Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has tested negative for coronavirus but has decided to remain in self-isolation. According to a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, the result is that of the rapid diagnostic test, while the Governor awaits the result of the […]
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Governors of the Southern region, under the aegis of the BRACED Commission, have put in place machinery that would see to the establishment of a regional security outfit. Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, disclosed this Thursday after a closed-door meeting with the Governors in Asaba, Delta state capital. He said the decision was necessary […]
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The Edo State Government says it has given directives to the Police and State Security Service to arrest the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole for allegedly violating rally orders. The Deputy Governor of the state, Philip Shuaibu, said this in Abuja on Monday while speaking with journalists shortly after the […]
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has warned his predecessor in office and national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, to ‘behave well’ whenever he comes the state or face decisive action. This is even as he warned leaders and members of the Edo Peoples Movement (EPM), to desist from activities […]
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state has ordered the State Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, to commence criminal prosecution against council chairmen who were relieved of their offices over corruption allegations. The Governor disclosed this on Thursday in Benin, at the swearing-in of a new chairman for Esan […]
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There was pandemonium as suspected thugs attacked the family house of Philip Shaibu, deputy governor of Edo state, on Saturday. The suspects reportedly invaded the house located in Jattu-Uzairue, Etsako west local government area, on Saturday. They were said to have scaled the fence into the compound. A patrol team from the Edo state police […]
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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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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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Some protesters who are said to be under the aegies of the Edo Civil Society Organisation (EDOCSO), stormed the Edo State Specialist Hospital, to reject the purported action of the government. Reports say that they on Friday last week, staged a similar protest and they threatened to empty the facility of both the patients and […]
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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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