Category: Politics
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BENIN CITY — The Edo State Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Comrade Imonikhe Kelly Roland-Bello, has urged eligible voters in the state who are yet to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to do so before the Thursday, October 15, 2026 deadline for the ongoing ward-level collection exercise. Roland-Bello made the appeal while…
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Former Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Dr Nasir Danladi Bako, has congratulated Frank Areguame Ilaboya on his appointment as Special Adviser on Grassroots Sports Mobilisation by Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo. In a statement issued on behalf of sports-loving Nigerians and veteran sports administrators and writers, Bako said the appointment was…
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Council in Edo State has challenged politicians alleging attacks by its members or supporters to produce evidence before security agencies, warning against manufacturing incidents to attract public sympathy ahead of the 2027 elections. The warning comes against the background of the African Democratic Congress (ADC)’s allegation that gunmen opened…
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Electioneering for the 2027 general elections in Edo State took a dangerous turn on Tuesday, October 6, as suspected political thugs reportedly opened fire on a convoy of some leaders of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Igueben Local Council Area of the state. A former Labour Party (LP) governorship aspirant and now a chieftain…
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The African Democratic Congress has hit back at the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress over the “AK-47 fire” remark by its chairman, Jarrett Tenebe, with the Presidential Campaign Council calling on the police, the Department of State Services and the Independent National Electoral Commission to investigate the remark. The state chapter of…
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Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has threatened to arrest the contractor handling a section of the Benin-Abraka Road for allegedly abandoning the project after receiving payment from the previous administration. He was speaking to members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Orhionmwon and Uhunmwode local government areas during his ongoing tour to strengthen the…
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Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo has said that the practice of “one man, one vote” will enable President Bola Tinubu to secure 2.5 million votes from the state in the 2027 presidential election. The governor spoke in Benin City during a one-million-youth march organised by the City Boy Movement in support of his administration and…
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Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo has charged members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Council to take the party’s message to every ward and polling unit across the state ahead of the 2027 general elections. Speaking on Wednesday during the inauguration of the Edo APC Campaign Council for the 2027 General elections, which…
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Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo on Tuesday expressed confidence that the All Progressives Congress (APC) would win elections in the state, as he presented the party’s candidates for the 2027 general elections to members during a mobilisation rally in Ologbo Wards 9 and 10 in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area. Governor Okpebholo who said the APC…
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…vows to end commuters’ ordeal as FG deploys over 50 equipment BENIN CITY — Relief may finally be in sight for thousands of motorists and communities trapped in the worsening nightmare on the Benin-Asaba Road as President Bola Tinubu has ordered an emergency rescue operation on the 125-kilometre highway. The intervention, which comes amid worsening…