Nigeria Police Force has announced the arrest of two political thugs during an overnight raid across several locations in Edo State.

FOLLOWING controversies, violence and glitches that trailed some elections in the past, and mud-slinging that shadowed the campaigns for the Edo State 2024 governorship election, eyes are on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the Police and other security agencies to make today’s poll credible and peaceful.

THE stage is set. Voters across the three senatorial districts, 18 local government areas, 192 wards and 4,519 polling units of Edo State will troop out to elect a successor to Governor Godwin Obaseki.

By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – THE Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered the restriction of movement among other measures for a free and credible election in Edo State. This directive was given in a press statement by the force PPRO, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made available to journalists in Benin on Saturday. The statement […]

The husband to the famous Nollywood actress, and Member representing Esan North East/Esan South East Federal Constituency Prince Henry Okojie has escaped assassination attempt.

Edo Government on Friday expressed concerns over an alleged attempt by political thugs to overrun INEC offices in some local government areas across the state. The government also commended the military for successfully halting the activities of the suspected thugs on INEC office in Oredo Local Government, located in the state capital. Chris Nehikhare, the […]

 A Magistrates’ Court in Abuja on Friday, adjourned hearing in the case filed against Sen. Monday Okpebholo, the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s governorship candidate in the Saturday election in Edo, indefinitely. Magistrate Abubakar Mukhtar adjournment followed an order of Justice O.C. Agbaza of the FCT High Court granting leave for Okpebholo to file an application […]

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo, on Monday declared that he had done his best for the state and that Asue Ighodalo and his running mate, Osarodion Ogie, would continue from where he stopped. Obaseki made the declaration during the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign rallies held at Egor and Ikpoba-Okha local governments in the state. […]

By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – THE governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen Monday Okpebholo has promised a better life for the several communities he visited in Edo central Senatorial district as part of the party’s ward-to ward campaign. He stated this when he visited the people in his home town of […]

Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’ for the September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo State, Asue Ighodalo On Friday…