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The candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the recently conducted Edo governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has debunked speculations that he is under pressure from party leaders to accept defeat. Ize-Iyamu said this in response to media reports on the subject, even as he urged the media to desist from speculative reporting. He stated this in a statement signed …

• Obaseki commends Buhari, Wike, Diri for support• APC blames the loss on irresponsible leadership• Group urges Obaseki to reciprocate Edo people’s gesture Yobe State Governor and Chairman, Caretaker/ Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee (CENCPC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mai Mala Buni, his Kogi State counterpart, Yahaya Bello, and APC candidate in Edo governorship election, Osagie Ize-Iyamu met yesterday …

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State says the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, called him on the telephone on the eve of the Edo State governorship election last week and ordered him to leave the state immediately. Wike said this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Friday. The governor, who was the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship campaign, …

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State will not leave Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, after winning a second term in last Saturday’s governorship election on the party’s platform. He said “It is impossible,” but that “assuming it happens, so what? That is politics. There is nothing wrong if the governor (Obaseki) believes that …

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says sensitive materials for Ondo State governorship election will arrive Akure on October 5. Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this during an interaction with the media in Akure on Thursday. He said non-sensitive materials for the election had been delivered. “We have delivered all, but a few of the non-sensitive materials required for the election. …

Report that the Federal Government of Nigeria is constructing rail line to link Kano, Dutse, Katsina and Maradi in Niger Republic, has been denied by the Presidency, according to report by Vanguard. Recall that the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi had while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by …

*Represented by VP Osinbajo, President advocates international cooperation to curtail illicit financial flows Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has pointed out that there is a compelling need to strengthen international cooperation in the global effort to curtail the menace of Illicit financial flows as current international mechanisms are not strong enough to address the menace. Buhari made this known in a …

Candidate of the National Conscience Party (NCP) in the just-concluded Edo State governorship election, Pastor Peters Omoragbon, has rejected the outcome of the election. Omoragbon in a statement entitled “Rejoice not Godwin Enogheghase Obaseki-This is but a Pyrrhic Victory” blamed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for not obeying court judgement regarding the delisting of some political parties in Nigeria. …

Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, has said that the state Governor is not behind the alleged arrest of members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. According to Osagie, “The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has nothing to do with the alleged arrest of APC members in …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, his Deputy Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu and members of the state Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign Council led by the Chairman, Chief Dan Orbih, have been hosted to a victory dinner in Yenagoa, capital of Bayelsa State to celebrate the party’s victory in Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Edo. Obaseki who attributed the party’s victory …