Matthew Urhoghide
6 Feb 2019
With less than two weeks to the presidential, gubernatorial and National Assembly elections, the stage is now set for the political gladiators of the different parties to contest the senatorial slots in Edo State.
10 Jul 2018
The representative of Edo South Senatorial zone in the National Assembly and Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation, Matthew Urhoghide, has offered an insight to what may have made the pending bill before the federal legislature where states are being mandated to provide land for cattle ranching died a natural death.
7 May 2018
The Edo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned what it called display of state-sponsored hooliganism” and alleged attack on some of its members and a senator representing Edo South, Matthew Urhoghide. The PDP in a statement issued in Benin City by its Publicity Secretary, Chris Nehikhare said the execution of the…
8 Mar 2018
The Senate has resolved to suspend the budgetary provisions of 444 parastatals, which fail to comply with the constitutional requirement of auditing its account before the deadline of May 28 this year and having arrears of two years and above.
3 Aug 2016
Urhoghide, who is the Director General of the Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu’s campaign organisation, said it was ironical that this was so in the face of Oshiomhole’s castigation of the opposotion over similar allegations.
25 Jul 2016
The last two weeks have been one of the busiest politically for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State as it strives to win back the state which it lost to then opposition Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) now All Progressives Congress (APC) almost eight years ago.
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