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  • CLO urges INEC to consolidate on gains of Edo polls

    The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to consolidate on gains of Edo governorship election ahead of the forthcoming Ondo pols. The Chairman of the CLO in Anambra, Mr Vincent Ezekwueme, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Wednesday that INEC needed to uphold and strengthen…

  • Edo Poll: NBA Chairman urges support for Ize-Iyamu

    Mr Pius Oiwoh, Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Benin Branch, has urged members of the association to support Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the Sept. 19, Edo governorship election. Oiwoh made the call on Tuesday when Ize-Iyamu visited members of the association  to sell his SIMPLE agenda manifesto as…

  • Police reassure on security, ahead of Edo poll

    The Police Command in Edo has assured residents on adequate security ahead of Sept. 19, Governorship Poll in the state. Mr Johnson Kokumo, the state Commissioner of Police said this while briefing the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II on the preparations for the election at his palace in Benin on Wednesday. Kokumo said adequate…

  • Vote for me, I’ll work for you, Obaseki tells electorate

    Gov. Godwin Obasekiof Edo and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Sept. 19 governorship election has appealed to supporters of the party to re-elect the present administration for continuity of its people-oriented programmes. Obaseki made the appeal at Ogwa, ward 1, in Esan West Local Government Area, when the PDP Edo governorship…

  • PDP remains opposed to any postponement of Edo, Ondo polls

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it will oppose any postponement of Edo and Ondo State governorship elections. The PDP National Chairman, Mr Uche Secondus at a news conference in Abuja, said the September 19 scheduled for Edo and October 10 for Ondo governorship elections should be sacrosanct. Secondus called for appropriate sanction of the…

  • IPAC wants INEC to adjust timetable for Ondo, Edo polls

    The Coalltion of United Political Parties (CUPP), has called on INEC to adjust its timetable for Edo and Ondo governorship elections, following the Court of Appeal judgment that upturned the deregistration of 23 political parties. The coalition in a statement by its Chairman, Media Committee, Chukwudi Ezeobika, said the adjustment was necessary following the unanimous…

  • Edo polls: U.S expresses worry over deteriorating political climate, security interference

    The U.S. has expressed worry over reports of deteriorating political climate in Edo and interference by security forces in political matters, ahead of the September gubernatorial election. The U.S Embassy in Abuja, in a statement called for free, fair and credible elections where the will of the Nigerians would be reflected in results. According to…