Inside Edo

… calls on NERC to sanction BEDC over scheme to compromise power supply to collation centres … charges Edo electorate to reject pretend-APC candidate, Ize-Iyamu The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State has raised the alarm over a plot by a former Governor of Lagos State and Leader of …

A group with interest in good governance and development, the Participation Train For Development Initiative (PTFDI), on Thursday, warned the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, to steer clear of Edo politics and abort his planned trip into the state to action the rigging plot of the All Progressives Congress …

BENIN CITY- With less than 48 hours to the commencement of the Edo state governorship election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has commenced distribution of sensitive materials to the eighteen Local Government Areas of the State. The distribution exercise which started at about 7:00am, yesterday, at the premises of …

Abuja – The Police Service Commission has warned police personnel deployed in Edo for Saturday’s governorship poll to eschew acts of misconduct during the exercise. The Head, Press and Public Relations of the commission, Mr Ikechukwu Ani, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Ani admonished the operatives …

Ahead of Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Edo State, Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Francis Okiye, has charged eligible voters to come out en masse with their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and vote against godfatherism in the state. Okiye, in a statement, urged voters to reelect …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday, launched the state’s Sex offenders’ Register, with a charge to prosecutors to prioritise all cases of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in the state. The governor also inaugurated the state’s Sexual Assault Referral Center (SARC) in Benin City, named after Vivian Ogu, …

…says Tinubu has released additional $10m to buy votes The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday said Osagie Ize-Iyamu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) pledged to approve the nomination of three commissioners, seven council chairmen and 12 board chairmen into his cabinet and government if elected governor in …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that Governor Godwin Obaseki, declined participation in Wednesday’s conversation organised by ARISE Television, over the confusion caused by the television station with regard to the shape the programme will take. State Publicity Secretary, PDP, Mr. Chris Osa Nehikhare, who spoke on behalf of …

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Benin Branch has refuted claims that it purportedly endorsed Osagie Ize-Iyamu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the Saturday’s governorship election in the state, Chairman of Edo NBA, Barr. Pius Oiwoh, on behalf of other executives of the Bar, at a press …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of intensifying vote buying in Edo State, barely three days to the September 19 gubernatorial election in the state. State Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr. Chris Osa Nehikhare, who spoke on behalf of the state PDP Campaign …