The Edo State House of Assembly on Monday removed the State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu. The removal followed the adoption of the recommendation of a seven-member judicial panel led by Stephen Omonua, a retired judge. At plenary in Benin, the state capital, the Majority leader of the house, Charity Aiguobarueghian, said the report of the…
The Edo State Police Command, on Sunday, explained why it detained one Christopher Owegie whose wife died at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital on Saturday. A statement by the state Commissioner of Police, Funsho Adegboye, noted that Owegie was briefly detained after assaulting the medical doctor who attended to his wife before she died….
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has vowed to win the forthcoming governorship- election in Edo and Ondo states. Nze Chidi Duru, the APC Deputy National Organising Secretary, disclosed this at the party’s National secretariat in Abuja yesterday. Duru also assured the 16 candidates seeking APC’s ticket for the Ondo state governorship election on November 16,…
The leadership of the Labour Party in Edo State has reportedly summoned an emergency meeting. The meeting will have in attendance the party’s governorship candidate, Olumide Akpata and his running mate, Mrs Oluyinka Faith Alufokhai over concerns that some of the information contained in their forms EC9 submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 17 political parties have fielded candidates for the 21 September Edo governorship election. INEC stated this in a statement by Sam Olumekun, its national commissioner and chairperson, Information and Voter Education Committee, in Abuja on Wednesday. Mr Olumekun said that the 17 parties had successfully uploaded their candidates’…
The Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has lamented a boom in illicit drug business in the state, saying drugs are being hawked like sachet water. DAILY POST reports that Callys Alumona, the new Commander of of the agency, made the remarks on Thursday during a visit to the Edo…
The 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has urged aggrieved governorship aspirants in Edo State to bury their hatchet and support the party’s candidate, Asue Ighodalo. Atiku made the appeal amid threats by the Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu to institute legal action against the emergency of Ighodalo as the PDP’s…
