Reiterates his endorsement of Ize-Iyamu. Controversial politician and prominent member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Edo State, Kassim Afegbua who recently ruffled feathers in the polity when he vowed not to work for the re-election of Godwin Obaseki, his party’s candidate in the September 19 governorship election in the state, has fired back…
Edos in Diaspora Throw Weight Behind Obaseki’s Re-Election
Ahead of the September 19, 2020 gubernatorial election in Edo State, Edo indigenes in the Diaspora have thrown their weight behind the re-election bid of the state governor, Godwin Obaseki, and his deputy, Philip Shaibu. Special adviser to the governor on media and communication strategy, Crusoe Osagie said in a statement on Sunday, that the…
Alleged Acid Bath on Fellow Student: Victim Knew I Didn’t Do it, Says Osagie Ize-Iyamu
Like he vehemently denied in 2016 when the allegation was made by Adams Oshiomhole, the then outgoing governor of Edo State ahead of the governorship election which he contested on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the September 19 gubernatorial poll…
Supreme Court Verdict on Uche Nwosu has no Implication for Obaseki, Edo PDP Replies Adversaries
Amidst controversies trailing the recent Supreme Court judgment nullifying the candidature of Uche Nwosu, as Action Alliance, AA flag bearer in the March 9, 2019 Imo State governorship election and its implication for the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Godwin Obaseki in the September 19 governorship poll in Edo State, the party on…
COVID-19: Obaseki Identifies With Delta Counterpart as Family Tests Positive
The governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has prayed for the quick recovery of his Delta State counterpart, Ifeanyi Okowa, and his wife, Edith, who on Wednesday tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). In a statement in Benin, Obaseki sent his prayers to the Okowas and and expressed confidence that they would defeat the virus and…
Edo 2020: Restive PDP Leaders May Hold Obaseki to Ransom Ahead of Political Campaigns
‘We want to know what is in it for us’. There is uneasy calm within the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP in Edo State. Between the national and state leadership of the party and party members, there is feeling of distrust. But for the last minute change in plan on Wednesday, the state governor, Godwin…
Disbanded Edo COVID-19 Response Team Protest Non-Payment of Allowances
Members of the disbanded Edo State COVID-19 mobile screening and response team on Tuesday staged a protest in Benin city, capital of the state, over the state government’s failure to pay their outstanding two months allowances. The protesters blocked the entrance leading to the premises of the State Health Management Board thus preventing movement in…
Dissolution of NWC: What Oshiomhole Told Us – Loyalists Speak
‘Do not be sad for me’ – Obahiagbon ‘The burden of leadership is gone’ and it’s time to fix Edo State’ – Osifo He’ll devote full time to Ize-Iyamu’s campaign- Erhahon Following the dissolution of the National Working Committee, NWC, of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC and the consequent loss of his position as…
Breach of COVID-19 Protocols: Group Calls for Arrest and Quarantine of Obaseki
Insists there can be no sacred cow. The rowdy Peoples Democratic Party, PDP governorship primary election which took place on Thursday and ended in the early hours of Friday is still receiving backlash. The Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, venue of the indirect primary, hosted more than 3,000 persons. Many have lampooned the governor for breaching his…
Edo 2020: Atiku Galvanises Support for Obaseki
Orders reactivation of over 150 Support Groups in the state. Nigeria’s former vice president and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the 2019 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, has directed the reactivation of his more than 150 support groups in Edo State in preparation for the September 19, 2020 governorship election in the…
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