The traditional ruler of Anwain Community in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State, Mufutairu Oare, has assured the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, that he would mobilise members of his community to ensure the governor gets 100 percent of the votes at the September…
Edo Guber: Warrake Farmers Laud Obaseki for Boost in Rice Production
…As Ize-Iyamu Promises to Restore Ekpoma’s Lost Glory in Rice Farming. Rice farmers in Warrake, Owan East Local Government Area of Edo State have given credit to the state governor, Godwin Obaseki for last year’s increase in rice production. The Coordinator of Warrake rice farms, Suleiman Ibrahim, gave this commendation on Wednesday during the Peoples Democratic…
Blame Game Over Edo House of Assembly Invasion
The two major political parties in the ongoing campaign for the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State are embroiled in a blame game over the recent crisis in the state legislature. While the National Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress, APC Governorship Election in Edo State accused the state governor, Godwin Obaseki of being…
Edo 2020: We are Undeterred by Defection of Political Aides – Osagie
The Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on media and communication strategy, Crusoe Osagie, has dismissed as inconsequential, the recent defection of political appointees and other members of the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led government to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement, Osagie said the defection was easily traced to the monetised campaign…
Edo 2020: Afegbua Derides PDP Over Suspension, Says ‘I am Waiting for Expulsion’
Defiant and resolute in his stance to support the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, rather than the candidate of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Godwin Obaseki, in the September 19 governorship election in Edo State, Kassim Afegbua, Okpella prince and chieftain of the ruling party in the state, on…
Electricity Challenge to be Over in Edo by End of 2020, Obaseki Promises As he Kicks off Re-Election Campaign in Edo North
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki on Monday kicked off his re-election campaign in Akoko Edo Local Government Area, Edo North Senatorial District, promising to build on the good foundation his administration had laid in the last three years and eight months, with an economic blueprint that would address the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic.…
Rumbles in Edo PDP Over Campaign Funding
As Obaseki and Deputy Deny Alleged Rift. There is an uneasy calm within the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Edo State. TELL learnt that it is this issue that prompted the rumour about a rift between the state governor, Godwin Obaseki, and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, both candidates of the party in the September…
I Won’t Stick my Neck Out for Obaseki, says Lawmaker as he Switiches Loyalty to Ize-Iyamu
Another lawmaker loyal to the state governor, Godwin Obaseki has dumped him and has pledged allegiance to his major challenger, Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Emmanuel Agbaje who represents Akoko-Edo II constituency in the state House of Assembly, at a rally in Igarra, headquarters of Akoko-Edo local government area, said the current…
Controversy Trails Suspension of Kassim Afegbua by Edo PDP
You Can’t Suspend My Vote – Afegbua Uncertainty trails the touted suspension of Kassim Afegbua, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and former commissioner for information in Edo State, by his party. Afegbua, who is a leader of the party in his Okpella village in Etsako East local government area of the state,…
Gale of Resignations: Edo PDP, APC Throw Brickbats
Still smarting from the spate of resignations that had hit the Godwin Obaseki-led Edo State government in the past few weeks, the Chairman, Edo 2020 Campaign Council of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dan Osi Orbih has accused the immediate past national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole of orchestrating the development.…
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