Tag: Edo poll
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Edo election: APC, PDP supporters jubilating ahead of final result
Supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People Democratic Party (PDP) have occupied the popular Ramat Park in Benin, jubilating even when the result of the Edo Governorship Election is yet to be announced. As at the time of this report, collation of results for the election was yet to commence.
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Edo Poll: Disregard fake election results, APC tells electorate
The All Progressives Congress (APC)has charged Edo electorate to disregard election results in circulation as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was still collating results. Mr Felix Morka, the party’s National Publicity Secretary gave the advice, in a statement, on Saturday in Abuja.
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Edo poll: INEC uploads 90.33% of results on IREV
The Independent National Electoral Commission has uploaded 90.33 percent of the results from the Edo governorship election to its Result Viewing Portal. Results from 4,082 out of the 4,519 polling units where elections were held in the state have been successfully transmitted.
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‘I’m still in this race’ – LP candidate denies stepping down from Edo guber poll
L abour Party candidate, Olumide Akpata has said he is still in the race ahead of the Sept. 21 Edo Governorship Election. Akpata stated this in Benin on Friday, while debunking a publication that he had stepped down from the governorship race.
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Edo poll: Davido canvasses votes for PDP’s Ighodalo
Nigerian superstar, David Adeleke (Davido) has begun canvassing votes for Asue Ighodalo, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the Edo governorship election billed for Sept. 21. The award winning music star took to his social media handles on Sunday evening, to make the endorsement for Ighodalo.
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Oba of Benin directs chiefs to perform ‘Bisusu’ ceremony ahead of Edo poll
The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has directed all traditional chiefs and leaders in Benin Kingdom to perform the traditional “Bisusu” ceremony to ward off evil ahead of the Edo governorship election. The ceremony is ensure a peaceful and hitch-free gubernatorial election in the state.
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Edo poll: Appeal Court dismisses suit seeking Ighodalo’s disqualification
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday dismissed an appeal seeking to disqualify Asue Ighodalo as governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo. A three-member panel of the appellate court, led by Justice Hamma Barka,
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Edo 2024: APC pegs N40m on Nomination forms, gives discount for other aspirants
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday in Abuja began the sale of Nomination and Expression of Interest forms to party members aspiring to the Edo governorship seat. Off-cycle governorship election would hold in Edo on Nov. 16, the same day as a similar exercis
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Edo poll: Why we can’t investigate, disqualify Obaseki over certificate forgery saga – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that it does not have the power to investigate or disqualify candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo during the September 19 election of Governor Godwin Obaseki, over alleged forgery of the University of Ibadan’s (UI) certificate. It noted only a court order could disqualify…
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Edo poll: Ize-Iyamu returns to church, holds special thanksgiving for ‘successful election’ [Photo]
The governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has celebrated the successful conclusion of the 19 September governorship election and dismissed notions that he was downcast for not being declared the winner. He said this at a Special Thanksgiving Service held in his Parish of the Redeemed Christian…