The lawmaker representing Oredo East Constituency in the Edo State House of Assembly, Chris Okaeben, has defended his allegation of threat to his life made yesterday against the governor, Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki who he also accused of playing politics of gossips. Okaeben at a press conference, this Thursday, upbraided the governor for his perceived act…
Why Obaseki Avoids Oshiomhole
Edo State Governor, Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki yesterday set tongues wagging over the much peddled frosty relationship between him and his predecessor in office, Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole as he failed to grace the epochal inaugural Founders’ Day of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH, and the launch of an endowment fund. The event which attracted…
Victory for Erhue/Omo-Agege’s Delta APC
The Court of Appeal sitting in Benin, on Friday upturned the March 18, 2019 judgment of the Asaba Federal High Court which declared Cyril Ogodo-led faction of the Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC as the authentic executives of the party. The appellate court instead affirmed the Prophet Jones Erue-led State Working…
The Emperor Strikes Back
Nigerian governors are powerful. If you don’t know, think of what Oyo State governor, Abiola Ajimobi, told those unruly students in 2017 in Ibadan, when they dared to heckle him while he was addressing them: “We (that is himself) are the constituted authority”. As the ‘constituted authority’, governors can do and undo anything. Many of…
The Invisible President And Our Killing Fields
The statistics are getting grimmer and there is no end in sight to the rampant violence and mindless killings that blight the landscape. So many parts of the country have become killing fields. And nobody is safe anymore, anywhere. From the terrorism of Boko Haram and rampaging armed bandits to the killer herdsmen and kidnappers,…
Lessons From India’s Mammoth Election
India is famous for its film industry, Bollywood. It is the world’s biggest in the number of movies it produces annually. The movies have a huge global audience mainly because of the singing and intricately choreographed dancing they always feature. Also, they tell stories that hundreds of millions of people around the world can easily…
Celebrating Barons, Mediocrity and Brigandage
Failing to plan and planning to fail are two unsavoury sides of the same bad coin. They denote incompetence and lack of understanding of the basic building blocks of dynamic change. And dynamic change is the main driver of progressive development in all spheres of human endeavours. Nigerian governments at all levels do both with…
Tension, Protests and Vote Buying in Mushin
We set out on Friday the 8th of March to monitor the proceedings at the Ward 7 Registration Area Centre, RAC at Mushin local government area of Lagos State. Since the state government had declared that there were no public holidays on the eve of the March 9 governorship and House of Assembly elections, everywhere seemed…
Dapo Abiodun Wins in Ogun
INEC declares Dapo Abiodun candidate of All Progressive Congress, APC, party winner of Ogun State governorship election. OGUN STATE FINAL RESULTSAccredited Voters- 708,807 APC -241,670APM – 222,153ADC – 110,422ADP – 9,666PDP – 70,290 Total Valid Vote : 680, 947 Total Vote Cast: 701,916 Rejected Vote 20, 969 Total cancelled Voted: 7100 Margin of lead: 19, 517
Sanwo-Olu Is New Lagos Governor
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC has been declared winner of the March 9, 2019 governorship election in Lagos State. He has been declared winner of the election after defeating his closest rival Jimi Agbaje of the Peoples Democratic Party. PDP. Agbaje had called to congratulate the governor-elect before the official declaration…
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