Tag: Ehichioya Ezomon
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Fake news: Between Rasheed and Oyetola and Mohammed’s recipe – By Ehichioya Ezomon
John Hubbel Weiss, associate professor of history at Cornell University, in an opinion piece, “WWI ‘fake news’ made truth the first casualty,” published on news.cornell.edu on November 7, 2018, writes that the current notion of “fake news” can be tied back to this period, when the public began mistrusting the press narrative about the real state of…
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Edo 2024: Oshiomhole, Ize-Iyamu ‘show of power’ over APC guber candidates – By Ehichioya Ezomon
A tell-tale photograph from the secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja showed Senator and former Governor Adams Oshiomhole (APC, Edo North), beaming, and hugging the party candidate for the September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo State, Sen. Monday Okpebholo (APC, Edo Central), for accepting to run with Rep. Dennis Idahosa (APC,…
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Edo, Ondo 2024 reechoes bitter tribal politics of 2023 elections – By Ehichioya Ezomon
In 2020, Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki fought the political battle of his life for a second term in office. Mid year, he’s disqualified by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), headed by Senator and former Governor Adams Oshiomhole as then national chairman.
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Edo 2024: Acrimony, blood-letting, threats, comic relief overshadow primaries – By Ehichioya Ezomon
As the primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and a faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State for the 2024 governorship election witnessed blood-letting, breaking of limbs and skulls, an unrecognised splinter group of Labour Party (LP) decided to inject some comic relief into the nominating process.
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Edo 2024: As Eromosele vows grassroots governance – By Ehichioya Ezomon
The other day, 18 of the over 30 aspirants of the Labour Party (LP) for the 2024 governorship election in Edo State – acting as paupers in an undisguised blackmail – petitioned the party leadership to scrap the N5m fee for Expression of Interest form, and reduce the cost of Nomination form from N25m to…
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Edo 2024: How Oshiomhole’s ‘imposition’ gambit blew up in his face – By Ehichioya Ezomon
If Senator Adams Oshiomhole’s testing the waters to re-enact his 2016 imposition of a candidate on the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, he’s failed spectacularly in the plot, with pleas by members to President Bola Tinubu and the APC leadership to call him to order, to avoid another defeat for the party, as…
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Edo 2024: Ize-Iyamu’s third time march for governor – By Ehichioya Ezomon
He cuts a familiar figure, and preaches a familiar message! Two-time governorship candidate of rival Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2016 and 2020, respectively, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, claims he’s a detribalised, pan-Edo politician, who sees Edo State as one family, and seeks
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Edo 2024: As Esan aspirants sabotage governor for deputy – By Ehichioya Ezomon
The hopes of Esan people of Edo Central senatorial district – that the 2024 governorship election will redeem the marginalisation of Esanland in the governance of Edo State – may be fizzling, or have fizzled out due partly to alleged handiwork or machination of some vauntily-ambitious Esan aspirants.
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Kaduna ‘accidental’ bombing of civilians one too many – By Ehichioya Ezomon
Were it even a one-off occurrence, the Army bombing of celebrants of Maulud (birthday of Prophet Muhammad) in Kaduna State on December 3, 2023, would be hard to explain away as “mistaken.” But it isn’t! “Mistakingly” bombing of civilian communities (or troops’ positions)
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NASS welcome moves to amend Electoral Act 2022 – By Ehichioya Ezomon
Many Nigerians agreed – and had hoped – that the amended Electoral Act 2022 would be a game changer in terms of its dynamism and innovation to cure obvious lapses in the electoral system, and ensure credibility and transparency of elections. But as shown in the process, outcome and aftermath of the February-March 2023