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Flooding: INEC to replace damaged facilities in Edo – Yakubu
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu on Thursday said the damaged facilities in the Edo office would be replaced before the Sept. 21 governorship election. Yakubu said this during an on the spot assessment of the level of damage done to its facilities by the flood disaster occasioned by torrential rain in Benin on May 24.…
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Nzem-Berom: Gov. Mutfwang tasks Plateau residents on unity, tolerance
Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau, has urged residents of the state to be united and tolerate one another at all times. The governor gave the advice during the 2024 Nzem Berom, an annual cultural festival of the Berom ethnic group, on Friday in Jos. Mutfwang, who commended the mammoth growth who gathered to celebrate the annual festival, reiterated the need…
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Edo Guber: INEC, PLAC make case for persons with disabilities
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is committed to making the 2024 governorship election in Edo more inclusive with the provision of assistive devices for persons with disabilities (PWDs). Prof. Kunle Ajayi, INEC National Commissioner, stated this on Monday in Benin during a technical session on the implementation of INEC’s inclusivity tools in the election. The News Agency…
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Shaibu storms PDP secretariat for Certificate of Return, threatens legal action
The crisis in the PDP took a dramatic twist on Wednesday as Edo Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu stormed the party secretariat, demanding the issue of a certificate of return for winning the Edo PDP gubernatorial primary election. Shaibu, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports, had emerged as the standard bearer for the upcoming Sept. 21 Edo governorship elections at…
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Edo 2024: Akpata emerges LP Candidate
A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Olumide Akpata, has emerged as the candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for the Sept. 21 Edo governorship election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Akpata polled 316 votes to defeat other aspirants in the party’s primary election, held in Benin on Friday. Mr. Kenneth Imansuangbon…
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Re-run primaries: Sen. Okpebholo emerges APC candidate for 2024 Edo Gov’ship Election
Sen. Monday Okpebholo, representing Edo Central at the National Assembly, has emerged as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Sept. 21 governorship election in Edo. Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River, who is the chairman of the APC supplementary primary election, declared Sen. Okpebholo the winner of the election on Friday in Benin. Otu said that…
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Edo 2024: Ighodalo wins Edo PDP governorship ticket
Dr. Asue Ighodalo, on Thursday, emerged as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the forthcoming Edo governorship election scheduled for Sept. 21. The Chief Returning Officer and chairman of the Edo Governorship Primary Election Committee, Gov. Dada Lawal of Zamfara State, declared Ighodalo the winner after he garnered 577 votes to defeat six other aspirants. The…
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APC Digging Its Own Grave in Edo
Nigeria’s politicians have perfected the art of burying themselves with one foot sticking out. And it appears that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will, once again, stage this rite of self-destruction in the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State. The party’s primaries on Saturday were such a shambles that it has now been forced to conduct them again, with no guarantee…
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10,000 youths in Edo to receive TNY entrepreneurship training – Official
No fewer than 10,000 youths in Edo will receive entrepreneurship training to be self-reliant under the Transforming Nigeria Youths (TNY) Entrepreneurship programme. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the TNY programme is sponsored in the state by the Enterprise Development Centre, Master Card Foundation and Edo Skills Development Agency (Edojobs). Speaking during the inauguration of the programme on…
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Edo govt. promises to collaborate with POWA on empowerment, skills
The Edo government, on Monday in Benin, promised to collaborate with the Police Officers Wives Association (POWA) towards achieving the association’s three-point agenda. Edo Gov. Godwin Obaseki gave the promise in his office when Hajia Hajara Alkali, POWA National President, led other executive members on a courtesy visit to the governor. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the…
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Zambian president promises to cut deficit, restore economic growth Zambian president promises to cut deficit, restore economic growth
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema said on Friday his new government would implement policies to reduce the fiscal deficit, restore economic growth and review mining policies. In his first address to a new session of parliament since his election in August, Hichilema said officials would also review agricultural policies, revise electricity prices, and reform state power firm Zesco. In November, Africa’s…
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Edo poll voter turnout decline worrisome in spite of credible conduct — CDD
Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), a pro democracy civil society organisation, has said that in spite of the general peaceful and credible conduct of the Edo election, it was worried over the decline in voters turnout for the election. The group in its final observation report signed by CDD Director, Ms Idayat Hassan, and Head, Election Analysis Centre (EAC),…
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Edo poll: New dawn, end of ‘godfatherism’ in Nigeria politics – Atiku
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has congratulated Gov. Godwin Obaseki on his reelection, describing his victory in at the Edo governorship election as end of ‘godfatherism’ in Nigeria politics. Abubakar in a statement he issued in Abuja on Sunday said that the election marked a new dawn in Edo. “There is a new wind of democratic change now blowing all…
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Edo governorship election a huge relief, says Ekweremadu
Former Deputy President of the Senate Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, has congratulated Goverror of Edo, Godwin Obaseki, on his re-election, describing the just concluded election as “a huge relief”. Ekweremadu, who is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), National Campaign Council for Edo, said this in a statement signed by his Media Adviser, Mr Uche Anichukwu, on Sunday. The…
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Obaseki’s win renews our 2023 determination to win Lagos — PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Lagos State Chapter, says the re-election of Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has further strengthened its determination to win the 2023 governorship poll in Lagos. The party said on Sunday in Lagos that if the embattled Obaseki could surmount all the challenges to win, the party also could. Mr Taofik Gani, the party’s state spokesperson…
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FCT residents commend INEC innovations, performance in Edo polls
Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on its performance at the just concluded Sept. 19, governorship election in Edo state. Some of the residents who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Abuja expressed their joy that the election was relatively peaceful and that INEC deserved commendation for…
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Buhari commends Edo election process, urges Obaseki to show humility in victory
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the election process in Edo, which led to the victory of Governor Godwin Obaseki as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The president, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Sunday, congratulated the winner and urged him to show grace and humility…
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