Politics
2023: Put Aside Your Grievances, Work For APC’s Victory, Oshiomhole, Giadom Appeal To Members In Edo

…Vow To Reclaim Edo
A former governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has appealed to members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state to settle their differences with a view to securing victory for the party’s presidential flagbearer, Ahmed Tinubu and others in 2023 general elections.
The former National Chairman of the APC who made the appeal in Benin, Monday, at the party’s stakeholders meeting, urged members of the party to work together as a family, and make sure they reclaim power from the PDP in the state.
“Although we are in power in Abuja, but not in Edo State, we have renewed our commitment to work as a South South zone to deliver the party in 2023 polls,” Oshiomhole lamented.
He continued: “We are eager to take power from the state, national assemblies and retain it in federal level. We do have challenges even though the Vice Chairman, APC, South South, said we do not have. One of the challenges we have is that we have been misruled by the governor of the state.
“We defeated PDP in this state in 2007, 2012 and 2016. The person who won decided to defect back to PDP, but our spirits cannot return to PDP. We have dealt with PDP. When we eventually defeat PDP, there will be no PDP in Nigeria as a party to return to.
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“Even though we are not in government now, when we work together as one united party, we will defeat PDP. All the party leaders in the 18 local government areas are here to strategize for the victory of the party,” he added.
While admitting that there are challenges facing the APC in the state, Oshiomhole pleaded to all the angry members of the party to put behind what happened in the past.
He said stakeholders aims was to ensure they visit the six states in the South South zone to resolve crisis that engulfed the party.
He advised all aggrieved members of the party who have cases in courts to withdraw their cases to enable the party move forward, and secure victory ahead of 2023 general elections .
Comrade Oshiomhole equally appealed to members of the party to ensure they vote Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu for president, saying he has the capacity to lead Nigeria and provide what the country had lost in the past.
On his part, National Vice Chairman, South-South zone of the APC, Comrade Victor Giadom, appealed to top leaders and members of the party to embrace peace and unity in order to ensure the party emerge victory in 2023 elections.
The former Rivers State Commissioner for Works, further advised angry and aggrieved members of the state to shevle their swords and work towards the victory of the party.
He also appealed to them to vote for Tinubu, assuring that he will provide the dividends of democracy to Nigerians.
He urged them to work together as a united party so as to secure victory for the party in 2023 general polls.
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” So, we are here as a family to speak to ourselves, find solutions to our common challenges, and reposition of the party towards the victory in 2023. We have strong commitment from my former boss, that is Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the state APC chairman and all members of the party. Looking ahead of the party, very are satisfied and convinced that we are on track.
“We are reassured that we are going to reclaim back Edo state from the PDP, and at the end of the day we are going to deliver governance back to Edo state, and the South- South zone of this country,” he added.
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FULL LIST: Borno Tops In Voter Online Pre-registrations

Borno State has recorded the highest number of voter online pre-registrations nationwide as of Week Nine, according to newly released data from the Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday.
Out of a total of 8,003,196 Nigerians who completed the pre-registration process, Borno accounted for 826,130 entries, the highest figure recorded across all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
Osun State follows with 646,580 pre-registrations, while Lagos is next with 604,819. Kebbi registered 581,135, slightly ahead of Kaduna, which recorded 510,490. Ogun is close behind with 510,062, and Kano comes next with 421,941. Kogi also posted high numbers, registering 361,233, while Zamfara and Yobe followed with 304,065 and 292,714, respectively.
Jigawa added 284,384 pre-registrations, with the FCT recording 228,264. Oyo followed closely with 224,713. Katsina registered 205,933, while Sokoto and Nasarawa posted 209,392 and 183,519, respectively.
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Bauchi recorded 181,671, ahead of Delta, which registered 160,188. Kwara contributed 142,084, followed by Cross River with 119,773 and Ekiti with 114,244.
Imo State recorded 109,245 pre-registrations, with Niger adding 107,153 and Gombe logging 103,150. Plateau followed with 93,963, while Rivers and Adamawa registered 82,840 and 80,556, respectively. Taraba posted 65,684, Akwa Ibom 60,638, Benue 53,747, and Bayelsa 52,957.
At the lower end of the table, Enugu registered 25,541 voters, followed by Ondo with 17,618, Ebonyi with 13,979, Edo with 11,570, and Abia with 11,221, the lowest figure in the country.
Also, INEC announced that a total of 1,710,450 voters have completed their CVR nationwide as of week eight, combining both online pre-registration (956,566) and physical registration (753,884).
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In accordance with Section 9(6) of the Electoral Act 2022, INEC confirmed that registration activities in Anambra State remain suspended until after the governorship election scheduled for November 8, 2025.
Until recently, states in the South-West, particularly Osun, Lagos, and Ogun, had consistently led the CVR process since the exercise commenced on August 18, 2025.
However, recent data indicated an uptick in participation from northern states, especially Borno and Kebbi, amid renewed mobilisation campaigns.
It was reported that community-based organisations, religious leaders, and local officials in several northern states intensified sensitisation efforts to boost awareness and encourage eligible residents to register.
Politics
Tenebe Fingers Edo APC Chieftains As Plot To Replace Him As Chair Thickens

