Category: Politics

The All Progressives Congress candidate for Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo has won as the new governor of the state, even as the Peoples Democratic Party kicked against the result. Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, who is the Chairman, Edo State Governorship Election National Campaign Council, on Sunday, stated that the Independent National Electoral Commission should be held accountable for violating the Electoral Act. Okpebholo polled 291,667 votes to defeat PDP’s Asue Ighodalo, who came second with 247,274 votes, and Labour Party’s Olumide Akpata, who emerged…

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Claims made by the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, that only Aisha Yesufu and Pastor Itua Ighodalo, were responsible for managing the campaign funds of LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi, at the 2023 election, has been debunked by the Obi-Datti fundraising team. Abure on Monday had told journalists in Abuja after a meeting of the National Executive Council that there was no iota of truth in the allegation that he embezzled the party’s campaign donations. The embattled national chairman emphasised that there was no way he could…

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Mrs. Betsy Obaseki, Edo State First Lady, has responded to remarks made by Senator Adams Oshiomhole concerning her childlessness, offering words of encouragement to women facing similar challenges. In a Zoom meeting with Edo women in the Diaspora, Mrs. Obaseki reassured them that being without children does not define their worth. She emphasised that, in God’s time, they will become mothers and should not be disheartened by hurtful comments. “The children will come in God’s time,” she stated, calling on women to hold their heads high and remain hopeful.” Her…

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Senator Ishaku Abbo is again embroiled in controversial news of an alleged sexual scandal via a video that has gone viral. Senator Abbo, only two years ago during his first tenure in the Senate had attacked a breastfeeding mother in a sex toy shop in Abuja. In a leaked viral video that surfaced late last week, a light-skinned man could be seen having sexual intercourse with an alleged married woman. Surprisingly, the name of Senator Abbo was tagged as the identified man in the sex video, an allegation that has…

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Ali Ndume, immediate past Chief Whip of the Senate, on Tuesday publicly apologised to the ruling All Progressives Congress for embarrassing President Bola Tinubu on a live television programme. The apology came one month after he was removed as the Senate’s Chief Whip following the interview he granted Arise TV, stating that Tinubu had been caged and prevented from knowing the hardships which Nigerians were going through, Following his sack, Ndume was immediately replaced by the Senator representing Borno North, Tahir Monguno. Ndume’s replacement by the Senate followed a directive…

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Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), have backed labour’s demand for a new minimum wage, saying it is “eminently justified”. The PDP governors made their opinion known in a communiqué signed by the spokesman, Bala Mohammed and issued on Wednesday at the end of their meeting in Enugu State. Mohammed addressing the media on behalf of the PDP governors said a minimum wage increase is important, especially with the worsening economic hardship in Nigeria. They, however, believe that the final agreement on the new national minimum wage must be…

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