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Barrister Asue Ighodalo, PDP candidate for Edo State Governorship election with Governor Godwin Obaseki  By Sebastine Ebhuomhan   April 21,2024   During the Eid-el-Fitri celebrations, this independent reporter published a report that dwelt on how the three major political parties contesting the September 21st 2024 Edo State governorship election stand following the emergence of candidates in February. It was titled: How Edo Election Candidates and Parties Stand after Primaries. The investigative analysed prospects and challenges of each party and candidate with facts. The All Progressives Congress (APC) and Senator Monday Okpebholo; the Labour Party (LP) and Barrister Olumide Osaigbovo Akpata; the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Dr. Asue Ighodalo. Particularly, the report presented Ighodalo, a key member of the PDP-elected Governor Godwin Obaseki administration, as unlikely to win the election. Why? Ighodalo continues to deliberately dither and display poo...

Comrade Kelly Ogbaloi, Edo LP chairman By Editor April 20, 2024 The Chairman, Edo State Chapter of the Labour Party (LP), Comrade Kelly Ogbaloi has denied a media report, linking him to a statement that the invitation of the candidate of the party in the September 21, 2024 governorship election, Barrister Olumide Akpata by the Police had nothing to do with the party but that of his personal affair. Dailymonitorngr reports that the LP chairman, made the denial on Saturday in a statement made available to newsmen in Benin City. Ogbaloi, who expressed disappointment over the alleged comment, also denied granting interview to any journalist on the matter. DailyMonitorngr recall that the party governorship candidate was attacked by hoodlums suspected to be political thugs last week at a function at the University of Benin, UINBEN Staff Club. According to him, let me say clearly that I didn't grant interview to any journalist at all. It is a fact that when the incident happen...

----- Commends CBN on Recent Naira Appreciation Prof Adeola Adenikinju,President of the Nigerian Economic Society By Editor April 17, 2024 President of the Nigerian Economic Society (NES), Prof.Adeola Adenikinju has emphasized the need for a comprehensive and dynamic approach to address the diverse economic realities faced by Nigerian workers following the removal of fuel subsidy.  Addressing newsmen in his office in the University of Ibadan, Adeola Adenikinju shed light on the complex considerations involved in setting minimum wage policies, just as he underscored the need for a comprehensive and dynamic approach to address the diverse economic realities faced by workers.  Adenikinju, who emphasized the need for a nuanced approach ,highlighted three pivotal factors that should inform the crucial economic policy. He equally advocated for a band approach rather than a fixed value to accurately reflect the reality faced by Nigerian workers. Adenikinju who stress...

By Editor April 9, 2024 The leadership of Coalition for Registered Political Parties (CRPP) in Edo state has opined that the defeat of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 21, 2024 governorship election in the State would be a good riddance to bad governance in the last eight years of Governor Godwin Obaseki-led government. Dailymonitorngr reports that the group made the remarks while condemning the impeachment of Philip Shaibu as the deputy governor of the State on Monday by the Edo State House of Assembly. The State chairman of CRPP, Dr Samson Isibor in a statement made available to newsmen in Benin City described the impeachment as uncalled for, smacked political vendetta and a predetermined game from Governor Obaseki to see that Shaibu was removed at all cost. Isibor, who also described the impeachment as rascality displayed by the lawmakers, added that Shaibu did not commit any impeachable offence. According to him, our consolation is that the  Edo gover...

By Editor April 5, 2024 The Edo State chapter of Labour Party (LP) has condemned the  assassination attempt on its national chairman, Barrister Julius Abure in Abuja. Dailymonitorngr reports that fire engulfed Abure's residence in Abuja in the early hours on Wednesday, April 4, 2024. Speaking on the incident, the state chairman of the party. Kelly Ogbaloi alleged that the inferno was a deliberate attempt to assassinate the national chairman of the party and his family. Ogbaloi, who spoke through  the State Publicity Secretary of the party,  Sam Uroupa, alleged that the act of violence and destruction was not only targeted on an individual but also at the heart of democracy and the fundamental rights of citizens to express their political beliefs without fear. According to him, the party denounces in the strongest terms the heinous crime that have endangered the life and property of its National Chairman and family. "Such cowardly acts have no place in a civili...