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1 month ago | 
gwg.ng | Emmanuel Aziken |Imman Onyero |Ehichioya Ezomon |Mani Onyero
The Edo State Government and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP were on Tuesday, 25 February 2025 trading blame over the increased spate of insecurity in the state. The PDP had thrown the first jab at the government on Monday with its claim that Governor Monday Okpebholo was feasting over his administration’s attainment of its first 100 days in office at a time herdsmen had worsened the insecurity in Edo State.
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2 months ago | 
gwg.ng | Lemmy Ughegbe |Benjamin Abioye |GIDEON AYENI |Ehichioya Ezomon
General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) has long been nicknamed Nigeria’s “Maradona” for his adept political manoeuvring, often sidestepping accountability for impactful decisions. Babangida, however, surpassed himself in Chapter 12 of A Journey in Service, not by confessing to the annulment of the June 12, 1993, election, but by rewriting history without shame.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
independent.ng | Ehichioya Ezomon
In Nigeria, we often make references to issues and happenings in the United States of America as a guide for emulation. Hence, we replaced the British parliamentary system with the American presidential model of government. In the U.S., all elections – federal, state, and local – are administered by the individual states, with many aspects of the system’s operations delegated to the county and local level.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
thenewsguru.com | Ehichioya Ezomon
The All Progressives Congress (APC) certainly has its work cut out, as the hearing proper begins today, January 13, 2025, into the petitions filed by seven political parties against the declaration of Senator Monday Okpebholo as winner of the governorship election in Edo State on September 21, 2024.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
thenigerianvoice.com | Ehichioya Ezomon
The All Progressives Congress (APC) certainly has its work cut out, as the hearing proper begins today, January 13, 2025, into the petitions filed by seven political parties against the declaration of Senator Monday Okpebholo as winner of the governorship election in Edo State on September 21, 2024.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
independent.ng | Ehichioya Ezomon
During a congratulatory visit to Governor Monday Okpebholo at the Government House in Benin City on Tuesday, December 3, 2024, the Edo chairman of Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) and chairman of Orhiomwon local government, Newman Ugiagbe, pledged the loyalty and collaboration of the 18 council chairmen to ensure the success of the Okpebholo administration.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
newtelegraphng.com | Ehichioya Ezomon
Monday, January 13, 2025, is a day of reckoning for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and its candidate in the September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo State, Dr Asue Ighodalo. On that date, the party is expected to begin the process of proving that Ighodalo, and not Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC), won the poll. The PDP has made all the claims, levelled all the allegations, and may have successfully pleaded its petition before the court of public opinion.
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Dec 30, 2024 | 
newtelegraphng.com | Ehichioya Ezomon
There’s a resurgence of “false or fake” reports of the deaths of prominent Nigerians spurned by the mischievous for inexplicable reasons. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, and Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, are among the latest victims of repeated reports of their alleged deaths by mongers. The canny thing about these reports is that they come mostly towards or at the end of the year, in November and December.
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Dec 15, 2024 | 
newtelegraphng.com | Ehichioya Ezomon
The days, weeks and months ahead may witness further clashes, and severer bloodletting between alleged political thugs of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, over petitions filed by seven dissatisfied parties to overturn the victory of the APC in the September 21, 2024, governorship election.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
nationaldailyng.com | Ehichioya Ezomon
In Nigeria, we often make references to issues and happenings in the United States of America as a guide for emulation. Hence, we replaced the British parliamentary system with the American presidential model of government. In the U.S., all elections – federal, state, and local – are administered by the individual states, with many aspects of the system’s operations delegated to the county and local level.
