Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state, has resigned his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Obaseki met with President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday before announcing his decision to quit the party. Speaking with journalists at the presidential villa, Obaseki said he would pursue his second-term bid on another platform. On June 14, the governor […]
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The Faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) loyal to Oshiomhole in Edo State, has recommended the expulsion of Governor Godwin Obaseki, and the Chairman of the party, Anselm Ojezua as well as the state women leader, Dr Aisosa Amadasun from the party. Speaking at a news conference in Benin City on Sunday, the David […]
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The Edo state Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has met with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State. The purpose of the visit was however, not disclosed but the two governors later held a closed-door meeting at the Government House. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Obaseki’s visit to Wike is coming on the heels of […]
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After he was disqualified from the governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC), some sources have claimed that the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has joined the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). According to reports which was gathered by DailyPost, few minutes after his disqualification, Governor Obaseki collected his PDP membership card at Ward 4, […]
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The Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki has revealed that he won’t appeal his disqualification from partaking in the primary election of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State. Kokomansion had reported that the screening committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) disqualified Obaseki and two others from seeking re-election under the party for having […]
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The Screening Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has begun the screening of aspirants for the June 22 Edo governorship primaries. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the seven-member screening committee, headed by Prof. Jonathan Ayuba, has so far screened five aspirants out of six. Those screened included Gov. Godwin Obaseki, Pastor […]
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The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, and Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, had an argument over the first degree certificate presented by the governor from the University of Ibadan. Oshiomhole, in Abuja at the inauguration of the APC’s screening and appeal committees for its members contesting governorship primary in […]
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The commissioner for information and orientation in Edo state, Mr. Paul Ohonbamu has resigned his appointment just few weeks to the June 22 governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Godwin Obaseki, the governor, is vying to retain the party’s ticket for a second term but a faction loyal to […]
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Godwin Obaseki, the governor of Edo State, has said his predecessor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, had no money when he contested to become governor in 2007. Oshiomhole, who was also an exPresident of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, contested under the Action Congress (AC) and lost to the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Oserheimen […]
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Nigeria Police Force, NPF, have uncovered a suspect linked to murder of 100 level student of the University of Benin, UNIBEN, Vera Omozuwa. According to Chidi Nwabuzor, spokesman of Edo Police Command, the suspect was arrested after the fingerprint on the fire extinguisher she was attacked with was examined. Kokomansion recalls that, Omozuwa was attacked […]
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