Tag: Edo Guber
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Video: Foremost APC Edo guber aspirant Senator Osunbor vows to respect traditional rulers
Foremost APC guber aspirant in the forthcoming Edo election, Senator, Professor Oserheimen Osunbor has vowed to respect the traditional institutions in the state if voted governor. In a video clip captured by TNG, Osunbor declared that he is taking a cue from his late father Pa Abraham Osunbor a veteran teacher and a Second Republic…
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Edo Guber: Members of Apapa’s LP faction beaten to pulp in Benin
Some persons suspected to be members of the Lamidi Apapa’s faction of the Labour Party were on Friday gotten hold off by supporters of the party in Edo State following a tip off they plannned to conduct a primary election for LP candidates ahead of the 2024 governorship election in the state.
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Edo Guber Poll: Deputy governor, Philip Shaibu declares intention to run
Philip Shaibu, the Edo State Deputy Governor has declared his interest in running for the Edo gubernatorial election.
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Former NBA president, Olumide Akpata steps down from Law practice to pursue governorship ambition
The former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA) Olumide Akpata, has suspended Law practice to pursue political ambition. The senior lawyer has resigned from Templars, a leading law firm where he served as Senior Partner.
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T.B. Joshua denies prophesying winner of Edo guber poll
The General Overseer of Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Prophet T.B. Joshua has denied giving any prophecy on the September 19 governorship election in Edo State. Joshua said any such story was, ‘entirely false,’ a ‘prophecy rumour’ and propagated by ‘Satan..the father of lies’. The election is between incumbent Governor Godwin Obaseki of the…
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Edo guber: INEC releases provisional list of candidates
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said that 14 political parties submitted nominations for the Edo governorship election. The commission disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja by Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC). Okoye said that the particulars of the nominated candidates would…
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Edo guber: Obaseki, Imansuangbon battle ready for PDP ticket today
After what looked like endless court cases building up to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary in Edo State, the die is now finally cast. Incumbent Governor Godwin Obaseki will slug it out with Kenneth Imansuangbon at the indirect governorship primary election which holds today at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin, the state capital.…
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Edo guber: I still enjoy support of my governor colleagues in APC – Obaseki
Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki on Saturday said that he still enjoys the support and sympathy of Governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Obaseki made the disclosure at the Abuja national secretariat of the PDP shortly after he was screened for the June 25 governorship primary election of the…
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COVID-19: INEC clears air on alleged plans to shift Edo, Ondo governorship polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has described as unfounded and misleading, reports that it will shift the Edo and Ondo governorship elections slated to hold later this year. INEC had fixed September 19 and October 10 for the elections before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. There had been multiple media reports that the…
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Edo guber: There’s end to litigation by Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon A scene playing out in Edo State depicts the adage of “the mourner crying more than the bereaved.” It has to do with the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its state chairman, Chief Dan Orbih, continuing to litigate matters against Governor Godwin Obaseki of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The…