Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, said he decided to increase the state’s minimum wage from ₦40,000 to ₦70, 000 because the prevailing economic situation in the country had made nonsense of what was being paid. Governor Obaseki said in spite of giving the workers’ insurance, improved conditions of service, and timely salary payment and promotions,…
Edo Guber: Idahosa Takes a Walk from PDP, Resigns as BoT Member
Erstwhile political adviser to Senator Adams Oshiomhole, immediate past governor of Edo State, and chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) Charles Idahosa, has walked away from the party. Idahosa, a member of the PDP’s Board of Trustees, (BoT) also resigned his membership of the governing body of the party on Monday. Announcing his decision…
Edo Guber: Gov. Obaseki Chairs Advisory Council, First Lady, Wife of candidate head Women’s Wing as PDP launches 200-member campaign organisation
With yesterday’s official kick-off of campaigns for the September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo State, the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state has launched its Campaign Council with Governor Godwin Obaseki heading the seven-man advisory council, and the first lady, Betsy Obaseki and wife of the governorship candidate, Ifeyinwa Ighodalo, heading the…
UNIBEN Students Attack: Hospital Visit to Injured Lecturer Heartbreaking, Eye-opening, Says Akpata, Edo LP Guber Candidate
The Edo State Labour Party, LP, governorship candidate in the upcoming September 21, 2024, governorship election in the state, Olumide Osaigbovo Akpata, has described as “senseless”, the act of violence that took place at the University of Benin Staff Club Friday, April 12, when he was hosted by members of the club to an interactive…
Why I Advised Oshiomhole Against Offering Urhoghide AC Senatorial Ticket – Idahosa, Ex-Political Adviser
A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP in Edo State, and estranged former ally of Governor Godwin Obaseki, Charles Idahosa, has taken responsibility for advising immediate past governor of the state, Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, against offering Senator Matthew Urhoghide the senatorial ticket for Edo South as members of the then ruling Action Congress (AC)…
Again, Obaseki Brings Down Sledgehammer on Shaibu, Demolishes Security Post at Private Residence
Following his impeachment and removal from office as deputy governor of Edo State last Monday, Philip Shaibu has been stripped of his security paraphernalia as the security post that had for more than seven years adorned the front of his private residence at the Aideyan Avenue, Government Reserved Area, GRA, Benin City, was on Sunday…
Akpata, UNIBEN SUG Saga: Edo Govt Warns against ‘Irresponsible’ behaviour
The Edo State Government has condemned in the strongest terms, the ugly incidence at the University of Benin on Friday, involving the Students Union Government, SUG, of the institution, and candidate of the Labour Party, Olumide Osaigbovo Akpata, who was invited by the senior staff of the university for an interactive session at their Senior…
Our Side of the Story – UNIBEN SUG
Students Union Government, SUG, of the University of Benin reacts to Attack on Labour Party candidate, Olumide Osaigbovo Akpata, at the university’s Senior Staff Club on Friday April 12, 2024. Update on Security Threats and Institutional Disregard The Students Union Government, in its usual mode and advocacy for transparency, wishes to update her students and…
UNIBEN Attack, My Story-Akpata, LP Candidate
Statement by Olumide Osaigbovo Akpata, governorship candidate of the Labour Party, LP in the September 21 Gubernatorial election in Edo State on Saturday April 13, 2024, following attack on him by students at the University of Benin “Good morning, Nigerians. Good morning, good people of Edo State. I am Olumide Osaigbovo Akpata, the Labour Party…
Edo Guber: Akpata, Ex-NBA President Vows He Would Resist Intimidation Following Violent Attack by UNIBEN Students
… Fingers top official of Govt as mastermind With commencement of campaigns for the September 21, 2024 Edo State governorship election barely a few days away, strong indications emerged on Saturday that the battle for the soul of the Heartbeat of the Nation would be fierce and bloody as the state police command and the…
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