On Monday, the Edo State Government announced that 150 people had died in the past five months in the state as a result of cult-related violence and murder. This was revealed to reporters by Governor Godwin Obaseki not long after a closed-door meeting at Government House in Benin City with Edo State’s security chiefs. Obaseki, … Read more
In a stern warning, Anugbum Onuoha, the INEC’s Edo State Resident Electoral Commissioner, has ordered all candidates and political parties to immediately cease their campaigns for the governorship election or risk sanctions. Noting that parties and candidates were expected to commence campaigning on April 24, the REC made a statement on Monday in Benin stating … Read more
Adams Oshiomhole, the senator representing Edo North, has reportedly conceded that former president Muhammadu Buhari was ineffective, according to social commentator Aisha Yesufu. According to Yesufu, Oshiomhole has authorized Nigerians to criticize Buhari. She was responding to Oshiomhole’s claims that Buhari’s poor economic policies are causing hardship for Nigerians. He claimed that the plight of … Read more
Philip Shaibu, the deputy governor of Edo State, withdrew his lawsuit against Governor Godwin Obaseki. Obaseki was the target of an anti-impeachment lawsuit brought by the Deputy Governor at Abuja’s High Court. The suit, with reference number FHC/ABJ/CS/1027/2023, sought to prevent the governor from attempting to remove him from office. But Shaibu, who has clashed … Read more