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All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Monday Okpebholo has taken the lead based on results announced so far from the Edo State governorship election held on Saturday. Okpebholo has been leading with results announced from 16 of the 18 local governments so far. The counting of results was postponed until 5 p.m. to receive the remaining results from the other two …

Outgoing Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has explained why he stormed the state’s vote counting centre in Benin City, early Sunday. Obaseki, speaking at a press conference on Sunday, said he was at the counting station at around 1 a.m. to get first-hand information on what was happening after the Election Commission (EC) stopped announcing the results without giving …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the Edo State governorship election, Asue Ighodalo, has condemned the conduct of the election in some parts of the state. He also lamented that this election could be remembered as the worst election in Nigeria’s history due to the many irregularities. Ighodalo spoke during a press conference on Sunday, held by the PDP …

The Zamfara State Government has slammed the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over its call on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency to enable the war against banditry to succeed. In a statement issued on Saturday by APC spokesman Yusuf Idris, the party accused Governor Dauda Lawal of sabotaging the Federal Government’s efforts to …