Category: Politics
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Tension is mounting within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Etsako Central constituency following what supporters of Hon. Mathias Igekhie Aliu (MIA) have described as desperate attempts in some quarters to deny the widely accepted grassroots politician his well-earned victory in the party’s House of Assembly primary election. Across Etsako Central, jubilations had greeted the…
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It would have been proper to gloss over the recent political developments in Edo State, particularly the just-concluded APC Edo South Senatorial District primary election, in which Rt. Hon. Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama secured the highest number of votes ahead of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu and Senator Neda Imasuen and remained focused on projecting the developmental strides of…
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Deputy Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Hon Atu Osamwonyi, has lost his bid to emerge as candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Orhionmwon constituency in the next general election. His opponent, Aghimien Ndidi, scored 2,777 votes to pick the ticket for the constituency. Meanwhile, the spoeaker, Blessing Agbebaku, won…
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Blessing Agbebaku, the Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, has been elected as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Owan West Constituency in the State House of Assembly ahead of the 2027 general election. DAILY POST reports that his deputy, Hon. Atu Osamwonyi, was not as lucky as he lost the…
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Despite the intense controversy shadowing the just-concluded All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial primaries in Edo State, the incumbent lawmaker representing Edo South, Senator Neda Imasuen, has shut the door on any potential defection from the party. Appearing on ARISE NEWS, the lawmaker made it clear that while he vehemently rejects the currently circulating, unofficial primary…
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Prof. Julius Omozuanvbo Ihonvbere, Leader of the House of Representatives and current member representing Owan East/Owan West Federal Constituency in Edo State, has raised alarm over alleged irregularities in the All Progressives Congress direct primaries conducted across various council wards in his constituency on Saturday, 16th May, casting a shadow over the exercise ahead of…
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Confusion on Monday threw the Edo South Senatorial primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) into fresh controversy as both Osagie Ize-Iyamu and Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama separately laid claim to victory following conflicting declarations by rival electoral officials. The two parallel results emerged from the exercise conducted across the 77 wards in the seven local government…
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Rt. Hon. Philip Shaibu, a former deputy governor of Edo State, is currently the Director-General of the National Institute for Sports. In this interview, Shaibu talks about the hardship in the country and why it’s necessary. He attributes President Bola Tinubu’s administrative style as the reason for the gale of defections to the ruling All Progressives…
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BENIN CITY — The Edo State Geographic Information Service (EDOGIS) has pledged support for the Ministry of Business, Trade and Investment in advancing the investment and ease-of-doing-business goals of Governor Monday Okpebholo’s SHINE Agenda. Managing Director of EDOGIS, Dr. Innocent Bello, made the commitment during a courtesy visit by the Commissioner for Business, Trade and…
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A frontline political activist and House of Representatives aspirant under the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Ogbidi Emmanuel, has described the pledge of 2.5 million votes for President Bola Tinubu in Edo State as unrealistic and no longer attainable. The promise, earlier made by Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, was dismissed by Ogbidi during a press…