Tag: Edo governorship election
Edo poll: Parties in last minute campaign, police officers stranded
By Jethro Ibileke/Benin With less than 48 hours to the Edo state governorship election, the two major political parties participating…
Edo Poll: Obaseki, Ize-iyamu, others sign peace accord
By Jethro Ibileke Governor Godwin Obaseki has said that he will lead by example by embracing peace before, during and…
Obaseki: My fears about Edo election
By Monday Ajogun The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the Edo governorship election, Gov. Godwin Obaseki, on…
Yiaga Africa deploys 543 observers for Edo poll
By Jethro Ibileke In line with its commitment to credible election under the Watching The Vote (WTV), Yiaga Africa says…
Edo/Ondo elections: CJN warns tribunal judges
By Wandoo Sombo The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Tanko Muhammad, on Thursday warned against recklessness, abuse of power…
Another commissioner dumps Obaseki 10 days to election
By Jethro Ibileke Barely 10 days to the governorship election in Edo State, Governor Godwin Obaseki has again lost another…
Edo: Bankers placed on high alert 10 days to election
The Benin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has asked Compliance officers of banks in the…
Edo crisis: Election not worth citizen’s blood – APC chieftain
The Edo chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), says the forthcoming governorship election in the state is not worth the…
INEC fixes dates for Edo, Ondo governorship polls(Info Graphics)
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC on Thursday announced the dates for the upcoming governorship elections in Edo and Ondo…
Lessons from Edo governorship election
“I thought we would just allow the sleeping dog to snore. It was the same candidate of yours who accosted…
Agents’ refusal to sign result sheet does not invalidate Edo election – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said that the refusal of some political party agents to sign the Edo governorship…
APC agent slumps, dies at polling unit
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A polling agent of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Solomon Omorogbe, reportedly slumped and died on Wednesday…
Breaking: APC wins Edo governorship election
Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Edo State governorship election, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has been declared winner…
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Protests herald collation of Edo guber poll results
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Hundreds of angry youths believed to be loyal to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), went on the rampage…
Breaking: PDP rejects Edo governorship election results
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the results of the Edo governorship election held on Wednesday, ahead of the…
Edo election: Collation of results begins Thursday
The Resident Electoral Commissioner for Edo, Mr Sam Olumekun, says collation of results for the governorship election in the state…
Edo poll: Electoral officer confirms ballot box snatching at Ekpoma
Mr Lebari Nduh, INEC Electoral Officer in Esan West Local Government Area, has confirmed that hoodlums had snatched a ballot…
Oshiomhole, INEC planning to rig Edo poll at collation centres – PDP
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised an alarm that Governor Adams Oshiomhole…
APGA calls for cancellation of Edo guber poll
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in the ongoing Edo State governorship election, Mr. Osaro Onaiwu,…
Ambode, el’Rufai in Edo to rig guber poll, Ize-Iyamu alleges
Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has accused of two governors of the APC, Akinwumi…
Breaking: Edo governorship poll records impressive turnout
The governorship election in Edo has recorded an impressive turnout with voters arriving at polling stations in large numbers across…
NSCDC deploys 20,000 personnel for Edo governorship poll
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Monday said it had deployed 20,000 personnel for Edo governorship election…
PDP says it has no plan to rig Edo poll
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has debunked an allegation that the party was planning to rig the Wednesday governorship election…
Poll shift won’t affect Edo guber – INEC
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured the people of Edo State that the shift of…
PDP, Edo govt bicker over redeployment of Commissioner of Police
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Ahead of the September 28 gubernatorial election in Edo State, the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party…
Postponement of Edo poll will not affect credibility – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the postponement of Edo governorship election by two weeks would not…
Wike denies mobilizing militants to disrupt Edo election
Rivers Commissioner for Information and Communication, Dr Austin Tam-George, said on Friday that Gov. Nyesom Wike and his Delta counterpart,…
PDP registered 8,000 militants for Edo polls, Oshiomhole alleges
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State on Friday alleged that some governors in the South-South registered about 8,000…
Edo Gov Election: INEC has postponed PDP’s victory – Dokpesi
The Chairman of Daar Communications, owners of AIT and Raypower, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi has described the postponement of the…
PDP condemns postponement of Edo gov election
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the postponement of Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State by the Independent National…