The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Campaign Council for Edo State Governorship Election has condemned the illegal invasion of Edo State House of Assembly by political thugs of the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to him, “An invalid assemblage of absentee Lawmakers-elect with no legitimate claims to the membership of the House of Assembly cannot ...

President Buhari presenting Flag to Edo APC Gubernatorial Candidate Pastor Eze Iyamu alongside APC Caretaker Committee Chairman and Yobe State Governor H.E. Mai Mala Buni as he received Caretaker Committee Chairman All Progressive Congress (APC) accompanied by Edo APC Gubernatorial Candidate and Chairman Campaign Council in State House on 6th Aug 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari ...

Governor Wike has accused the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, of enslaving the people of Edo State. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, Wike stressed that his Edo counterpart had sometime said he was “a governor but not a governor”. According to him, this led to ...

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Femi Falana has called on the National Assembly to probe the conditions of Nigeria’s foreign loans totalling about $79.5bn. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, Falana wondered why much emphasis should just be on the $3.1billion to be secured from ...

The Deputy Speaker of Edo state House of Assembly Mr. Yekini Idiaye and four other lawmakers have declared their support for the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu.  The lawmakers are among the 10 that were inaugurated in July 2019 while 14 others remain yet to be inaugurated. According to ...

Gov. Wike of Rivers State and Adama Oshiomhole Ahead of the September 19 governorship election in Edo State, the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike believes there is no strong opposition against Gov. Godwin Obaseki of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP. According to Wike,”from all indications, it is obvious that Obaseki will win convincingly”. In a ...

The immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, says one of the reasons for his exit from the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, was what he described as the breakdown of governance in the state. He gave the explanation in his letter of resignation dated July 24, 2020, and addressed to the ...

The Senate on Tuesday approved the re-appointment of Prof. Umar Danbatta as Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The approval followed the presentation of a screening report of the Committee on Communications and consideration of same at the Committee as a whole. Similarly, Senate also confirmed the nomination of Idahagbon Williams Omoreige ...

Another aspirant in the Ondo State Governorship race, Olusegun Abraham, has stepped down for Governor Rotimi Akeredolu in the state’s All Progressives Congress primary election scheduled for Monday. Akeredolu revealed this in a series of tweets on Monday morning. “I just got off the phone with my brother Olusegun Abraham who informed me of his ...