• Hoodlums attack Benin prison • Several inmates escape The Edo State Government has imposed a curfew in the state, as the EndSARS protest turned violent today. Secretary to the State Government, OSARODION OGIE, announced that the curfew begins from 4PM today and will last until further notice. The announcement was made after what appeared like the…
The Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, FRANCIS OKIYE, has been impeached. OKIYE was immediately replaced by MARCUS ONOBHU as the new Speaker. The impeachment motion was moved by the Majority Leader of the House, HENRY OKHUROBO. The motion was based on an impeachment notice signed by nine of the ten inaugurated members of the…
Former national chairman of the All Progressive Congress, ADAMS OSHIOMHOLE, has finally accepted defeat in the Edo State governorship election last Saturday. OSHIOMHOLE had led a campaign to unseat Governor GODWIN OBASEKI whom he helped to put in office in 2016 after they both fell apart. The former Edo State governor had wanted to install preferred candidate,…
Edo State Governor, GODWIN OBASEKI, has been visiting his fellow PDP governors in the South-South to thank them for their support during his re-election campaign. Governor OBASEKI first stopped at the Rivers State Government House in Port Harcourt, Wednesday, September 23, 2020, to see Governor NYESOM WIKE, who was the Chairman of the PDP Campaign Committee for…
The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room says the Edo State Governorship election recorded incidents of vote-buying. The Situation Room observed that the problem of vote trading has deepened in the Nigerian political system, as politicians appear to be spending more to influence elections. In its second interim statement on the conduct of the election last Saturday, the…
The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress has congratulated Edo State Governor GODWIN OBASEKI on his victory at last Saturday’s governorship election. APC’s National Caretaker Committee Chairman, Governor MAI MALA BUNI of Yobe State sent the congratulatory message a day after the Edo State branch of the party rejected the outcome of the election. Before sending…