Obaseki free to return to APC if… — Wike

L-R: Deputy Governor-Elect, Philip Shaibu; Chairman, PDP National Campaign Council for Edo State governorship election/Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike; and Governor-Elect, Godwin Obaseki, at a press conference after the declaration of the PDP as the winner of the governorship election in Benin…on Sunday. Photo: Edo State Government House Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, says Governor […]

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Ondo 2020: We will improve on defects in Edo, says INEC

Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Yakubu Mahmood, on Thursday said the defects observed in last Saturday’s governorship polls in Edo State would be improved upon in the October 10 polls in Ondo State. The INEC boss, who assured that the commission would be neutral in the conduct of the Ondo poll, said […]

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Ekiti APC suspends Ojudu, 10 others

Suspended politicians blame Fayemi for their ordeal The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has suspended the political adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari, Babafemi Ojudu, and 10 other chieftains of the party indefinitely. They were suspended for allegedly disobeying the party’s directive and failure to withdraw cases instituted against the party in court. […]

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Tinubu, Oshiomhole quiet after APC loss in Edo

Ex-Lagos governor will speak at appropriate time – Spokesperson Former APC chairman has no personal opinion, will back Ize-Iyamu’s position – Aide The September 19, 2020 Edo State governorship election has come and gone but the embers of the episodic event continue to glow in the glade of public discourse. Although 14 parties fielded candidates […]

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Ondo election: 5,000 card readers arrive Akure

Barely two weeks after a fire incident at the Akure office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), it has replaced the 5,000 smart card readers destroyed in the inferno. The smart card readers sourced from the Oyo State office of the commission have been received by the Akure office, it was learnt. The State […]

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Jegede promises to end farmers-herders clashes

Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Eyitayo Jegede, has promised to end clashes between farmers and herders in communities in Akure North local government. He made the promise when he took his campaigns to Aiyede/Ogbese, Ilu Abo, Bolorunduro, Alayere and Eleyeowo communities . The PDP candidate stated that it was regrettable that […]

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Obaseki receives certificate of return

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Godwin Obaseki on Tuesday received his certificate of return from Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Obaseki won the Edo governorship on Saturday. “I received my certificate of return today from INEC Nigeria after the landmark victory in Saturday’s election,” Obaseki said in a Twitter post. “I restate my commitment to […]

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Edo election: Lessons for business managers

By Osaro Aigbogun   L-R: Deputy Governor-Elect, Philip Shaibu; Chairman, PDP National Campaign Council for Edo State governorship election/Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike; and Governor-Elect, Godwin Obaseki, at a press conference after the declaration of the PDP as the winner of the governorship election in Benin…on Sunday. Photo: Edo State Government House “If you talk […]

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Court remands suspected political thugs who attacked Akeredolu

The suspected political thugs being taken to Olokuta Prisons By Shefiu Adeyemo An Akure Magistrate Court on Tuesday remanded for one month, seven suspected political thugs who allegedly attacked the campaign train of All Progressives Congress, APC candidate in the October 10 governorship election and Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, on September 19 at Ifon […]

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Akeredolu urges Ajasin’s daughter, other aggrieved ex-aspirants to join his team

Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State, Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has told aggrieved aspirants, who are yet to key into his re-election campaign, to do so and not after the October 10 election. He said over 90 per cent of the aspirants that contested at the APC primaries had pledged […]

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