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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday dispelled rumours of postponement of the Sept. 10 governorship election in Edo. Mr Solomon Soyebi, INEC National Commissioner in-charge of Voter Education and Publicity, said during a press conference held at INEC’s office in Benin, that “the governorship election will go ahead on Saturday, Sept. 10 as scheduled.’’ Soyebi, who said INEC …

The Independent Electoral Commission will announce its position on calls for the postponement of the Edo State governorship election, it has been gathered. The Department of State Services and the Nigerian Police Force had on Wednesday called for the postponement of the election as a result of threats by insurgents and extremists to cause mayhem. INEC, which expressed shock at …

By Oladipo Airenakho Benin City, Nigeria – As Edo people prepare to cast their votes at the September 10, 2016 gubernatorial election, there are strong indications that the nation’s electoral umpire, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) might succumb to pressure from the presidency to postpone the exercise. Right now, the commission appears confused as to what to do in the …

Mahmood Yakubu, National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission said 18,511 electoral officials had been deployed to Edo ahead of the Saturday’s governorship election in the state. Yakubu made the disclosure at a Stakeholders’ Forum on the election, organised by the commission in Benin on Wednesday. He said that majority of the personnel were drawn from “the pool of …

The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that it would not postpone Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination scheduled to hold on the same day. The National Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this during a stakeholders’ meeting held in Benin, the state capital. A total of 1,742 candidates are …

The Resident Electoral Commissioner Edo State, Mr Sam Olumekun, has said that no fewer than 1.9 million registered voters were expected to participate in the governorship poll. Olumekun said that Edo has 1,925,105 registered voters, adding that accreditation and voting would be done simultaneously during the election. He attributed the decision to the paradigm shift in the evolving electoral system, …

The Federal Government has declared Monday and Tuesday respectively as public holidays to mark the Eid-el-Kabir celebration. Making the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, the Minister of Interior, Lt Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.), enjoined all Muslim faithful and Nigerians in general to support, co-operate and join hands with President Muhammadu Buhari “in his sustained efforts to diversify the …

By Alltimepost.com Apex Edo organization in the Diaspora, the Edo National Association Worldwide (ENAW) changed leadership via democratic process at its annual convention which ended last Sunday in Houston, Texas in the United States of America. The new members of the executive who either won an election or were returned on opposed during the organization’s election at is Council of …

By Alltimepost.com Secondary School students have called for a shift in the date of the gubernatorial election in Edo State scheduled to hold on Saturday, September 10 to another date as it clashes with their Mathematics examination, scheduled by the West African Examination Council for the same day. The students who stormed the Government House, Benin City on Monday with …

By Alltimepost.com WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and South Korean President Park Geun-hye reaffirmed their countries’ long-standing alliance and condemned North Korea’s nuclear program and missile launches, while attending a regional summit meeting on Tuesday in Vientiane, Laos, according to a White House news release. Obama is attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit meeting hosted by Laos as …