The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Candidate in the Edo State, Asue Ighodalo, has begged Philip Shaibu and other aspirants who contested the primaries with him to work together with him to make the PDP win the September 21, 2024, Governorship Election.

Barrister Julius Abure, the national chairman of the Labour Party, has been arrested in Benin, the Edo State capital.

As the 2024 Edo State Governorship electioneering continues, Earl Osaro ONAIWU, Governorship Aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, has issued a stern caution to Debo Ologunagba, the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, to stop defending irresponsible people and irregularities concerning the recent primaries in Edo State.

The Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, struck out the petition filed by the Action Peoples Party (APP) against the election victory of Gov. Ahmed Ododo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Nov. 11 governorship poll in the state.

The crisis rocking the Labour Party in Edo State deepened on Sunday with the emergence of a United Kingdom-based legal practitioner, Hilton Idahosa, as the party’s third factional governorship candidate.

Former Governorship Aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Edo State, Dr. Washington Osifo on Tuesday said the Edo State APC Governorship primary election result has been received and accepted by the National Headquarters noting that it is a settled matter.

Chieftains of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo state, Major General Cecil Esekhaigbe Rtd. and Hon. (Dr.) Joseph Igiagbe Ikpea, has called for reconciliation and unity amongst party leaders to bring the party to winning ways ahead of the September 21 Governorship election in the state.

One of the governorship aspirants in Edo State on the platform of Labour Party, LP, Mr. Olumide Akpata, has raised an alarm about the lack of preparedness by the party.

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to show cause why 381 delegates elected on Feb. 4 at its ward congress should not participate in the primary scheduled for Thursday.

A chieftain of the Labour Party (LP), Chief Patrick Eholor (aka Ultimate Equal), who is the party’s Director of Contact and Mobilisation in the Diaspora, has described the party’s National Chairman, Barrister Julius Abure, as a green snake under the green grass. 

Heavy crowd of protesters, on Wednesday, besieged the Zone 5 headquarters of the Police Command in Benin City over the arrest of the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Barrister Julius Abure.

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, adjourned the suit seeking the disqualification of Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa and his deputy, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, until March 18 for hearing.