Edo state

Edo guber poll: Appeal Court affirms PDP’s Ighodalo’s candidature, dismisses Shaibu’s appeal

The Abuja Court of Appeal has upheld the validity of the People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) primary election that elected Dr. Asue Ighodalo as...

Breaking: Finally, reinstated Edo Deputy Gov. Shaibu defects to APC

At last, the reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has quit the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and returned to the ruling...

Shaibu’s reinstatement: Edo Assembly appeals court’s decision, requests stay of execution

The Edo State House of Assembly has filed an appeal challenging the Federal High Court’s ruling that overturned Mr. Philip Shaibu’s impeachment and...

Breaking: Court reinstates Philip Shuaibu as deputy governor of Edo State

Justice James Omotosho, a Federal High Court Judge sitting in Abuja, has declared Mr. Philip Shuaibu’s removal from office as Edo State Deputy...

Updated: Obaseki names 38-year-old Omobayo Godwin as Edo Deputy Governor

Barely an hour after the impeachment of Edo Deputy Gov. Philip Shaibu, Gov. Godwin Obaseki has nominated Mr. Omobayo Marvellous Godwins as his...

Breaking: Edo Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, impeached

Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, has been impeached. Reports reaching Persecondnews on Monday morning said the State House of Assembly unanimously impeached...

 Edo Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, faces impeachment

The Edo State House of Assembly has commenced impeachment proceedings against the State Deputy Governor, Mr. Philip Shaibu. The Majority Leader, Mr. Charity...

APC’s Sen. Okpebholo emerges candidate for Edo governorship poll

Sen. Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared the winner of the party’s primary ahead of the Edo State...

Update: Edo guber primary: APC NWC dumps Uzodinma’s report, declares poll inconclusive 

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has intervened following the crisis that rocked the February 17 Edo State...

Edo APC overrules Gov. Uzodimma, declares Sen. Okpebholo winner of guber party primary

The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State has rejected the results of the party primary for the September governorship...

Breaking: Dennis Idahosa is APC’s candidate for Edo governorship poll

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has selected House of Representatives member, Dennis Idahosa, as its governorship candidate for the Edo governorship election scheduled...

Oshiomhole faults ongoing nationwide strike, says it has political undertone

“Let me be clear that I do not support the brutalization of any Nigerian. I emphasise, any Nigerian including a journalist, the unemployed...

Just in: Edo preacher, Apostle Suleiman, escapes assassins’ bullets by hairsbreadth, 4 cops, 2 others killed

Few weeks after Sen. Andi Ubah escaped assassination attempt in Anambra State,  Auchi-based preacher, Apostle Johnson Suleiman, on Friday was attacked by some...

SEPLAT JV trains additional 300 teachers from Edo, Delta States as 3rd edition of its teachers empowerment takes off in Benin City

Seplat Energy Plc, a leading Nigerian independent energy company listed on both the Nigerian Exchange Limited and the London Stock Exchange, has kicked...