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3 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Abdulrahman Zakariyau |Adeyinka Adedipe
The Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress on Thursday, again, reignited a war of words over the judgment of the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal delivered on Wednesday, affirming the victory of APC’s Governor Monday Okpebholo. While the PDP rejected the judgment as a violation of judicial impartiality, the APC hailed it as a reaffirmation of the people’s will.
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3 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Deborah Musa |Adeyinka Adedipe |Solomon Odeniyi
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party at last year’s election in Edo State, Asue Ighodalo, says he will appeal the judgment of the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja, which affirmed Governor Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress the winner of the September 21, 2024 poll.
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3 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Abdulrahman Zakariyau |Adeyinka Adedipe |Deborah Musa
The All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party, on Tuesday, dismissed as fake the copies of the purported judgment of the Edo State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal that flooded the internet on Tuesday. APC Publicity Director, Bala Ibrahim, who is confident that the ruling party will win today’s judgment, claimed that the PDP leaked a fake judgment, knowing they would lose.
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3 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Adeyinka Adedipe |Tukur Muntari |Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Wale Akinselure |Godwin Isenyo
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has demanded the public parade of the suspected killers of the 16 hunters and compensation for their families. The governor handed down the demand during a condolence visit by his Edo counterpart, Monday Okpebholo, in Kano, on Monday. The visit comes barely 48 hours after the remains of the hunters, who were lynched by a mob, were interred in Uromi, Edo State, on Saturday.
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3 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Solomon Odeniyi |Stephen Angbulu |Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Animasahun Salman |Chika Otuchikere |Adeyinka Adedipe | +15 more
Eminent Nigerians, including President Bola Tinubu, the leadership of the National Assembly, governors, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, among others, have preached unity and called for prayers as Muslims mark the end of the Ramadan fasting. Muslims in Nigeria, on Sunday, joined their counterparts across the globe to celebrate Eid-el-Fitr, marking the end of the Ramadan fasting.
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3 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Adeyinka Adedipe |Godwin Isenyo |Bankole Taiwo |Solomon Odeniyi |Tukur Muntari |Collins Agwam | +3 more
•14 arrested as gov suspends security corps boss, illegal vigilante groupsThe Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, on Sunday, strongly condemned the killing of 16 hunters in Edo State, vowing that the perpetrators will be brought to justice. The CDS pledged, as the Edo State government said, that Governor Monday Okpehbolo had reached out to the victims’ families, the Hausa community leaders in the state, and the northern governors about the incident.
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3 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Imoleayo Oyedeyi |Olufemi Adediran |Muhammed Lawal |Adeyinka Adedipe |Stephen Angbulu |Godwin Isenyo | +1 more
President Bola Tinubu and some governors in the country have condemned the gruesome murder of 16 travellers by an irate mob in Uromi, Edo State. While the President ordered a manhunt for the killers, the governors joined in demanding justice for the victims. Mistaken identitySaturday PUNCH gathered that the victims, who claimed to be hunters, were travelling in a Dangote Cement truck when they were accosted around 1.30pm in Udune Efandion community by local security.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
punchng.com | damilola aina |Gift Habib |Maiharaji Altine |Justin Tyopuusu |Matthew Ochei |Samuel Ese | +4 more
Despite spending more than N14.36 billion on alternative sources of electricity for rural areas across the federation in 2024, the Federal Government proposed to spend N1.3 trillion to deepen its efforts in 2025. The Rural Electrification Agency will handle the projects under the Ministry of Power. This is as the REA, which the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is probing for N12.7 billion fraud, has failed to connect hundreds of communities to the national grid.
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
punchng.com | Adeyinka Adedipe
The Edo State Police Command has deployed more men to secure the venue of the Edo State governorship election petition tribunal venue in Benin City, the state capital, following escalating tensions during the first week of hearing at the High Court Complex on Sapele Road.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
punchng.com | Adeyinka Adedipe
PDP governorship candidate in Edo State, Asue Ighodalo The 2024 Edo State Governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Asue Ighodalo, along with his party on Saturday at the Election Petition Tribunal in Benin, tendered more documentary evidence to support their petition. Recall that Ighodalo and the PDP who are contesting the conduct of the election had on Friday opened their case by tendering over one thousand documents before the court.
