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*Subject: On the Resignation of Hon. Esosa Iyawe and the Growing Crisis of Imposition, Interference, and Marginalisation in Edo APC*   We, the Concerned Edo South APC Stakeholders, receive with deep concern, profound disappointment, and growing alarm the resignation letter of Hon. Engr. Esosa Iyawe FNSE, Member representing Oredo Federal Constituency, from our great party, the All Progressives Congress. Hon. Iyawe’s resignation is not an isolated incident. It is not a one-off. It is part of a widening pattern, a recurring pattern, a dangerous pattern of disillusionment, alienation, and frustration among loyal APC members who built this party from the ground up, who sustained this party through years in opposition, and who delivered victory for this party in Edo State in 2024. Today, those same loyal members feel excluded. They feel sidelined. They feel pushed aside from the decision-making process of the APC in Edo State. *Our Observations:* 1. *Government Interfer...

Breaking: Oredo House of Rep. Member  Esosa Iyawe Dumps APC For NDC According To Sources Close To The House Of Reps Member said His Reason For Leaving The Party Is The Imposition Of Candidates By Governor Of Edo State Monday Okpevbelo 

EKPOMA KIDNAP: Misplaced Narratives, and the Need for Fair Public Discourse over security in Edo State By Dr. Patrick Akhere Ebojele PhD  The recent tragic killing of Citizen Justin Otene in Ekpoma has understandably stirred grief. He was a businessman, a community member, and by all accounts, a hardworking Nigerian whose life was cut short in a violent incident that has no place in any civilised society like ours is trying to become. The sympathy of the Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo remains firmly with his family, friends, and the entire community. For the records, in the immediate aftermath of the incident, Governor Monday Okpebholo's response was swift. Security agencies were promptly mobilised to Ekpoma and adjoining communities, with clear directives to intensify surveillance, track down the perpetrators, and prevent any escalation of tension. Tactical deployments were reinforced, intelligence gathering was activated, and inter-agency coordination was strengthen...

Hon Ogbeide Ihama,  an aspirant on the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC) for Edo South Senatorial District has appealed to the leaders in the Senatorial District to give him the ticket as he is the most qualified and experienced to represent Edo South in the Red chamber.  He made the appeal when he visited the leadership of the party in Edo South Senatorial District where he declared his intention to run for the Senatorial ticket in Benin city. Ogbeide Ihama said all of them contesting for the ticket are qualified but he feels more experienced and qualified haven been a member of the House of Representatives twice, he is most qualified to represent the people of Edo South in the Senate and appealed that the ticket should not be used as " Try your luck". "The Senate carries out legislative business and it takes experience and capacity to be a Senator as legislative business should not be left in the hands of a new comer as we need more Senatorial ...

LP Holds Edo Congress, Inaugurates New Exco The Edo State chapter of the Labour Party, LP, on Saturday 25 April 2026, concluded its ward, local government, and state congresses across the state by electing,  Engr. Michael Oshiobugie as Chairman. The party Congresses produced 24-member executive officers in the state which were drawn from the three senatorial districts . By affirmation, the congress produced a 24-member executive structure drawn from the senatorial districts as follows: Edo South (9), Edo North (8), and Edo Central (7). The elected LGA officers, delegates, and stakeholders in the various senatorial districts administered the congresses, and the officers were elected by affirmation. The State Chairman was thereafter elected by the elected LGA chairmen through endorsement and voting, where upon Engr. Michael Oshiobugie emerged as Chairman, endorsed by 13 elected LGA chairmen out of 18. The ward congresses were held across the 192 wards on the 23rd of April, 2026, at d...

*RE: PURPORTED TITLE OF “IMPERIAL MAJESTY, OGIEMEN OF UTATAN BINI-NATION” — CALL FOR INVESTIGATION AND ARREST OF PROMOTERS* It has come to our attention that Bevy Efe, a former Special Assistant to former Governor Godwin Obaseki, has been promoting a non-existent traditional title styled as “Imperial Majesty, Ogiemen of Utatan Bini-Nation”. We wish to state categorically that in the Benin Kingdom, there is only one King. It is trite and constitutionally recognized that His Royal Majesty, the Oba of Benin, is the sole custodian of the style “His Royal Majesty”. All other Traditional Heads of various communities in Benin Kingdom, including the Elawure of Usen and Enigies, bear the style “His Royal Highness”. This is in line with the Edo State Traditional Rulers and Chiefs Law. We recall that prior to the Obaseki administration, one Arisco Osemwingie was arrested and prosecuted for parading himself with the same title “Imperial Majesty of Utatan” during the Adams Oshiomhole administration...