Edo State
30 Jan
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has ordered the reaccreditation of over 6,500 operatives of the state’s Security Vigilante Network in a renewed effort to strengthen the state’s security architecture to combat crime and ensure the security of life and property of residents. Obaseki gave the order during a security briefing at the Solomon Arase Command…
28 Jan
Let me make this declaration that if Asue Ighodalo belonged to any other party outside of the PDP, I would still have written this material as a proud Esan man just to address some issues so manifestly manipulated by politicians who trade on falsehood to earn some advantage.
26 Jan
A governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Dr. Ernest Afolabi Umakhihe has expressed deep shock and dismay at the state of education in Edo State. Speaking with newsmen in Benin, Umakhihe said the educational sector in Edo has since been relegated to the background in recent times occasioned mainly by policy flip-flops. Umakhihe…
25 Jan
Edo State deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, said on Thursday that the series of intimidation he has suffered in his political life has made him stronger in his aspiration to become the next governor of the state. Returning his completed governorship nomination form to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Shaibu, who alleged that elders of the…
25 Jan
Frontline aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2024 governorship election in Edo State and former Chairman of Sterling Bank Plc, Asue Ighodalo, has vowed to harness the State’s abundant human and natural resources to tackle poverty and enhance the overall well-being of the people if given the mandate to govern the State.…
25 Jan
A political assistant to a former governor of old Bendel State (now Edo and Delta), Late Professor Ambrose Alli, Mike Ewansiha has described the forthcoming governorship election as one that should go to Edo Central zone particularly because Edo South Senatorial District is about completing eight years in government with Obaseki as governor. Ewansiha who…
24 Jan
Edo State Government House Chapel, located within the Government House, yesterday, became a subject of discourse, following allegations that Governor Godwin Obaseki has shut down the chapel in the Government House, evicting the priest.
23 Jan
A governorship aspirant and member representing Etsako Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, Anamero Dekeri has rejected the report of Prof Julius Ihonvbere-led screening committee. Describing the report as a personal arrangement, Hon. Dekeri said it lacked merit, insisting that it betrayed the true performance of aspirants. The Prof Ihonvbere-led screening panel had cleared…
22 Jan
A governorship aspirant on the platform of the Labour Party (LP) in Edo State, Egbe Omorodion, yesterday, called for a reduction in the cost of obtaining the party’s Expression of Interest and Nomination Form, saying only money bag politicians can afford it going by the huge amount involved.
22 Jan
Ahead of the Edo state governorship primaries, a chieftain of the ruling All progressives Congress, Malam Salihu Lukman has warned against the breach of the party constitution to select the candidate of the party.
20 Jan
The Leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo South Senatorial District has warned gubernatorial aspirants to be wary of the antics of one Dickson Imasogie, declaring that the latter is not the Senatorial leader of the party in Edo South. This is contained in a statement personally signed by Mr. Anthony Peter Ihimi,…
19 Jan
A governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Dr. Ernest Afolabi Umakhihe has said crime and criminality would be drastically reduced if not completely addressed if the government is committed to checking insecurity. Umakhihe, who is seeking the governorship ticket of the APC promised to overhaul and strengthen the Police-Community Relations…