By Jane Uyi Orobosa As far as many people are concerned, the declaration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Monday Okpebholo, as the winner of the Edo State gubernatorial contest on Sunday, September 22, was simply a fait accompli and not the outcome of an election. For them, it was long predetermined. All that … Read more
By Kingsley Ohens THE candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, Dr. Asue Ighodalo, on Friday evening, paid a condolence visit to the family of Emmanuel Edionwe, one of the victims of the tragic accident involving the convoy of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress … Read more
IN 2015, when the All Progressives Congress (APC) assumed power, Nigerians paid N87 per litre for petrol. Today, in 2024, that price has skyrocketed to an unprecedented N897 per litre. In just nine years, the APC government has managed to do what the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) could not do in 16 years: create … Read more
…say only PDP guber candidate has plan for security, prosperity By Kingsley Ohens In a carnival-like atmosphere on Sunday, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) welcomed over three hundred defectors from the All Progressives Congress APC, Labour Party and other fringe political parties at its Airport Road secretariat in Benin City. Speaking on behalf of the … Read more
Some unidentified persons were seriously injured after a shooting incident on Thursday afternoon as Edo State APC Governorship candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo and the reinstated Edo Deputy Governor, Rt Hon Philip Shaibu, were leaving Benin Airport on arrival from Abuja. The incident occurred just after 2 p.m. when the candidate and several others, including the … Read more
…Edo people are wiser — Resident Jane Uyi Orobosa All moves by the combined forces of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State to continue to politicise the case between some Enigie and The Palace in Benin City have failed. The case has now been adjourned till October 17. Importantly, the move to recruit … Read more
By Ismail Abdulazeez Mantu The Edo State All Progressive Congress, APC, is trying to see it does everything humanly possible, both legal and illegal, to avoid the September gubernatorial election in Edo State. The ailing party with an obvious incompetent candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has resorted to peddling fake information concerning the Thursday court ruling … Read more
THE All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-South region has urged President Bola Tinubu to recontest in the 2027 presidential election. The party praised Tinubu for his policies, projects and programs, maintaining that his policies were targeted at repositioning the country. This was contained in a communiqué jointly signed by the APC South-South Zonal Executives after … Read more
Perhaps it would have passed for a Campaign Council, because it had cleverly copied PDP’S Campaign Council’s structure and had a public function of empty jingoism to advertise it. But as has become APC’s new found custom they only ended up Cancelling any hope their few supporters might have had of giving PDP any challenge … Read more
THE All Progressives Congress (APC) saysvPresident Bola Tinubu remains unshakable in his commitment to building concrete blocks of progress and greatness for Nigeria. Mr Felix Morka, the party’s national publicity secretary, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Morka reacting to comments by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). … Read more