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…
Impeachment: Shaibu to Drag Edo Chief Judge Before NJC
Making good his threat to fight the perceived injustice done to him by his impeachment on Monday, the former deputy governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has written to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, to obtain a complaint form to file a formal petition against the Chief Judge of Edo State,…
You Are No Longer Welcome in APC, Say Sacked Deputy Governor’s Etsako Kinsmen
For Philip Shaibu, the sacked deputy governor of Edo State, it not only rains, it pours. Thrown out ignominiously from office, Shaibu no longer feels secured under the umbrella of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, and is in search of political asylum in his former party, the All-Progressives Congress, APC. But he is meeting with…
How Paschal Ugbome, Ex-Chief Whip, Lost to Omobayo as Shaibu’s Replacement
The choice of 38-year-old Godwin Marvelous Omobayo as the new deputy governor of Edo State, came as a big surprise to the political class in the state. It indeed ruffled feathers amongst members of the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP, who had expected one of their own to be named as a replacement for the…