Edo State

September 18, (THEWILL) – Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) and 13 other affiliated organisations have expressed deep concerns over the potential compromise of the September 21 governorship election in Edo State. HURIWA is alarmed by the refusal of...

September 17, (THEWILL) – A total of 379,245 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), representing 14.43 percent, have yet to be collected by voters in Edo, ahead of Saturday’s governorship poll in the state, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said...

September 17, (THEWILL) – The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, Dr. Asuerinme Ighodalo, has filed a N20 billion defamation suit against the Senator representing Edo North in...

September 16, (THEWILL) – The Edo State chapter of the Action Alliance (AA) has disowned Tom Iseghohi-Okojie, who on Sunday, collapsed his gubernatorial ambition for Monday Okpebholo, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the September 21 governorship...

September 16, (THEWILL) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has firmly declined the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) demand to redeploy the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Edo State, Anugbum Onuoha, saying: "The governorship election will take place in...

September 16, (THEWILL) – The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan-Kukah, has said the failure of political parties and their candidates to sign the Peace Accord to shun electoral violence sends a wrong signal to...

September 15, (THEWILL) – This weekend’s governorship poll in Edo State started on a shaky note on Thursday when the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, Asue Ighodalo, have...

September 13, (THEWILL) – A Magistrate’s Court in Wuse, Abuja, has ordered Senator Monday Okpebholo, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, to appear before it over alleged age...

September 12, (THEWILL) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, Asue Ighodalo, have declined to sign the Peace Accord initiated by the National Peace Committee (NPC), led by...

September 12, (THEWILL) – Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday, questioned the essence of a peace accord when an umpire has shown bias and open support for the All Progressives Congress (APC), ahead of the September 21...