Plot to replace Jarrett Tenebe as State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State is gathering momentum going by series of social media posts shared by Tenebe, as monitored by our correspondent.
It was gathered that Senator representing Edo North at the red chamber, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, and Minister of Regional Development, Hon. Abubarkar Momoh, are not keen to support Tenebe’s re-election as Edo APC Chairman.
Tenebe’s absence at last week’s empowerment programme of Senator Oshiomhole gave credence to the cold war in Edo North APC.
However, as the plot to remove Tenebe gathered moment, the Edo APC chair, it was gathered, is fighting back following suspension of Etsako East Ward 9 Chairman of the party, Mallam Adamu Ototobor, who is a loyalist to those opposing Tenebe’s return as APC Chairman.
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The cold war amongst the Edo APC bigwigs became evident when Tenebe, in series of social media posts, made allusion to the plot to replace him as Edo APC Chairman by accusing Momoh of scheming to take control of the Edo APC by working with a ‘dangerous click’.
Tenebe had said in one of his posts: “Minister of Regional Development, Hon Abubakar Momoh, I have led the party to the best of my ability, I can as well leave the party to you and your dangerous click, there is already a place in history for people like me.” (Sic)
The APC chairman further posted: “I supported you during your House of Representatives election when you were rigged out by this new click.
“If that was a crime, just know that there is a place for people like me and I know that was why I helped you.
“I encouraged people from other political parties who lost their ways to swell our fold in APC. If that’s my crime, Abubakar Momoh, I will leave the party for you and your new click, just know I am fulfilled.
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“In this party, I have lent a voice to those who cannot speak; I have fought for the oppressed, possibly the reason why Momoh and his ‘usl…’ click wants me out.
“During the last local government council organised by Governor Godwin Obaseki, I traveled with my team on canoe, which could have capsized but this time, Abubakar Momoh was moving from one air condition office to his air conditioned home with his family.
“Today all is set, Jarrett is no longer capable, him and his ‘usel…’, wicked click wants me out. I will leave so that peace will reign.”
Momoh, in his reaction, said Tenebe should be allowed to exhaust himself, adding that he would not join issues with the Edo APC chairman.
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Okpebholo’s Eight-year Tenure Non-negotiable, Says Commissioner

Edo State Commissioner for Youth, Honourable Charity Amayanvbo, has said that Governor Monday Okpebholo’s eight-year leadership mandate is non-negotiable, describing his administration as one that has rekindled hope and unity among Edo people.
Amayanvbo made the statement in Benin City during a courtesy visit by Comrade Kelly Okungbowa, popularly known as Ebo Stone, founder of the Youth for Youth movement.
According to the Commissioner, both the Binis and Edo youths are solidly behind Okpebholo, whose leadership style, he said, has restored dignity to traditional institutions and reaffirmed respect for the revered Oba of Benin Kingdom.
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“Governor Monday Okpebholo has restored the confidence of the people in government. He has brought back dignity to our traditional institutions and rekindled the hope of Edo youths. His eight years in office are non-negotiable,” Amayanvbo asserted.
The Youth commissioner commended the governor for what he described as “unprecedented infrastructural strides, especially in Edo South, citing major projects such as the Ramat Park Flyover, the Second Flyover at Adesuwa Road, and the ongoing statewide road rehabilitation as clear evidence of visionary leadership.”
He also lauded the governor for restoring the authority of the Benin Traditional Council and for his bold call to the Edo State House of Assembly to investigate the Mosium for West Africa (MOWA) projects — a move Amayanvbo described as “transparent and accountable governance in action.”
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Comparing Okpebholo’s performance with that of his predecessor, former Governor Godwin Obaseki, Amayanvbo remarked that Okpebholo had “done what a Benin man could not achieve.”
He urged Edo youths to rally around the governor, pledging continued support for his developmental vision aimed at building a greater Edo State.
In his response, Comrade Kelly Okungbowa (Ebo Stone) hailed Hon. Amayanvbo for his fatherly leadership and reaffirmed his movement’s loyalty to the Governor.
He pledged to mobilize Edo youths to deliver a 2.5 million-vote bloc in support of both Governor Okpebholo and President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, assuring that the Youth for Youth movement would stand firmly behind the Governor’s “non-negotiable mandate.”
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