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APC Governors Storm Imo For Freedom Celebration Week

No fewer than 10 Governors under the new party All Progressives Congress (APC) have converged in Owerri ,the Imo state capital, for a solidarity rally as part of the activities marked out for the Imo Freedom Week Celebration. The Governors and Chieftains of the party who arrived the Sam Mbakwe Airport in Owerri at about noon today all moved in a motor cade from the airport through the streets of Owerri to t ...

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‘Let Market Women Conduct Elections,’ PDP Challenges Oshiomole, EDSIEC

The Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party, Edo State chapter, Mathew Urhoghide on Tuesday challenged the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Edo State chapter as well as the Edo State Independent Electoral Commission (EDSIEC) to let a neutral electoral body conduct elections in 4 local government s where in elections did not hold on Saturday. Speaking on Channels Television’s breakfast programm ...

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PDP Labels Edo LG Elections A ‘National Calamity’

The Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Edo State chapter, Mathew Urhoghide on Tuesday said that the just concluded local government elections in Edo state is a "national calamity," wherein the people of the state were not allowed to make their choices.   According to him, the botched local government polls in Edo on Saturday 20th April passed as  one very big embarrassment to the pe ...

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Maku’s ‘Good Governance Tour’ Is A Scam – ACN

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has described as a huge scam and an illegality the ''Good Governance Tour'' currently embarked upon by the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, and a retinue of people, saying it must be stopped forthwith and those behind it made to account for the public funds they have collected in the process. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, the par ...

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Edo Election: Tribunal Dismisses Petition Against Oshiomole

The Edo State Election Tribunal has dismissed the petition filed by the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Charles Arhiavbere, challenging the results of the 2012 governorship election in the state. The judge said that the petitioner failed woefully to prove his allegation and thereafter dismissed the petition on that basis. The Independent National Electoral Commission had declared the candi ...

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Sanusi is right, FG must reduce personnel cost – Oshiomole

The governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomole on Thursday called on the Federal Government to slash its overhead personnel costs for public officers by 50 percent. Mr Oshiomole told a gathering in Abuja that the Central Bank Governor (CBN) governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi’s call for a reduction in the high cost of recurrent expenditure is not wrong however, the cut should be made from the excess spending of gove ...

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Oshiomhole dissolves local government transition committee chairmen

Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole has approved the resolution passed by the State House of Assembly dissolving the 18 Local Government Transition Committee Chairmen. The governor made this known when he met with the former Transition Committee Chairmen and the Head of Service of the Local Governments. He also said the various heads of Service of the local governments are to ensure that only the salaries o ...

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Two prisoners at imminent risk of execution in Edo state

Two prisoners on death row in Benin prison are in imminent danger of being hanged after the governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomole, signed their death warrants prompting Amnesty International to call for an immediate halt to the proceedings after reports the gallows are being made ready. The Edo State Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice Osagie Obayuwana could not confirm when the executions will ta ...

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Army parades 17 suspects for kidnapping, theft and cultism

The 4th Brigade Command of the Nigerian Army in Benin has paraded 17 suspected kidnappers at the Brigade Headquarters in Benin City. The suspects were alleged to have committed crimes ranging from bunkering,  kidnapping, cultism and illegal possession of military uniforms. Also paraded were arms and ammunition, computers, handsets and bags of Indian hemp seized from the suspects. Brigadier General Abel Umah ...

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Video: Oshiomole celebrates re-election with Azonto dance

The re-elected governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomole rocked the Azonto dance step with R&B singer Chuddy K at a victory party put together at the King’s Square Benin City. The R&B singer Chuddy K while performing his hit single “Gaga Crazy†got the governor dancing the popular Azonto step hereby thrilling the crowd. Mr Oshiomhole polled a landslide victory in all the recent Edo State election with ...

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