This was disclosed in a statement by the party’s National Organising Secretary, Colonel Austin Akobundu (retd), on Thursday in Abuja.
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The ruling party has scheduled the primaries for the governorship ticket in Edo State for June 22.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the party placed N22.5 million fee on governorship aspirants form in Edo and Ondo States.
Prof. Okechukwu Ibeanu, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Electoral Operations and Logistics Committee, gave the warning on Wednesday in Abuja during the commission’s first virtual consultative meeting with media organisations.
NAN reports that a panel of inquiry set up by the state government, headed by Justice J.U. Oyomire, had in a White Paper indicted Oshiomhole and recommended that criminal proceedings be commenced against him.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this on Monday, during the first virtual consultative meeting of the commission with leaders of political parties.
Omozuwa was alleged to have been raped after her head was smashed with a fire extinguisher at a branch of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Benin, which consequently led to her death.
The Chairman of ALGON in Edo State, Jerkins Osunde, who was represented by Osi Akhigbe, Etsako Central Chairman, at a news briefing said the process would undermine all efforts at containing the spread of COVID-19 in the state.
This was contained in a statement signed by John Mayaki, Director of Communication and Media, Ize-Iyamu Campaign Organisation, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Benin.
The forum’s Chairman, Nathaniel Momoh, said this at a news conference shortly after obtaining the forms at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday.
Dare gave the charge during the inauguration of the committee on Wednesday.
The Chairman of GMN, Osaro Onaiwu, in a statement in Abuja, charged INEC to ensure that the protocols established by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control to prevent the spread of Coronavirus are followed strictly before and during the Edo and Ondo State governorship elections.
The Chief Imam said this plea would include the All Progressives Congress primaries coming up in June.
Recall that the NWC had a meeting on Thursday where it resolved on many issues concerning the state gubernatorial poll.
The state commander, Buba Wakawa, while briefing newsmen in Benin on Thursday, said the video was a mischievous attempt by some criminal minded individuals to heighten tensions in the state.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Crusoe Osagie, in a statement said nothing of such ever happened in the state.
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Benin Zonal Command says it has secured a seven years jail term against one 43-year-old Kingsley Ugowe for sexual exploitation.
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State on Thursday announced that 20 confirmed coronavirus patients have been discharged, raising the figure of those who received a clean bill in the state to 34.
The Edo State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps has prevented 200 persons who tried to sneak into the state since the Federal Government restriction on interstate movement.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Gana was kidnapped on May 11 alongside three others around Auga Akoko/Ibilo Road in Akoko North West Local Government Area of Ondo State.