A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, yesterday restrained the embattled Governor of Edo state; Godwin Obaseki from participating in the Peoples Democratic Party gubernatorial primary election scheduled for this week.The suit was instituted by an aspirant Omoregir Ogbeide-Ihiama asking the court to stop the governor who just decamped to the party from participating in the primaries.It will recalled that the governor joined the opposition party last week aft...

Comrade Adams Oshiomhole who is currently the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress has written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) insisting that the party has decided that it will use the direct primary mode for the selection of its candidate for the Edo State governorship poll.In a letter dated May 19, 2020, addressed to INEC Chairman, Oshiomhole said the party had put in place measures to ensure strict compliance with the...

the chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) Professor Itse Sagay SAN as today backed the decision of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to adopt direct primary method for the selection of the party’s governorship candidate in Edo State.It is instructive to note that the Edo state chapter of the APC and the national leadership of the party are presently at loggerhead on the mode of pr...