• Edo Governorship Election Ends Peacefully as Results Trickle in, IREV Works Optimally

    Edo Governorship Election Ends Peacefully as Results Trickle in, IREV Works Optimally0

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    • September 21, 2024

    …Olumide Akpata, Labour Party Candidate Loses Polling Unit …Asue Ighodalo Wins Unit Massively …Monday Okpebholo Wins Polling Unit in a Landslide …Collation of Results Begins Tonight The nation heaved a sigh of relief on Saturday when the polls closed peacefully in the Edo governorship election. There had been apprehensions based the violence that greeted the

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  • Edo 2024: INEC Extends Polling, PDP Alleges Police Bias as Vote Buying Thrives

    Edo 2024: INEC Extends Polling, PDP Alleges Police Bias as Vote Buying Thrives0

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    • September 21, 2024

    Voting ended at 3:00 pm in several polling units while sorting and counting began immediately. The Independent National Electoral Commission had earlier granted an extension in places that experienced late arrival of materials. According to the INEC “to ensure that no voter is disenfranchised, the Commission wishes to reiterate that, in line with our Regulations

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  • Despite Heavy Rains, Edo Residents Troop to the Polls to Elect A New Governor

    Despite Heavy Rains, Edo Residents Troop to the Polls to Elect A New Governor0

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    • September 21, 2024

    Despite early morning downpours of rains, residents of Edo state headed to the Polling units early on Saturday to cast their votes for the candidates of their choice in the off-cycle governorship elections, which witnessed an average turnout of voters across the state. When the polls started the weather was fine, but this changed later

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  • Edo 2024: Three Leading Candidates Hit with Fake News of Withdrawal, Court Judgement

    Edo 2024: Three Leading Candidates Hit with Fake News of Withdrawal, Court Judgement0

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    • September 21, 2024

    With the curtains drawn on electioneering campaigns on Thursday, the battleground shifted to social media especially X, formerly Twitter with fake news and misinformation spreading like wildfire. The targets were the major candidates in the three-horse race for the coveted Edo governorship seat. These were clear signs of interfering with the process of a credible

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  • INEC Rolls Out Regulations, Guidelines for Recall of Legislators

    INEC Rolls Out Regulations, Guidelines for Recall of Legislators0

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    • September 20, 2024

    Benchwarmers in the parliament at the National, State, and Local Government Areas now have reasons to have sleepless nights as the nation’s electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday rolled out 30 steps their constituents shall take to get them recalled. In the Regulations and Guidelines for the recall of a member

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  • All Is Calm 24-Hours to the Opening of Edo Governorship Election on Saturday

    All Is Calm 24-Hours to the Opening of Edo Governorship Election on Saturday0

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    • September 20, 2024

    Twenty-four hours before the opening of polls, the atmosphere has been mostly calm and normal in Edo State despite the heated debates and allegations in the last couple of weeks. However, there was no mistaking the heavy presence of the security operatives, but citizens went about their routine activities without any sign of panic. The

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