Category: Politics
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Edo State Deputy Governor, Hon. Dennis Idahosa, on Wednesday, June 17, urged voters in Ovia South West Local Government Area to vote massively for candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the July 11, 2026 local government elections. Idahosa made the appeal at the flag-off of the APC campaign for Ovia South West Local…
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Tension erupted in the Edo South Senatorial District at the weekend as members of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) staged a protest around the Oba of Benin Palace, rejecting the emergence of Mr Sunny Aguebor as the party’s senatorial candidate for the 2027 general election. The protesters, led by their spokesman Osaze Idemudia, accused some…
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Benin: The Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Blessing Agbebaku, has urged residents of the state and Nigerians at large to uphold national values, promote cultural heritage, and live in harmony as the country marks Democracy Day. Agbebaku made the call during a Democracy Day celebration with his constituents on Friday in Benin.…
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Abuja: President Bola Tinubu says the collapse of grassroots governance contributed significantly to Nigeria’s insecurity, stressing that effective local government administration remains critical to national development. Tinubu stated this on Friday in his Democracy Day address to the nation. The president said his administration had pursued financial autonomy for the country’s 774 local government councils…
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The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has said that some governorship aspirants in Nigeria spent between N20 billion and N30 billion to secure electoral victory during the last primary elections, warning that the trend poses a serious threat to democratic governance and fuels corruption in public office. While…
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The Edo State Government has ordered the immediate closure of three secondary schools in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area following intelligence reports indicating a possible kidnap threat targeting students. The directive was contained in a circular issued by the State Ministry of Education and signed by its Permanent Secretary, Mr Enodolomwanyi Otamere. The affected schools are…
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Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has said that President Bola Tinubu and First Lady, Remi Tinubu are allegedly preoccupied with politics amid worsening security challenges confronting the country. Atiku, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, noted while the country is still awaiting the safe return of schoolchildren and…
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A former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose has said that nobody is contesting against presidential Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election. This is despite the failure of the Tinubu administration to bring under control the security situation in the country with what is happening in Oyo State, the situation in Kwara and other…
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One of the senatorial aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo South, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has threatened a suit against the Special Adviser to Governor Monday Okpebholo on Digital Media, Mr. Collins Osaghae, over an alleged defamatory publication circulated on social media against him. He is therefore demanding the sum of N2 billion…
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President Bola Tinubu secured 131,096 votes in the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary conducted across the 192 wards of Edo State on Saturday. Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, who served as the returning officer for the exercise, announced the results at the APC Secretariat on Ikpoba Hill, GRA, Benin City, describing the election as…