A federal high court sitting in Abuja has issued an interim order restraining the governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki from arresting and prosecuting Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC). Recall that in January, Obaseki set up a panel to probe the construction of the Edo specialist hospital and supply […]
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The Obaseki Mandate Forum, a pressure group, has purchased the expression of interest and nomination forms for Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo, for the governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC). At a news conference on Wednesday, Nathaniel Momoh, the forum’s chairman, said the group has confidence in the governor. The ruling party has […]
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew effective from Monday, April 20, 2020, in order to check the spread of the dreaded coronavirus. With this pronouncement, movement of people throughout the state is prohibited from 7pm to 6am. Obaseki who disclosed this in a broadcast, noted that the order will be […]
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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 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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The governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has blamed recent fire incidents that razed several markets in Benin, the state capital, on “activities of suspected arsonists, working in cohorts with unscrupulous politicians under the aegis of the disbanded Edo Peoples Movement (EPM).” The Governor who alleged that the incident was not an accident, but […]
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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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The National Chairman of the ruling, All Progressive Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, has apologised to the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, The Chancellor of Edo State University Iyamo, Dr. Makonjuola, and the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akinolu, over the recent attacks on their convoy, at Etsako West Local Government his (Oshiomhole), […]
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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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