THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented certificate of return to the winner of the Edo State Governorship election, Monday Okpebholo, of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The ceremony took place at the INEC headquarters in Abuja on Thursday. INEC declared Okpebholo winner of the Saturday, September 21 election after polling 291,667 votes to beat his closest contender, Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who polled 247,274 votes. Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party (LP) came a distant third in the race with 22,763 votes. Fourteen other candidates contested the seat but got less than the three…
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JUSTICE Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed October 31, to deliver a ruling as well as judgement in a suit seeking the sack of the Chairman of the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Chiedu Ebie, over the alleged wrongful appointment. Justice Abdulmalik fixed the date shortly after parties in the suit adopted their written addresses as their arguments for and against the originating summons. Some Niger Delta communities had sued President Bola Tinubu, for allegedly violating the NDDC Act by appointing Ebie as chairman of the commission’s board. The plaintiffs from Bayelsa and…
THE deputy governor of Edo state, Philip Shuaibu, has reacted to the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in last Saturday’s governorship. Speaking on Arise Television, Shuaibu said he feels vindicated with the outcome of the polls which saw the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Monday Okpebholo, become the governor-elect of Edo state. “I feel vindicated and I thank God for it. I am water, I don’t have an enemy, unfortunately, those who decided that they are enemies, I have always prayed for them to live long and see how God’s miracle continues to work in my life,” he…
ADAMAWA State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, on Sunday condemned the outcome of the Edo State governorship election. On Saturday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Monday Okpebholo, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the September 21 governorship poll. But in a statement, Fintiri said he wept for Nigeria’s democracy, describing the exercise as shameful. “I weep for Nigeria’s democracy after witnessing the shameful Edo Gubernatorial poll. The APC’s desperate attempts to discredit me by falsely claiming I announced results won’t distract from the real issue. “I merely shared results from INEC’s Irev portal, as…
THE Independent National Electoral Commission has announced the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Monday Okpebholo, as the winner of the Edo governorship election held on Saturday. The state Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Faruk Adamu Kuta, who is also a VC Federal at University of Technology, Minna. Niger State, announced the results on Sunday evening at INEC’s state collation centre in Benin, the state capital. He declared Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress as the winner of the election with 291,667, votes while Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party came a distant second with a total of 247,…
THE Independent National Electoral Commission has begun collation of the gubernatorial election results in Edo State. The returning officer is Prof. Faruk Adamu Kuta, Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Minna. The commission earlier announced that it was set to commence state-levelled collation of the governorship election. This was revealed by the National Commissioner & Member Information and Voter Education Committee, Mohammed Haruna during a press conference on Sunday. INEC also said it had activated the INEC Result Viewing (IReV) portal to upload the polling unit results in earnest. The same results have also been collated from all the 192 Wards.…
DEPUTY Inspector-General of Police in charge of Edo election, Frank Mba, was probably enraged by the visit of Governor Godwin Obaseki to the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Benin, on Sunday morning. Accompanied by his security aides, Obaseki had walked into INEC office around 3am. The governor headed for office of the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), where he held a closed door meeting. While there, some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) stormed INEC office in protest. Among the protesters were Ajibola Basiru, National Secretary of the APC, and Dennis Idahosa, running mate to Senator…
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has uploaded over 88% of polling unit result sheets of Saturday’s Edo State Governorship Election on the commission’s Result Viewing Portal (IReV). Out of the 4519 polling units, the electoral umpire has uploaded the result sheets of 3995 polling units on the portal as of 06:40 pm on Saturday. On Saturday, September 21, 2024, the people of Edo State in South-South Nigeria voted to elect a new governor to succeed the incumbent, Godwin Obaseki, whose constitutional eight-year double terms will end on November 12, 2024. Edo is one of the eight states where governorship…
AFTER months of campaigns and intrigues, voters in Edo State are casting their ballots in the governorship election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had cleared 17 parties for the September 21st election as candidates battle to take over the reins of leadership from incumbent Governor Godwin Obaseki. His tenure ends in November. Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s Monday Okpebholo and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party (LP) are the major contenders for the battle. The election is taking place in 4,519 polling units across the 18 local government areas of Edo…
THE Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun directed the restriction of movement in Edo ahead of the governorship poll in the state. Edo residents head to the ballot on Saturday, September 21st, 2024, to choose their governor. But to ensure a hitch-free exercise, the IGP ordered the restriction of movement in the state. A statement by the force’s Public Relations Officer Olumiyiwa Adejobi said the IGP has ordered the restriction of all vehicular movement on roads, waterways, and other forms of transportation from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm on election day. The Friday statement, however, said exceptions will be made…
