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Edo State Governor and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Mr. Godwin Obaseki won in his Unit 19, Oredo, Local Government Area, in the Saturday’s gubernatorial election, in Edo State. He defeated Osagie Ize-lyamu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), according to result announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). While Obaseki scored 184 votes, Ize-lyamu got 62 votes.

Edo All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has won his polling unit at Ward 5, Iguododo community in Orhionwon Local Government Area. Ize-Iyamu polled 292 votes while Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) got 21 votes. Details shortly… The Nation.

Governor Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party has cleared all the votes in Garrick Memorial (Oredo Ward 1), the largest voting centre in Oredo Local Government Area. Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, said this on Saturday, after release of result, at the centre, where he voted. Details later…

A former Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has lamented that card readers are not working at some polling units in Saturday’s Edo governorship election. He said this after casting his vote at polling unit 01, Ward 10 in Uzairue northeast, Etsako West Local Government Area. The former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, however, warned the Independent National Electoral …

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has expressed displeasure over the conduct of the ongoing governorship election in the state. He said the Independent National Electoral Commission should have prepared better for the election. Obaseki spoke after casting his vote at Polling Unit 19, Ward 4, Oredo Local Government Area. The governor lamented that he stayed for over one and a …

Edo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said that the “lions and tigers have invaded Urhonigbe North and Southwards.” A statement by the State Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr Chris Nehikhare in Benin yesterday said, “They came in a commando-style seating on top vehicle bonnets armed with-sized shotguns shooting into the air. They scared away voters and Independent National …

…In all, 14 political parties have presented candidates for Saturday’s election in Edo State The people of Edo State will gather at the poll today to either elect a new governor or hand another term to the incumbent governor, Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In all, 14 political parties have presented candidates for Saturday’s election in the …

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday due to complications of metastatic pancreas cancer, the court announced. She was 87, the CNN reported on Friday. Ginsburg was appointed in 1993 by President Bill Clinton and in recent years served as the most senior member of the court’s liberal wing consistently delivering progressive votes on the most divisive social …

Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance and Foreign Affairs, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, is one of five candidates left in the race for the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO). A report by Bloomberg on Friday said members of the global trade body decided to select Mrs Okonjo-Iweala, former Managing Director of the World Bank, along with four other candidates they considered the best fit …

The Nigerian government on Friday apologised for misinforming Nigerians about its new self-certification policy. Tweeting via the handle @NigeriaGov, the government said the message contained in the notice does not affect all Nigerians as erroneously communicated on Thursday. PREMIUM TIMES reported how the Nigerian government had on Thursday directed account holders in financial institutions across the country to complete a new …