By Samson Ochono During the campaigns for the 2023 elections, the man who is now the governor of the state, a priest of the Catholic Church (though suspended), ceaselessly attacked the then Governor Samuel Ortom for visiting China many times and signing partnership agreements with Chinese companies for the development of the state. Alia was…
A report I’ve reviewed attributes a statement to Bayo Onanuga, my respected brother and presidential spokesman, from his conversation with Laolu Akande, suggesting that ex-Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello is hiding “under the agbada” of his replacement, Governor Usman Ododo. According to the report, Akande inquired as to why the police could not provide assistance…
By Ehichioya Ezomon Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s made the world to believe that his predecessor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Chief Nyesom Wike, is the architect and purveyor of the political crisis in the state. He’s used every opportune moment to drum this narrative for the consumption of a sympathetic…
By Peter Awunah awunahpeter@gmail.com In the 1990s when Fr Hyacinth Alia was conducting his public ministry with “healing masses” and performing “miracles”, he made the people to believe that all other catholic priests, particularly his seniors didn’t like him because, according to him, he had the gift of performing miracles of healing from God, whereas…
Is INEC truly independent or does it serve the executive arm? By Osata Osayogie Raphael @Debunk TENDENCY The 2020 Edo State governorship election, held on September 19, was plagued by disputes that undermined confidence in the electoral system. Central to these concerns was the perceived complicity of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the body…
By Yahaya Idris Dr. Eunice Bosua, Executive Director of Excellent Leadership for Sustainable Development and Good Governance, has commended HRH Dr. Edna Ngozi Ubebe for her relentless humanitarian endeavors. Dr. Ngozi Ubebe’s unwavering devotion to enriching lives has secured her position as a revered figure of philanthropic distinction. Dr. Ubebe’s key initiatives encompass: Community Development…
By Jane Uyi Orobosa Chaiii, what a shameful show of subservience. It is a sad, sad new day for Edo State. And please, don’t get it twist for a second, a New Edo is not rising anytime soon. No, not with a Monday Okpebholo, the fraudulently declared governor-elect of the All Progressives Congress (APC)…
Senator Isah Jibrin (Echocho) has emerged as a catalyst for change in Kogi East, diligently working to overcome past legislative limitations and usher in an era of unprecedented political and socio-economic progress, characterized by a dual approach of vigorous legislative action and community-focused empowerment initiatives designed to improve the welfare of his constituents. Echocho has…
By Edwards Okhai Balogun The electoral developments in Edo State since yesterday, Saturday, have laid bare a deeply troubling reality: the audacity of vote buying, the falsification of figures, the manipulation of electoral processes, and the violent intimidation of voters. All notably orchestrated by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in its bid to ‘capture Edo…
By Chris Ojeikere Edo APC’s brazenly ungodly, immoral and criminal arrogance of wanting to steal an election by using the police and other coercive methods is now visible to the blind and audible to the deaf in Edo State. And we are putting the evidence out there before the world to see. Even the crudest…