Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, has responded to his Edo State counterpart, Godwin Obaseki, by calling the governor a serial betrayer and an Ingrate. The remarks followed a statement issued on Monday by the Edo governor, wherein he accused Wike of being overbearing on the party, citing instances of his disruptive tendencies in Cross […]
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, has ordered the immediate disbandment of all members of the vigilante group in Inikorogha, Ovia South-West Local Government Area of the state accused of aiding illegal wood loggers and other criminal elements in the area. He gave the order on Thursday, after a fact-finding mission to the community with […]
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state on Tuesday presented a budget estimate of N153.4 billion to the State House of Assembly, for the 2021 fiscal year. The budget which comprises N94.8 billion for recurrent and N58.6 billion for capital expenditure, represents a 9.7 percent increase from the revised 2020 budget. Christened ‘Making Edo Great Again […]
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state, has thanked Nyesom Wike, his Rivers counterpart, for the role he played in his reelection. Speaking when he visited Wike on Wednesday, Obaseki said Wike clothed and fed him after he was “pushed out” of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Recall that Wike was among the first people that […]
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The governor of Edo state, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Thursday said his convoy was attacked at ward 10, Apana, Etsako west local government area of the state. The former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, is from ward 10. In a statement which Crusoe Osagie, his spokesman, issued on his behalf, […]
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo, has officially joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The announcement was made on the official Twitter handle of the PDP on Friday afternoon. “Breaking News! The governor of Edo State, H.E. @GovernorObaseki has defected to our great Party, the @OfficialPDPNig. The declaration was made this afternoon at the state Secretariat […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced the postponement of its primary election for the Edo governorship poll from Friday to Tuesday. Kola Ologbondiyan, spokesman of the party, announced the postponement a tweet on Thursday evening. Recall that the incumbent Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, is expected to join the party following his […]
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The director-general of the Progressive Governors Forum, Salihu Lukman, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) is collapsing and needs organ transplant. It is no longer news that the APC is embroiled in a leadership crisis following the appeal court judgment upholding the suspension of Adams Oshiomhole as national chairman of the party. While the party […]
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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 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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