Tag: Edo election
APC, PDP used foods, girls, clothes, money to lure voters
Abuja (Sundiata Post) - The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) on Saturday condemned the high rate of vote-trading in the Edo governorship election.
CDD...
Obaseki widens lead over Ize-Iyamu, clears 2 senatorial zones •So far...
By NELSON DAFE, Benin City
Results announced so far in the high takes governorship election of Edo State show that incumbent governor Godwin Obaseki of...
Edo election: Why collation is delayed — INEC
By Nefishetu Yakubu
Benin - The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says that delay in the receipt of collated results of the governorship election from...
EdoDecides: Obaseki leading Ize-Iyamu with over 13,000 votes in 3 LGAs
BENIN - Governor Godwin Obaseki, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is leading Osagie Ize-Iyamu, his All Progressives Congress (APC) rival, in the...
Edo election: 860 result sheets yet to be submitted
Abuja (Sundiata Post) - As of 1.00 am on Sunday, there are 860 results from the Edo State election held on Saturday, September 19,...
Edo election results: PDP on early lead, APC trails
Abuja (Sundiata Post) - The Peoples Democratic Party is in early lead while the opposition All Progressives Congress is trailing behind as results begin...
Edo election 2020: INEC begins uploading of polling units results online
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has begun uploading the Edo governorship results from polling units on its online portal.
The INEC Result Viewing Portal...
EdoDecides: Obaseki’s supporter falls from speeding vehicle while jubilating
As results start to trickle in from the polling units in Edo state, a yet-to-be-identified supporter of Governor Godwin Obaseki has fallen from a...
Ize-Iyamu loses to Obaseki at wife’s polling unit: PDP 109, APC...
BENIN - Professor Idia Ize-Iyamu, wife of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, on...
Edo Election:DSS arrests APC supporter for vote buying
Abuja (Precise Post) - An alleged Supporter of the All Progressives Congress, APC has been arrested by the Department of State Security, DSS for...
Edo election: FRSC certifies 496 vehicles to convey electoral materials, personnel
By Ibironke Ariyo
Abuja - The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says 496 vehicles have been certified to convey electoral materials and personnel for the...
Edo Election: Obaseki queues up to vote- Photos
By Ruona Isikeh
Benin - The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, on Saturday followed the prescribed electoral process by standing on the queue to...
Edo election: Atiku knocks Buhari over Police Siege on Wike
Abuja ( Sundiata Post) - The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 general election, Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to the...
Edo Election: Hotels in Edo fully booked
Abuja (Sundiata Post) - The hotels in Edo had their accommodation booked up as at Thursday night ahead of Saturday's election in Edo.
Officials of...
Edo election: Carry people with disabilities along — CCD
By Diana Omueza
Abuja - Center for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD), a non-governmental organisation, has raised concern on the absence of a disability law and...
Edo Election: Soldiers, Police in show of force and gridlock
By Chibuike Nwabuko
Abuja (Sundiata Post) - The heavy presence of soldiers, police and other security personnel in Benin, Edo State, on Thursday created traffic...
Edo election: Security operatives embark on another `show of force’
By Deborah
Benin - Combined security operatives on Thursday in Benin embarked on another “Operation Show of Force’’ to signify their preparedness to provide adequate...
Whoever wins between Obaseki and Ize-Iyamu, godfatherism will still reign in...
The campaigns of the first-tier contenders in the Edo governorship election have been largely ensconced in the agitprop of godfatherism. While Godwin Obaseki, incumbent...
PDP hails America over fresh visa ban on election riggers
By Emmanuel Oloniruha
ABUJA - The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has commended the U.S. for its fresh imposition of visa ban on those undermining Nigeria’s...
Nigeria’s democracy on ‘keg of gunpowder’, PDP chairman, Secondus alerts international...
BENIN - The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, says Nigeria’s democracy is sitting on a keg of gunpowder over...