With barely three months to the expiration of his first term in office, there is compelling evidence that Edo State Governor, Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki has stamped his imprint on the sands of time “The responsibility for leading the march of the people of Edo State to greater tomorrow is mine, my Deputy Governor’s, and that…
Edo Guber: My Husband’ll Prioritise Care, Empowerment of Vulnerable Groups – Idia Ize-Iyamu
If elected governor of Edo State, the Osagie Ize-Iyamu administration would establish a special victims’ unit to handle cases of sexual assault and the care of survivors of rape and other gender-based violence. The government would also prioritise the care and empowerment of vulnerable groups in the state. Ize-Iyamu is the candidate of the All…
Convoy Accident: PDP Dismisses Oshiomhole’s Alleged Assassination Attempt as Childish, Irresponsible
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State has described as “childish, irresponsible and preposterous” the claim that Tuesday’s accident involving the convoy of former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and immediate past governor of the state, Adams Oshiomhole was an assassination attempt. Two policemen in the convoy lost their lives in…
Obadan, ex-Deputy Governor, Ora Oje-Elect Trade Words over Ize-Iyamu’s Controversial Title
Former deputy governor of Edo State and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Peter Obadan, has called out the Oje-designate of Ora Kingdom, Joshua Unuigboje Aisiku, a professor Emeritus, over his repudiation of the honourary title conferred on the governorship candidate of the APC in the September 19, 2020 poll, Osagie Ize-Iyamu. Apart…
Edo 2020: Oba of Benin Extracts Assurance of Peace from Political Leaders as Violence Escalates
The Benin monarch, Omo N’Oba N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, on Wednesday intervened in the frightening atmosphere of violence in the polity ahead of the September 19 Edo State governorship election, calling all the major political actors to order and to give peace a chance. At the crucial meeting were the candidates of the two…
APC Campaign Convoy Accident Claims Lives of Two Policemen, Oshiomhole’s Aide Alleges Assassination Attempt
The political camp of the Edo State All Progressives Congress, APC governorship candidate, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, was on Monday hit by monumental tragedy when its campaign train was involved in a fatal accident which claimed the lives of two policemen in the convoy of immediate past governor of the state, Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole. Two other persons…
After Edo North Campaign Tour, Upbeat APC Boasts of Victory
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State has boasted that it would re-enact during the September 19, 2020 governorship election in the state, the 2015 feat as an opposition party when it sacked the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP from the centre. The APC sent a strong message to the ruling PDP that with…
Coronavirus Not Available Only On Sundays, Oyedepo Taunts Lagos Government over Restriction on Church Services
The Founder and General Overseer of the Living Faith Church, aka Winners’ Chapel with headquarters in Canaaland, Ota, Ogun State, Bishop David Oyedepo is unrelenting in his objection to one of the COVID-19 preventive measures adopted by the Lagos State government, and Ogun state government, which restricts Christian religious worship to just Sundays. Mocking the…
National Security: NAF to Deploy Special Mission Aircraft to Benin
A special mission aircraft is soon to be deployed to the Benin unit of the Nigerian Airforce, according to the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar. Abubakar said the deployment of the aircraft would add value to the security arrangement of the Nigeria maritime environment and boost the fight against insurgency. The Airforce…
Edo 2020: INEC Unveils Innovations, Strategies for Transparent Poll
As REC Laments Cut in Budget. Committed to delivering a free, fair and credible governorship election in Edo State on September 19, 2020, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said from the lessons learnt four years ago, the Commission would speed up the process and declare results on…
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