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’16 Males, 1 Female’- INEC Publishes Final List Of Candidates For Edo Gov Election The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published its final list of candidates seeking to contest the Edo governorship election in September. Godwin Obaseki, incumbent governor of Edo, is rounding off his second and final term in office. In a statement on Monday, Sam Olumekun, INEC’s commissioner for information and voter education, said 17 political parties have presented candidates seeking to succeed Obaseki. Olumekun said of the 17 candidates, 16 are male while one is female. Patience Ndidi of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) is the…

Nyesom Wike describes those supporting Governor Fubara as "political buccaneers"; confirms his relationship with Peter Odili is now strained… Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has described leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State now supporting Governor Siminalayi Fubara as “political buccaneers”. This is coming after PDP leaders in Rivers State, Abiye Sekibo; ex-PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus; ex-governorship aspirant, Celestine Omehia; and ex-lawmaker, Austin Opara; declared support for Fubara and also called on President Bola Tinubu to caution Wike. In an interview with newsmen on Tuesday, April 2, Wike claimed that the so-called…

Rivers Crisis: I Put Fubara In Power, He Must Comply With My Terms The former Rivers governor asked his successor to solve his issues with the state Assembly and to stop treating them as his boys. Fubara and WikeFCT Minister and the immediate-past governor of Rivers state, Barr Nyesom Wike has spoken about his rift with his successor, Governor Sim Fubara. He stated that he put him in power yet Fubara betrayed him by refusing to comply with their agreement. Wike also denied influencing the State House of Assembly to threaten to impeach Fubara, adding that he and the governor…

Fresh Twist as Gov Fubara's Commissioner Dumps Rivers Cabinet, Joins Tinubu's Camp Rivers state commissioner for works, George-Kelly Alabo, has dumped Governor Siminalayi Fubara to pick an appointment from President Bola Tinubu. Alabo announced his resignation from Fubara's cabinet barely 24 hours after Tinubu appointed him as the DG of BCDA The former commissioner first resigned from Fubara's cabinet at the head of the disagreement between the governor and his predecessor, Governor Siminalayi Fubara's commissioner for works, George-Kelly Alabo, has resigned from his position to take up an appointment given to him by President Bola Tinubu. In his letter of…