Edo Election – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Tue, 11 Jun 2024 08:06:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png Edo Election – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 INEC Warns Against Unethical Practices in Edo, Ondo Elections https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-warns-against-unethical-practices-in-edo-ondo-elections/ https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-warns-against-unethical-practices-in-edo-ondo-elections/#respond Mon, 10 Jun 2024 20:30:54 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=380286 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued a stern warning to its personnel against engaging in unethical and corrupt practices during the forthcoming governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, delivered the warning on Monday in Abuja at a lecture honoring the late Abubakar Momoh, former Director-General of the [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-warns-against-unethical-practices-in-edo-ondo-elections/feed/ 0 PDP Crisis: I Did Not Bath For Three Days Over Edo Election – Wike Replies Obaseki https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-crisis-i-did-not-bath-for-three-days-over-edo-election-wike-replies-obaseki/ https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-crisis-i-did-not-bath-for-three-days-over-edo-election-wike-replies-obaseki/#respond Mon, 14 Mar 2022 20:30:30 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=320575 Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has told his Edo State counterpart, Godwin Obaseki that they are not in the same class. Obaseki, while reacting to a scathing attack launched against his Deputy, Phillip Shaibu by Governor Wike, had slammed the Rivers Governor, describing him as a bully. Obaseki had complained that members of the [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-crisis-i-did-not-bath-for-three-days-over-edo-election-wike-replies-obaseki/feed/ 0 Edo Election: Court Disqualifies Ize-iyamu’s Running Mate For Providing False Information To INEC https://www.theinfostride.com/edo-election-court-disqualifies-ize-iyamus-running-mate-for-providing-false-information-to-inec/ https://www.theinfostride.com/edo-election-court-disqualifies-ize-iyamus-running-mate-for-providing-false-information-to-inec/#respond Wed, 06 Jan 2021 20:02:43 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=280811 The Edo State High Court sitting in Benin has nullified Audu Ganiyu, the All Progressives Congress deputy governorship candidate in the September 19, 2020 gubernatorial election in the state. The court voided Ganiyu’s candidacy in the election on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. Kadiri Oshoakhemhe, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had in a [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/edo-election-court-disqualifies-ize-iyamus-running-mate-for-providing-false-information-to-inec/feed/ 0 University Of Ibadan Clears Obaseki Of Certificate Forgery Allegation https://www.theinfostride.com/university-of-ibadan-clears-obaseki-of-certificate-forgery-allegation/ https://www.theinfostride.com/university-of-ibadan-clears-obaseki-of-certificate-forgery-allegation/#respond Wed, 06 Jan 2021 10:31:18 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=280749 The institution says Obaseki graduated from there and was awarded a certificate. Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo opened his defence on Tuesday at the Federal High Court Abuja, calling two witnesses one of whom was the Deputy Registrar, Legal, University of Ibadan, Mr Abayomi Ajayi. Ajayi told the court that the fact that some parts [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/university-of-ibadan-clears-obaseki-of-certificate-forgery-allegation/feed/ 0 Edo Guber: Professors Tender Exhibits Against Governor Obaseki In Alleged Certificate Forgery Suit https://www.theinfostride.com/edo-guber-professors-tender-exhibits-against-governor-obaseki-in-alleged-certificate-forgery-suit/ https://www.theinfostride.com/edo-guber-professors-tender-exhibits-against-governor-obaseki-in-alleged-certificate-forgery-suit/#respond Tue, 05 Jan 2021 11:15:47 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=280640 Two University Professors, Emmanuel Dele Balogun and Maikano Asekomhe have testified against the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki. The Professors tendered exhibits, which include their original Degree Certificates to court. Obaseki is in court defending an alleged certificate forgery suit instituted against him by his former political party, the All Progressives Congress APC. The Professors, [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/edo-guber-professors-tender-exhibits-against-governor-obaseki-in-alleged-certificate-forgery-suit/feed/ 0 Edo 2020: Tribunal Dismisses AA Petition Against Obaseki