Author: Vincent Osuwo

Some supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party staged a protest at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against the results of the Edo State election released so far. INEC revealed the results of 16 of the state’s 18 local government areas on Sunday, with the All Progressives Congress winning 10 and the PDP winning six. Protesters gathered in front of the INEC office in Benin City, screaming various solidarity songs as some held leaves. They claimed that the results announced thus far had been tampered with, claiming that they differed from what they had received from polling…

No fewer than 51 vehicles have been impounded by the Lagos State Taskforce in a decisive operation to restore free vehicular movement in the state. This was announced in a statement signed by Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, Director, Press and Public of the Task Force. According to the statement, the Taskforce conducted a successful enforcement operation at Lawanson Bus Stop along Itire Road, where commercial buses, popularly referred to as Danfo, had caused untold traffic inconveniences to motorists. led by the Chairman of the Agency, CSP Adetayo Akerele, the operation, which extended to Aina Street, Aboroshade Street, and Oseni Street, addressed long-standing…

Aare Afe Babalola, an elder statesman and Chancellor of Afe Babalola University, has criticised the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited’s monopoly on petrol sales from the Dangote refinery.  Babalola, who expressed discontent with petroleum price hikes, particularly the current one by NNPC, urged governments through their policies and actions “not to turn Nigerians into beggars.” There was no begging or theft in this country in those days.” The elder statesman spoke in Ado Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State, on Saturday, immediately after receiving the ‘Outstanding Achiever of All Times Award’ from a diaspora group, the Ekiti Kete Coalition United…

The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to maintain neutrality and ensure due process in the Edo State Governorship Election. In a statement signed by its Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Comrade James Ezema, the CNPP emphasised that “As Edo State citizens have exercised their right to vote, it is crucial that INEC remains impartial and transparent during the collation of results.” The association described as worrisome and troubling reports about a deliberate ploy by one of the big parties who are mouthing the support of President Bola Tinubu and insisting on changing…

A landlord and his tenant in the Modugari area of Maiduguri in Borno State on Saturday had a verbal fallout over whose responsibility it is to reconstruct the parts of the apartment that were damaged by the recent flooding that ravaged the state capital and surroundings. Chronicle NG reported that the recent flooding, which is currently receding, displaced millions of residents and destroyed houses and properties worth millions of Naira. During the altercation, which led to verbal abuse, the landlord of the apartment, Moses Tegwolo, told reporters that the flood was a natural disaster while noting that tenants could not…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded the immediate and unconditional release of voters, including its members and supporters who were allegedly illegally arrested in the ongoing Edo governorship election. In a statement on Saturday signed by Debo Ologunagba, its National Publicity Secretary, the party stated that police harassment will not stop the victory of its governorship candidate, Asue Ighodalo. The PDP claimed that the arrest was part of the coordinated plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in connivance with certain compromised police officials to harass, intimidate, and suppress Edo people. The statement reads, “The PDP states that this…

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2024 Edo State governorship election, Asue Ighodalo, has expressed satisfaction in the turnout of voters who came out en masse to exercise their franchise. In a statement on X on Saturday, Ighodalo applauded the good people of EDo State for coming out to exercise their constitutional rights. He made the statement after casting his vote at his voting centre, Okaigben Ward 1, Unit 3, situated in Idinrio Primary School, Okaigben, Ewohimi, Esan South East Local Government Area of Edo State. The PDP aspirant arrived at the polling booth at about 10:33…

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Edo State governorship election, Asue Ighodalo, condemned the late arrival of voting materials at his polling unit. Ighodalo stated his displeasure after casting his vote at his voting centre, Okaigben Ward 1, Unit 3, situated in Idinrio Primary School, Okaigben, Ewohimi, Esan South East Local Government Area of Edo State. The PDP aspirant arrived at the polling booth at about 10:33 am, a few minutes after INEC’s officials arrived. He, alongside his wife, Ifeyiwan, cast their ballot at Okaigben Ward 1, Unit 3, Idinrio Primary School, Okaigben, Ewohimi. The couple…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) National Commissioner in charge of Edo State, Prof. Rhoda Gumus, has vowed not to collect bribes during the ongoing state governorship election. Speaking in an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Friday, Gumus asserted that nobody would dare approach her with a bribe because of her reputation. The INEC commissioner added that the commission will conduct the Edo governorship election in a free, fair, and credible manner, adding that it would be the best election conducted. The INEC commissioner said, “I am in charge of Edo. I want to do the right thing,…

The distribution of electoral materials and deployment of ad hoc staff to their respective polling wards has begun at the Independent National Electoral Commission’s office in Irrua, Esan Central Local Government Area, Edo State, ahead of the governorship election on Saturday.  Our correspondent, who visited the INEC office on Friday, reported that the exercise went smoothly despite the Commission’s significant security presence at its headquarters in Irrua. INEC staff were observed sorting and packaging materials such as polling booths, ballot boxes, electoral forms, markers, pencils, and other related items onto vehicles earmarked for various centres. Hundreds of ad hoc employees…