The inspector-general of police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate suspension of the APC rally scheduled for Friday in Benin City. The rally was meant to welcome Osagie Ize-Iyamu, former governorship candidate of the PDP, to the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC). Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, Philip Shaibu, deputy governor […]
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The role of the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, has made the chapter of the party in Edo state suspend him. The party’s decision was followed by a vote of no confidence, which was passed by chairmen of the 18 Local Government Areas in the state. In a […]
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Edo governor Godwin Obaseki says he has so far created 157,000 jobs out of the 200,000 he promised the state. Obaseki made the disclosure in his speech at the 2019 Alaghodaro Youth Summit in Benin on Monday. “I have done what many politicians will not do; during my campaign, I promised to create a minimum […]
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Governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki, has said he used common sense to approach politics. The governor stated this at a Thanksgiving Service organised by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), as part of the activities to mark his third year in office. Obaseki vowed to use every drop of his blood to work for […]
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There seem to be no visible end to the crisis in the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress as Governor Godwin Obaseki’s convoy was attacked at Iyamho country home of the APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole. The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu Obaseki and Pro-Chancellor of Edo University, Iyamho, Prof. T.O.K. Audu were […]
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Not less than seven persons, including two children, were killed on Saturday in a fatal car accident involving the advance team convoy of Godwin Obaseki, Governor of Edo State. The accident was said to have occurred after a Toyota Hilux van on the Governor’s advance team had a head-on collision with a passenger Audi car […]
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State had sacked all his Special Assistants and Senior Special Advisers. They comprise of 192 Special Assistants, three persons each representing each wards in the state, and 52 Senior Special Advisers, three persons representing each local government. Obaseki later appointed 18 Special Assistants (All females in gender). In a statement […]
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Godwin Obaseki, the Edo State Governor, has made a new new appointment as he appoints, Benjamin Iyase, as a commissioner. In a statement by, Osarodion Ogie, the Edo state Government Secretary, on Thursday said Iyase’s name has been forwarded to the Edo State House of Assembly (EDHA). Ogie’s statement read in part ” Governor of […]
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Former governor of Edo State and national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, says Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo state, removed the only commissioner he nominated into his cabinet. Speaking in an interview with Channels Television, Oshiomhole said the governor took the action after a reconciliatory meeting between him and his successor. […]
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State and leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have apologised to aggrieved members over the unfair treatment meted to them when they indicated interest to contest in the 2019 primary elections in the state. Mr. Obaseki revealed that “almost 20 court cases arose from those who were deprived of […]
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