AHEAD of Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State, the first batch of the 35,000 police officers deployed to ensure law and order during election has arrived in the state. Also in the state are soldiers and officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission as moves intensify to ensure a hitch-free poll. Seventeen political parties presented candidates for the poll but the All Progressives Congress candidate Senator Monday Okpebholo, Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party are the leading contenders ahead of the ballot. The…
THE Edo State Governor and leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has said the party is pleased with the commitment of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetoku and Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commissioner (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to ensure a free, fair and credible election in the State. Obaseki said this while addressing journalists after a closed-door meeting of the party caucus at the Government House in Benin City, the Edo State capital on Monday. Expressing confidence that the party will come out victorious in Saturday’s gubernatorial election, the governor…
THE Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has implored the people of Edo State to vote for the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Monday Okpebholo, in next Saturday’s governorship election in the state in order to birth a state that is functional. According to the VP who joined other top members of the party during the grand finale of the gubernatorial campaign of the All APC held at the Sports Complex of the University of Benin on Saturday, Edo State, at the moment, needs a strategic thinker, a builder, and a man of the people who can rally the people…
SEVERAL students of the University of Benin have been trapped in a three-storey building that collapsed in Ekosodin on Saturday morning. Ekosodin shares borders with the University of Benin, and hosts a large number of student population. The storey building on Ekhator Street, Benin, the state capital, collapsed during the early morning rainfall in the state. Our correspondent gathered that although some of the trapped students have been rescued, the search for others is ongoing. The Dean of Student Affairs is said to be on the scene, coordinating rescue efforts alongside the university team. One of the students at the…
THE Peoples Democratic Party has refused to sign the peace accord for the Edo State Governorship election scheduled for September 21. Former Head of State Abdulsalami Abubakar announced this on Thursday at the venue of the signing of the peace accord in Benin. According to him, the PDP said it would only sign the peace accord if certain conditions are met. “I met the governor yesterday and he told me the PDP are not going to sign this peace accord,” he said. “They had made some observations and I was expecting the chairman of the PDP to come and make…
THE Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has officially inaugurated Mr. Daere Akobo, Chairman and Group Chief Executive Officer of PANA Holdings, into its prestigious Alternative Dispute Resolution Centre (ADRC) “Body of Neutrals.” This esteemed appointment elevates Mr. Akobo as a key figure in the resolution of complex disputes within Nigeria’s vital oil and gas sector. His induction is seen as a significant development, reflecting his expertise and longstanding leadership in promoting sustainable, fair, and effective conflict resolution. Mr. Akobo’s appointment into the ADRC Body of Neutrals not only serves as a milestone for him and PANA Holdings but also…
CHAIRMAN of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu has said Edo State has recorded a total of 2.6 million registered voters. According to him, sensitive materials are ready and will be delivered to the Central Bank of Nigeria early next week. While speaking on Wednesday at the INEC Stakeholders Conference in Benin City, Yakubu added that mock accreditation has been successfully carried out in preparation for the election. While speaking, the Inspection General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun said the force has put its foot down to work towards a peaceful election in the state,. He insisted that…
A TOTAL of 16 children believed to be victims of trafficking have been rescued from their abductors in the Osuoha area of Port Harcourt. The incident went viral when a social media video appeared to show them. It surfaced on the internet with a request for good Samaritans to assist in locating the children’s parents for identification. Though the Rivers State Police Command has yet to comment on the matter, and messages sent to the Public Relations Officer have not yet been responded to, our correspondent’s investigations have shed some light on the matter. According to a highly placed police…
TEN maritime travellers who were abducted along the Bonny – Port Harcourt waterway earlier this week have regained their freedom. The victims of them were abducted on Monday, September 2. The police authorities had pledged to investigate the incident and rescue the victims. But a source confirmed the victims’ release to Channels Television on Saturday. He said 10 of the travellers were abandoned by their abductors when they noticed operatives of the Nigerian Navy’s, Forward Operations Base (FOB), Bonny were searching for them. The within the FOB Bonny who doesn’t want to be quoted said that operatives of the base…
AKWA Ibom State Government has warned residents to be wary of Mpox the state records five cases of the disease. Giving an update on the outbreak of Mpox on Friday, the State Government disclosed that five cases have been reported in some local government areas. A total of 30 samples were collected for diagnosis where the initial four cases were confirmed comprising three males and a female, ages 2, 4, 12 and 41. Confirming the incident, an official in charge of disease surveillance and notification at the state Ministry of Health, Samuel Etuk, who had earlier announced the four cases,…