https://www.theinfostride.com/edo-2020-tribunal-dismisses-aa-petition-against-obaseki/ https://www.theinfostride.com/edo-2020-tribunal-dismisses-aa-petition-against-obaseki/#respond Sat, 12 Dec 2020 18:47:27 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=277433 The Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Saturday, dismissed the petition filed by Action Alliance (AA) party challenging the exclusion of the party and its candidate from the September 19 2020 governorship election in Edo state in a unanimous ruling delivered by the tribunal. It would be recalled that at the sitting of the [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/edo-2020-tribunal-dismisses-aa-petition-against-obaseki/feed/ 0 Edo People Elected Me For Service, Not Godfather, Obaseki Insists https://www.theinfostride.com/edo-people-elected-me-for-service-not-godfather-obaseki-insists/ https://www.theinfostride.com/edo-people-elected-me-for-service-not-godfather-obaseki-insists/#respond Thu, 10 Dec 2020 09:28:14 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=277167 Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, yesterday, declared that he will not allow godfather syndrome to thrive again in the state, assuring that only competent persons with character and proven integrity will be elected chairmen and councilors in the forthcoming council poll. Obaseki stated this while declaring open a one-day workshop on “Igniting the Economic Development [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/edo-people-elected-me-for-service-not-godfather-obaseki-insists/feed/ 0 Governor Obaseki Makes First Appointment In Second Term https://www.theinfostride.com/governor-obaseki-makes-first-appointment-in-second-term/ https://www.theinfostride.com/governor-obaseki-makes-first-appointment-in-second-term/#respond Sat, 14 Nov 2020 15:49:35 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=274458 The Edo State Governor, H.E Godwin Obaseki, has re-appointed Osarodion Ogie as Secretary to the State Government. A statement on Saturday by his media team said it would be the only political appointment for now. It disclosed that others have been deferred to the first week of February 2021. Obaseki was inaugurated for a second [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/governor-obaseki-makes-first-appointment-in-second-term/feed/ 0 Edo Election: Court Adjourns APC’s Case Against Governor Obaseki https://www.theinfostride.com/edo-election-court-adjourns-apcs-case-against-governor-obaseki/ https://www.theinfostride.com/edo-election-court-adjourns-apcs-case-against-governor-obaseki/#respond Thu, 05 Nov 2020 14:50:38 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=273629 The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, on Wednesday, fixed November 16, 2020 to hear a perjury suit the All Progressives Congress, APC, instituted against Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State. The suit marked FHC/B/CS/74/2020, which also has a member of the APC in the state, Edobor Williams, as co-Plaintiff, is alleging that Obaseki [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/edo-election-court-adjourns-apcs-case-against-governor-obaseki/feed/ 0 EDO STATE: AA, APP Sue INEC, Obaseki, Demand Fresh Election https://www.theinfostride.com/270661-2/ https://www.theinfostride.com/270661-2/#respond Sat, 10 Oct 2020 09:52:00 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=270661 Two political parties; Action Alliance (AA) and Action Peoples Party (APP) have approached the Edo State Gubernatorial Election Petition Tribunal faulting the outcome of the election on the ground of “unlawful exclusion”. APP, in the petition in which Governor Obaseki, the PDP and INEC are respondents, claimed that it was unlawfully excluded just as AA’s [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/270661-2/feed/ 0 Edo Election: Tribunal Advised To Announce Result Null And Void https://www.theinfostride.com/270387-2/ https://www.theinfostride.com/270387-2/#respond Wed, 07 Oct 2020 14:05:54 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=270387 The Action Democratic Party (ADP) and its candidate, Iboi Lucky Emmanuel has urged the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Benin City, the State capital, to remove Governor Godwin Obaseki from seat. In a suit marked EPT/ED/GOV/01/2020, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki, All Progressives [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/270387-2/feed/ 0 Edo Election: Governorship Aspirants To Approach Tribunal https://www.theinfostride.com/edo-election-governorship-aspirants-to-approach-tribunal/ https://www.theinfostride.com/edo-election-governorship-aspirants-to-approach-tribunal/#respond Tue, 06 Oct 2020 14:02:25 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=270306 Days after the conclusion of Edo State Guber Election, few candidates under Edo 2020 governorship candidates forum said they were making preparations to file