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By Oladipo Airenakho Benin City, Nigeria – Following Wednesday September 28, 2016 keenly contested governorship election in Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) flag bearer has been declared winner of the contest which opposition People’s Democratic Party has rejected as a fraud. According to the results, released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Obaseki …

Protesters from Esan West and Esan East local government areas are protesting at the Independent National Electoral Commission’s Office in Benin, where collation of results of Wednesday’s governorship election in the state is ongoing. They are demading that INEC to stop the announcement of the Edo election results from Esan West and Esan East local government areas. Reports aslso have …

The disputed National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, has said the national leadership of the party was concerned about issues arising from the election. He called for restraint from PDP members and supporters. Speaking on behalf of Sheriff, Deputy National Chairman of his faction of the party, Dr Cairo Ojougboh, said that the PDP “will await …

Esan West LGA: AA – 4, ACD – 65, ACPN – 172, APC – 13,114, APGA – 36, CPP – 13, ID – 12, KOWA – 1, LP – 5, NPPP – 27, NCP – 13, NNPP – 6, PDC – 79, PDP – 16,311, PPA – 49, PPN – 2, SDP – 2, UPP – 33, YDP – 19. …

A former Governor of Edo State, Oserhemien Osinbor, has commended the security agencies for maintaining law and order during the governorship election. He also praised the Independent National Electoral Commission for introducing some reforms in the electoral process. Speaking with our correspondent after voting in Iruekpen, Osunbor, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, said that the security situation was …

Results of Wednesday’s governorship election from the 18 local government areas of Edo State were yet to arrive at the state headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission. The Edo State Independent National Electoral Commission has yet to receive from various wards the results of the September 28 governorship election held in Edo State, The PUNCH learnt on Wednesday evening. …

The House of Representatives on Wednesday suspended its former Chairman, Appropriations Committee, Abdulmumin Jibrin, from the parliament for 180 legislative days (roughly one year). He was also banned from holding any position of responsibility in the House for the rest of the 8th National Assembly. In addition, he would tender a written apology to the House on resumption from suspension. …

The two leading candidates in the Edo State governorship election, Godwin Obaseki of the All Progressives Congress, APC and Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP are racing neck and neck against the background of mixed fortunes for some of the state’s leading political leaders. The biggest upset of the night was the struggle for dominance between the …

The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has said the country is already getting out of the economic recession, given the pragmatic approaches the Federal Government is taking to reverse the trend. She said this on Wednesday while fielding questions from journalists at the end of a two-day National Council of Finance and Economic Development conference held at the Green …

The All Progressives Congress candidate in Wednesday’s governorship election in Edo, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, said he was satisfied with the conduct of the exercise by the Independent National Electoral Commission. Obaseki told newsmen after voting in his Unit 19, Ward 4, Benin, at about 10.30 a.m. that he was particularly impressed with the prompt commencement of the exercise across the …