Category: Politics
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Governor Monday Okpebholo has vowed to resign from office if President Bola Tinubu does not secure 3.5 million votes in Edo in the 2027 presidential election. The governor made the declaration during an interview aired on TVC, insisting that the ruling All Progressives Congress is fully prepared to secure an overwhelming victory for Mr Tinubu…
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Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested seven suspected cultists in a hospital located in Uromi, the administrative headquarters of Esan North-East Local Government Area of the State. The Public Relations Officer of the Command, Moses Yamu, disclosed this on Thursday in a statement made available to newsmen in Benin City. Yamu said…
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The bill was passed following the presentation and consideration of a report by the House Committee on Security and Public Safety, submitted by its Chairman, Rt. Hon. Maria Edeko. The House thereafter resolved into the Committee of the Whole to adopt the committee’s two findings and one recommendation before conducting a clause-by-clause consideration of the…
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The administration of Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo has come under intense public criticism following online claims alleging that some of his reported appointees were seen celebrating an individual previously convicted for assault in the United Kingdom. The incident, which surfaced on social media over the weekend, sparked debates about leadership ethics, accountability, and the…
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The Deputy Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Osamwonyi Evbaguehita Atu, alongside two other public officials, has sparked widespread outrage after pledging a total of N1.1 million in cash rewards to a man who allegedly assaulted a government critic, Albert Obaze, in the United Kingdom. The individual being rewarded is Ehimare…
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The senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, has taken a swipe at former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for joining the African Democratic Congress (ADC), saying he lacks the capacity to fix Nigeria. Speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, the ex-Edo State Governor mocked Atiku. He claimed the former VP’s long…
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Edo State Deputy Governor, Dennis Idahosa, has said that the appointment of permanent secretaries in the state civil service will now be based on merit. In a statement on Thursday by the Deputy Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Friday Aghedo, Idahosa noted that such appointments would no longer be based on imposition. According to the statement,…
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Kanu found guilty on: Count 1 – Broadcast to incite and threaten violence. Count 2 – Illegal Sit-at-home order with threat to violence Count 3 – leader of a proscribed terrorist organisation Counts 4 & 5 – threats to kill security operatives, make improvised bombs,and incitement to the public to destroy all Government properties during…
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President Bola Tinubu says he would do everything to ensure the return of the schoolgirls abducted by bandits in Kebbi State. Tinubu gave this assurance through his Vice, Kashim Stettima on Wednesday during his visit to the state. Reports that Shettima visited Kebbi to commiserate with the government and people of the state a few…
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Senator Adams Oshiomhole has taken a swipe at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State for describing Governor Monday Okpebholo’s one year in office as a waste. The former governor, who spoke to newsmen in Benin, also questioned why the media still quotes the PDP, which he described as “a dead party.” He urged…