Politics

The Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Mr Chiji Collins, has been impeached. Collins was removed from office by the lawmakers on Friday during a plenary at the legislative chamber of the Assembly complex in Owerri, the state capital. When the motion of the former speaker’s impeachment was …

L-R: Babatunde Raji Fashola, VP Osinbajo, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, former Lagos governor, Ambode & Lagos gov, Babajide Sanwo-Olu . PHOTO: Novo Isioro A major political crisis has continued to fester between Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and four of his political protégés, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Minister of Works and Housing, …

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared Governor Rotimi Akeredolu winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state, having polled the highest score of 292,830 votes. Akeredolu defeated the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Eyitayo Jegede, who got 195,791 votes, and the Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi, of the Zenith Labour Party, …

Information filtering in from Delta political circle revealed that the immediate past governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has concluded plans to defect from All Progressives Congress (APC) to the People Democratic Party (PDP), this newspaper gathered. Uduaghan who governed the state from 2007 to 2015 under the PDP …

Ize-Iyamu, Obaseki, Oshiomhole Confirmed information reaching DAILY RECORD revealed that voting has officially ended in the ongoing Edo State 2020 gubernatorial election. Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), won the election in his polling unit. Ize-Iyamu voted at his PU 26, Ward 5, Iguododo, Orhionmwon Local Government …

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has won his polling unit in the ongoing governorship election in the state. Voting at Polling Unit 19, Ward 4, Oredo Local Government Area, Obaseki polled 184 votes while All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, got 62 votes. In Unit 21 of the …

Obaseki, wife at thier polling Unit… There is currently tension at polling unit 19, ward 04, Oredo local government area of Edo, where Godwin Obaseki, governor of the state, is expected to vote. Supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) attacked each other shortly …

(NAN) Records at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), indicate that no fewer than 1.72 million persons are eligible to vote in the Sept. 19, Edo governorship polls while 483,796 eligible voters will not participate. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that an INEC document titled “Delimitation of Edo …

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, has raised the alarm over the harassment of governors of the party in Benin, Edo State by the police. He said information available to the party indicated that the party’s governors were being harassed at the West End Hotel, Benin …

Obaseki (PDP), Ize-Iyamu (APC) Ahead of the Edo State gubernatorial election slated for this Saturday, a non-governmental organization, Coalition of Democrats for Electoral Reforms (CODER) has mobilized ocer 50 observers to monitor the electoral processes and the political developments in the state. CODER, in a statement on Thursday by its …