…You are an accomplice, CSOs fire back at governor. Edo State Coalition of Civil Society Organisations for Good Governance and Internal Democracy on Monday berated the state governor, Godwin Obaseki for his perceived desperation to humiliate his predecessor and national chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, describing it as unfortunate. The coalition said the indictment…
Insult to Injury: After Losing Hotel, Obaseki Demands N18 million from ‘Kabaka’ as Cost of Demolition
For the embattled former revenue collector for Edo State government, Tony Adun, popularly called Tony Kabaka whose multi-million naira hotel was demolished recently by the Godwin Obaseki-led All Progressives Congress, APC, government, it not only rains, it pours. He has not only lost his huge investment for allegedly building on government land, he is also…
Edo 2020: Why the cap fits Ogiemwonyi – APC youth group
As the stakes get higher with the release of a revised time-table for the governorship election in Edo State by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, a youth group within the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has enumerated the qualities expected of the man to fly the flag of the party ahead of its primary…
Edo 2020: The Big Gang-Up Against Ize-Iyamu
As personal ambitions threaten accord by coalition of APC governorship aspirants. While major stakeholders in the Adams Oshiomhole-led faction of the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have been meeting in Abuja with a view to resolve the growing discontent amongst governorship aspirants who had formed a coalition against incumbent governor, Godwin…
COVID-19: No to Gifts from China, Ask for Money Instead, Group Tells Obaseki
A civil society group by name Concerned Nigerians in Edo State has prevailed on Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki not to distribute to the public items donated to the government by a Chinese firm operating in the state because according to it, “they are unhealthy and dangerous”, warning that they would be rejected. The company,…
COVID-19: Health Workers in Edo to get N90,000 to N300,000 Hazard Allowance – Obaseki
Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki said on Thursday that health workers in the state are now to receive between N90,000 and N300,00 as hazard allowance depending on their cadre. Obaseki, however, clarified that only the health workers participating in the fight against COVID-19 would benefit from the newly approved allowance. Speaking at a press briefing…
Oshiomhole’s Loyalists in Disarray, as Attempt to Pick Consensus Governorship Aspirant Hit the Rock
An attempt by the faction of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Edo State loyal to the national chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, to pick a consensus governorship aspirant who would confront incumbent governor, Godwin Obaseki at the imminent primary election of the party may have run into a hitch. Sources close to a…
Edo 2020: Obaseki Beats Retreat as PDP Alleges Bribery over INEC Office Reconstruction
Edo State government appears to have beaten a tactical retreat from its plan to reconstruct the state office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC following the alarm raised by the major opposition party in the state, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, accusing it of an attempt to compromise the election umpire six months to…
The kind of consensus candidate we will settle for – Airhiavbere, Edo APC governorship aspirant
In this interview with Adekunbi Ero, executive editor, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State and governorship aspirant, in the September 19 election, Charles Airhiavbere speaks on why six governorship aspirants have agreed to bury their individual ambitions to produce a consensus candidate to challenge incumbent governor, Godwin Obaseki for the party’s governorship…
Resignation Saga: Knocks for Obaseki as Anger, Condemnation Trail Harassment of Ex-Chief of Staff by Security Men
Scathing criticism and condemnation have continued to trail Sunday evening’s invasion of the home of Francis Taiwo Akerele, former chief of staff to Edo State governor by hordes of security men allegedly from the Department of State Security, DSS, and the Nigeria Police. Akerele resigned his appointment Saturday, April 25, and barely 24 hours after,…
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