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Edo 2024: APC Fires Back at Obaseki, Assures Peaceful Elections—Says “Edo People Are Safe, No Threat of Violence”
Ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State, the major opposition party, the All-Progressives Congress, (APC) says it would try everything withing its powers to ensure that the election is violence-free, stressing that the party is for peaceful polls. The APC stated emphatically that there would be “no bloodletting, violence and killing”, and that the […] More
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Edo 2024: Shettima, Akpabio, Ganduje Back Okpebholo for Governor, Dismiss ‘Grammar’ Debate—VP Says Intelligence Isn’t Measured by Head Size as APC Rallies Support
Shooting down the campaign rhetoric of the ruling People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) in Edo State about alleged incompetence of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Monday Okpebholo, and his inability to communicate effectively in the English language, Vice President Kashim Shettima, who led other APC bigwigs to the Mega Rally of the […] More
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Edo Elections: VP Shettima Leads APC Delegation to Benin for Royal Blessing Ahead of Major Rally
Nigeria’s Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, on Saturday, leading chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress, and the Edo State governorship candidate of the party for the September 21 election, Senator Monday Okpebholo, sought the support of traditional institutions towards overall development of the state. Shettima, who had on his entourage during a courtesy visit […] More
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Edo Guber Showdown: PDP Declares ‘Do-or-Die’ Battle as Obaseki, Damagun Vow to Defend Votes at All Costs
It was all sound and fury on Saturday at the Mega Rally of the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) in the countdown to the September 21 Edo State governorship election as the national officers of the party and Governor Godwin Obaseki belched out threats of bloodbath if the election was compromised in any way to the […] More
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Building Collapse at UNIBEN: Several Students Trapped, Rescue Operations Save Some as Search Continues
Several students of the University of Benin have been trapped in a three- storey building that collapsed at Ekhosodin community, an off-campus residential area dominated by students of the University of Benin, UNIBEN, Ugbowo . The building reportedly collapsed following a heavy downpour that started in the early hours of Saturday which lasted till about […] More
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Ighodalo Takes Lead Over Okpebholo, Consoles Edionwe Family After Deadly Convoy Accident
Apparently making political capital out of the tragic accident involving the campaign convoy of his political archrival for the coveted seat of the governor of Edo State, which claimed the lives of five persons on Thursday, the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Dr. Asue Ighodalo, on Friday evening, seized the initiative to pay […] More
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Edo Elections: Benin City Shuts Down as Peter Obi Leads Massive Rally for Akpata and Labour Party
The governorship campaign of the candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for the September 21 election in the state, Olumide Osaigbovo Akpata, was on Tuesday re-invigorated with the presence of Peter Obi, LP’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections giving it some good vibes ahead of the September 19 deadline for campaigns. Most parts […] More
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Edo Guber: Speaker’s Aide Killed, Multiple Injured as Political Violence Escalates in Owan Communities
With about 19 days to the governorship election in Edo State, political violence has begun to rear its ugly head as a political aide to Blessing Agbebaku, speaker of the state House of Assembly, Samson Omorebokhae, was shot dead by unknown gun men, while in a separate incident, several persons, including a pregnant woman and […] More
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Edo Elections: Ighodalo’s Wife Ifeyinwa Wins Over Market Women with Fabrics and Aprons, Secures Strong Endorsement for PDP Candidate
On campaign stopover at the New Benin Market in Benin City on Monday where the traders declared their support for Dr. Asue Ighodalo, candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, wife of the candidate, Ifeyinwa, distributed wrappers and aprons to the traders, promising that she would […] More
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Osagie Dismisses Okpebholo and Akpata as Unfit to Lead Edo, Predicts Ighodalo’s Landslide Win in Oredo LGA
The Chairman, publicity committee of the Governorship Campaign Council of the People’s Democratic Party, PD, in Oredo local government area of Edo State, Crusoe Osagie, has dismissed the candidates of the All-Progressives Congress, (APC) Monday Okpebholo, and that of the Labour Party, (LP) Olumide Osaigbovo Akpata, as incapable of administering the state. As the countdown […] More
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in Big Story, EnTELLtainmentRoyal Family Celebrates Global Music Star Rema as Oba Ewuare II Honors Him for Championing Benin Culture
“Do you see a person skilled in his work? He will stand in the presence of kings. He will not stand in the presence of the unknown”. Proverbs 22: 29 (Christian Standard Bible, CSB) It was a divine moment for Divine Ikubor, celebrated Afrobeat sensation and global music icon as he stood before His Royal […] More
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in Big Story, EnTELLtainmentRema Returns Home: Pledges to Inspire Edo Youths at 6,000-Seat Edo Arena Groundbreaking with Governor Obaseki
Ahead of Friday’s eagerly anticipated homecoming concert in Benin City, Edo-born Afrobeat sensation, Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema, on Wednesday, joined Governor Godwin Obaseki to perform the ground-breaking ceremony for the Edo Arena, to be called ‘The Dome’, a state-of-the-art conference hall and event centre, where he expressed pride in the youths and made […] More