the electioneering events in the State. Channels TV reports that in what many would not have expected to see before the September 19, 2020 poll, Governor Godwin Obaseki and his major rival, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, embraced each other […]
The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos State, Nigeria, is set to conduct a one-day webinar/virtual capacity building session for Journalists ahead of the Ondo and Edo States governorship Elections. The webinar, organized by the International Press Centre, under component 4b: support to media of the European Union Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EU SDGN) […]
Dozens of the Security officials have stormed the Edo State House of Assembly Complex in Benin City, the State capital. The Police toke over the Complex on Thursday Morning, August 6, 2020, and patrol vehicles were stationed there. Channels Television reports that the Police took the action following a reported threat of an attack on the […]
A former vice President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Issa Aremu, has called for the postponement of the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo States. Addressing reporters in Kaduna on Sunday, June 28, 2020, Comrade Aremu believes conducting the elections in the face of rising cases of Coronavirus will put the lives of […]
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