Tag Archives: Edo

The Edo State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Tony Aziegbemi has regained freedom from his abductors after 11 days. The PDP chairman was abducted by armed men on Friday, March 15, 2024 at 11 pm at the entrance to his house after a meeting with the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki. The kidnappers had demanded for N500 million ...

The abductors of the Edo State chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Tony Aziegbemi, have reportedly contacted the family, demanding a N500 million ransom nine days after he was kidnapped. The PDP chairman was kidnapped by six gunmen on Friday, March 15, 2024, at the entrance of his house at 11 pm after a meeting with Edo State Governor, ...

Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) High Chief Barr. Monday Udomoh has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) is poised to win Edo State. He stated this while congratulating Senator Monday Okpebholo and Rt. Hon. Dennis Idahosa on their emergence as the governorship candidate and deputy Governorship candidate of APC respectively. Udomoh maintained that the APC has made the ...

Justice James Omotoso of the Federal High Court in Abuja has refused to grant an ex-parte motion filed by the deputy governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, seeking an interim order to stop the impeachment process by the state’s House of Assembly. In the suit, Shaibu sought an order of the court restricting the third to fifth defendants from commencing ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Tuesday provided an update on the forthcoming off-cycle governorship elections in Ondo and Edo states. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, provided the update during the quarterly consultative meeting with political parties in Abuja. He also disclosed that dates would be announced for fresh polls in Enugu South 1 State Constituency of Enugu State, ...

The Edo State House of Assembly has passed a resolution directing the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, to set up a seven-man committee to investigate the allegations of gross misconduct levelled against the Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu. The House passed the resolution during plenary on Tuesday. Nineteen out of the 24 members of the House voted in ...

There was confusion in Edo State, yesterday, as Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Tony Aziegbemi, was reportedly kidnapped by a gang of armed men. Aziegbemi, said to have been captured a few metres to his residence off the Government Reservation Area in Benin City, was purportedly trailed by his abductors who were said to be in two ...

Five days after the Edo State House of Assembly issued an impeachment notice on the Deputy Governor of the State, Philip Shaibu, hundreds of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members in Edo North senatorial district staged a peaceful protest to condemn the move by the state’s lawmakers to impeach the deputy governor. The protesters also included supporters, grassroots mobilizers, lovers, and ...

Hundreds of youths, women and men,  have protested in Jattu, the home town of the Edo State Deputy Governor, Mr. Philip Shaibu, calling on the Edo State House of Assembly to stop the impeachment move against the embattled deputy governor, which began on Wednesday. They said going ahead with the process would not be good for the Peoples Democratic Party, ...

After the Edo State House of Assembly served an impeachment notice on the State Deputy Governor, Phillip Shaibu, security has been beefed up in the house. The house which served the impeachment notice on the Deputy governor said he has seven days to respond to the notice. Meanwhile, members of the Edo State Security Networks, ESSN, armed with guns took ...