There was panic on Thursday morning in Benin, the Edo State Capital when a Compressed Natural Gas, CNG, powered vehicle exploded at NIPCO filling station along the Benin-Auchi Expressway. The vehicle, in a video making the rounds, was smashed while people ran for dear lives as the loud sound from the explosion created panic among…
Ahead of the handing over of government to the Edo State governor-elect, Monday Okpebholo, scheduled for November 12, 2024, Governor Godwin Obaseki has invited his team to come forward and familiarise themselves with the nuances of governance and be fully enlightened by the outgoing administration. The governor wondered why the governor-elect and his team still…
A violent protest erupted in Agenebode, the headquarters of Etsako East Local Government Area in Edo State, as irate youths set a police station on fire, along with several vehicles inside, following allegations of police complicity in a series of kidnappings and organ harvesting linked to Fulani suspects in the area. The unrest reportedly began…
Some members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State have described the declaration of Senator Monday Okpebholo as the winner of the rescheduled Edo governorship primary election as a gross violation of the party’s. constitution. The party members who stormed the APC national secretariat on Monday in Abuja described last Thursday’s governorship primary…
Edo State All Progressives Congress Youth leader, Tony Adun, has apologised to the party for leading youths and women to vandalise the secretariat after the first primary election on February 17, which threw up three winners. The crowd who were led by Adun, popularly known as Kabaka, forced their way into the offices and brought…
Edo State Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu has raised the alarm over what he described as an intensified scheme to remove him from office. According to Shaibu, the plot gained momentum following his emergence as the factional candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the upcoming governorship election in the state. The controversy surrounding the…
APC governorship aspirant in the Edo governorship race, Senator Oserheimen Osunbor has pulled out of the rescheduled primary election scheduled for today. Osunbor disclosed this in a letter dated February 21, 2024. Recall that the former Edo governor last Tuesday submitted a petition to the APC Appeals committee and demanded a rescheduled primary that would…
One of the aspirants in the ongoing Peoples Democratic Party governorship primary in Edo State, Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama, has withdrawn from the race. Ogbeide-Ihama stated this in a letter addressed to the party’s National Secretary, Sam Anyanwu, and copied to the National Working Committee of the PDP. The letter, which was made available to journalists on…
A former Edo State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Andrew Emwanta, has resigned from the All Progressives Congress. The former commissioner said he was resigning because of the flawed governorship primaries which took place on Saturday. The election produced three winners. The Chairman of the Electoral Committee of the primary, Governor Hope Uzodimma announced Dennis…
APC in Edo state was thrown into confusion on Saturday as two governorship candidates emerged winners of the All Progressives Congress primary election for the September 21 governorship election in Edo State. Member of House of Representatives, Hon Dennis Idahosa, was earlier announced winner by the Chairman, APC Primary Election Committee and governor of Imo…
