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Breaking: PDP Clinches Ize-Iyamu’s Local Government

20Sep

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

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Breaking: PDP Clinches Ize-Iyamu’s Local Government

Flag bearer of the All Progressive Congress, Osagie Ize-Iyamu has failed to win his Local Government Area as Godwin Obaseki bettered him. Despite winning his polling unit, Ize-Iyamu failed to deliver the council area. Results announced by INEC showed Ize-Iyamu/APC scored 212,983 while Obaseki/PDP polled 295,296 votes to secure an 82,313 difference between the top contenders. Result from the last LGA is set to determine the winner of the Edo State governorship election, although Obaseki maintains a firm lead.

Edo Decides: Obaseki in Early Lead as INEC Announces Results from 14 Local Government Areas

20Sep

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Edo Decides: Obaseki in Early Lead as INEC Announces Results from 14 Local Government Areas

Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governor Godwin Obaseki has garnered the most vote cast in 14 local government areas as INEC continues announcement of results for the Edo State governorship election. Obaseki is leading his closes rival, Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the opposition All Progressive Congress. Results from 14 local government areas announced so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission show that Obaseki scored a total of 254,169 while Ize-Iyamu polled 163,429. Results from the remaining eight LGAs will determine the ultimate winner of the keenly contested election. So far, the PDP candidate leads with a difference of 90,740 votes after results from 14 local government areas have been announced by the electoral umpire. The PDP had on Saturday all...

PDP Alleges Plot by APC to Alter Edo Election Result

20Sep

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria

PDP Alleges Plot by APC to Alter Edo Election Result

The Peoples Democratic Party has accused the All Progressive Congress of mounting pressure on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to change result of the Edo State governorship election. This was contained in a stamen by National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan who alleged that the APC was pressuring on INEC to increase the result of the party in some polling units to APC’s favour. Ologbondiyan stated that INEC’s result portal was increasingly becoming unstable, making it prone for result altering. "We have also been informed that the INEC Chairman has come under intense pressure from the APC to allow the replacement of results declared in the riverine areas of Edo State in other to jerk up figures for the APC. "We appeal to the INEC Chairman, Pro...

Edo Decides: Anxiety in APC, PDP as Results Trickle in

19Sep

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Edo Decides: Anxiety in APC, PDP as Results Trickle in

Political actors in the Edo State gubernatorial eagerly await the announcement of the winner as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) commences collation of results from polling units. This comes as INEC deployed an online portal for tracking results from polling units though the portal stated its purpose was to “provide information for research purposes and not for election result collation.” At the time of filling this report, data from the portal revealed results have been announced in 1,724 polling units out of the 2,627 polling units in the state. Former minister of Aviation and PDP stalwart, Osita Chidoka disclosed the deployment of the portal on his official Facebook page. Chidoka said, “In preparation for Edo Elections I engaged INEC Chairman and other st...

Security Agencies Intimidating our Governors, PDP Raises Alarm

19Sep

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

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Security Agencies Intimidating our Governors, PDP Raises Alarm

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cried out over acclaimed intimidation of governors elected under its platform who are in Edo State to woo votes for the party in today’s governorship election in the state. The National Chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus in a press conference said while Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State and Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege were relaxing in the Benin home of former National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, PDP governors were being harassed in Benin. “Hope Uzodinma and Ovie Omo-Agege are in the home of the former chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Oshiomhole. PDP governors are being harassed in Westend Hotel, Benin. “Policemen have surrounded the hotel and their lives are in dange...

1Sep

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Restructuring Has Begun in Nigeria – APC Says

The All Progressive Congress (APC) has allayed fears of proponents of restructuring about its determination to restructure Nigeria, assuring that measures taken by President Muhammadu Buhari towards the implementation of the report of 2014 National Conference and the report of the Nasir El-Rufai- led APC committee on true federalism was testament that restructuring is ongoing. This was disclosed by the APC through its September edition of in-house monthly magazine, ‘The Progressive’. The electronic copy of the magazine titled, ‘Calm Down! Restructuring has begun’ was released on Monday, Punch reports. The party said previous administrations had expended billions of naira to organise national conferences while the recommendations raised were never implemented. According to the APC,...

Oshiomhole Meets Buhari at the Villa, Makes Requests Ahead of Edo Gubernatorial Poll

18Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

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Oshiomhole Meets Buhari at the Villa, Makes Requests Ahead of Edo Gubernatorial Poll

Former National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, sought audience with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Villa where he requested for security to be beefed up in Edo State ahead of the September 19 gubernatorial poll in the state. His visit marked the first time Oshiomhole would meet with President Buhari at the Presidential Villa since his sacking by the Court of Appeal which sat in Abuja on June 16, prompting the dissolution of the APC National Working Committee (NWC), headed by him. Oshiomhole debunked speculations alleging that he was scheming to return as the national chairman of the APC and claimed that at 68, he has no intentions of returning to the position. He tagged those peddling rumours of his intentions to return as cowards who lack th...

El-Rufai Reiterates Support for Southern Presidency in 2023

17Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria

El-Rufai Reiterates Support for Southern Presidency in 2023

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has insisted on his support for rotation of presidency to the southern region in 2023. He disclosed this while speaking on Channel TV’s Sunday Politics, saying that based on arrangement, the presidency should be shifted to the South after President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure. EL-Rufai said such arrangement existed during the time of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), which prompted former President Olusegun Obasanjo of Southern extraction to hand over power to late Umaru Yar’Adua from the North. According to him, even though the constitution of the APC did not make any provision for zoning, it is ideal that power be rotated to the south in 2023. “After Buhari, what is honourable is for the northern politicians to put their support for sout...

President Buhari’s Daughter, Hanan to Wed Inside Aso Villa

14Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Lifestyle, News, Nigeria

President Buhari’s Daughter, Hanan to Wed Inside Aso Villa

Hanan, one of the daughters of President Muhammadu Buhari will organise her wedding ceremony inside the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Sahara Reporters published. The marriage is scheduled to take place on September 4, 2020. The wedding will mark the very first wedding to take place inside Aso Rock Villa, prompting the tag of the “The First wedding”. Hanan will be getting married to Mohammed Turad, the son of erstwhile legislator, Alhaji Mahmud Sani Sha’aban, who represented Zaria in the House of Representatives from 2003 to 2007. Sha’aban is equally contested for governorship position in Kaduna State under the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria. The opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) had earlier in June berated President Buhari for holding the National Executive Commi...

Edo Governorship Election a Matter of Life and Death for Oshiomhole- Wike

11Aug

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Edo Governorship Election a Matter of Life and Death for Oshiomhole- Wike

Governor Nyeson Wike, Chairman of the National Campaign Council of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has said Adams Oshiomhole takes the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State as a do-or-die affair. The governor made the remark at a press briefing in Rivers State capital, Port Harcourt, on Monday. He said, "The best he (Oshiomhole) could do is to lay low and let Ize-Iyamu campaign. You can see that if Ize-Iyamu talks for two minutes, Oshiomhole will talk for 20 minutes because he knows this election will determine whether he will remain in politics or not. Wike said the election presents the Oshiomhole’s only hope of remaining relevant in the Edo political landscape given his lack of influence at the national leadership of the APC. "So, he takes it as a do-or-die mat...