their cases in the tribunal over some witnessed abnormalities that occurred before, during and after the election. In a joint conversation made available to journalists in Benin City on Tuesday by [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/edo-election-governorship-aspirants-to-approach-tribunal/feed/ 0 Edo State: Election Is Over, Ignore The past — Secondus Tells Obaseki https://www.theinfostride.com/edo-state-election-is-over-ignore-the-past-secondus-tells-obaseki/ https://www.theinfostride.com/edo-state-election-is-over-ignore-the-past-secondus-tells-obaseki/#respond Tue, 06 Oct 2020 09:10:52 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=270291 The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus has urged Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State to ignore the past and demonstrate the spirit of true democracy by bringing everybody on board in the development of the state. Secondus advised Obaseki at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja, on Monday when [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/edo-state-election-is-over-ignore-the-past-secondus-tells-obaseki/feed/ 0 Edo Election: Why I Avoided Dragging Obaseki To Court — Ize-Iyamu https://www.theinfostride.com/edo-election-why-i-avoided-dragging-obaseki-to-court-ize-iyamu/ https://www.theinfostride.com/edo-election-why-i-avoided-dragging-obaseki-to-court-ize-iyamu/#respond Mon, 05 Oct 2020 16:09:29 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=270231 Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State in the just concluded election, has stated that the election was not free nor fair. Pastor Ize-Iyamu announced that contrary to media reports, the election was neither free nor fair, stressing that there were different episodes of violence, voter intimidation [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/edo-election-why-i-avoided-dragging-obaseki-to-court-ize-iyamu/feed/ 0 Edo Election: Ize-Iyamu To Challenge Result In Court https://www.theinfostride.com/edo-election-ize-iyamu-to-challenge-result-in-court/ https://www.theinfostride.com/edo-election-ize-iyamu-to-challenge-result-in-court/#respond Fri, 02 Oct 2020 13:18:53 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=269948 Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the flag bearer for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the just concluded governorship election in Edo state, would approach the courts to argue the result of the election that gave victory to Governor Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. In a congratulatory message he forwarded to the people of [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/edo-election-ize-iyamu-to-challenge-result-in-court/feed/ 0 Edo Election Is A Proof Of My Faith In Authentic Polls – Buhari https://www.theinfostride.com/edo-election-is-a-proof-of-my-faith-in-authentic-polls-buhari/ https://www.theinfostride.com/edo-election-is-a-proof-of-my-faith-in-authentic-polls-buhari/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 2020 09:51:05 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=269810 The President Of Nigeria, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) stated today that the result of the just concluded governorship election in Edo State proved his faith in credible polls. President Buhari made this statement during his nationwide broadcast to celebrate the country’s 60th independence. H.E Buhari also announced he was committed to bequeathing to Nigeria [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/edo-election-is-a-proof-of-my-faith-in-authentic-polls-buhari/feed/ 0 INEC’s Postponement Of Edo Election A Coup – PDP https://www.theinfostride.com/inecs-postponement-of-edo-election-a-coup-pdp/ Wed, 14 Sep 2016 02:43:54 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=143837 The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has slammed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for postponing the Edo governorship elections. INEC announced the postponement of the election on Thursday, September 9, 2016, citing security issues as its reason. According to Punch, PDP’s spokesman, Dayo Adeyeye, described the postponement of the polls as a coup. Adeyeye said [...]

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]]> INEC’s Postponement Of Edo Election Is Illegal – PDP https://www.theinfostride.com/inecs-postponement-of-edo-election-is-illegal-pdp/ Wed, 14 Sep 2016 02:27:30 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=143824 The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the postponement of the Edo state governorship elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as illegal. INEC announced, on Thursday, September 8, that the polls would hold on September 28 instead of September 10 as originally scheduled. The PDP’s comments were contained in a statement released by [...]

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