As political parties in Edo State count down to their respective primaries, the state chapter of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has been granted approval by the state governor to use of the newly reconstructed Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia stadium as venue of the exercise. The party is adopting indirect mode of primary in the selection…
Federal High Court Adjourns Hearing of Suit Seeking to Restrain APC, NWC, INEC from Conducting Direct Primary
A Federal High Court in Benin City on Monday adjourned hearing in a suit brought before it seeking to restrain the National Working Committee [NWC] of the All Progressives Congress from using the direct mode of primary to select its candidate in the governorship primary slated for June 22, 2020. Adjourning hearing to Thursday, June…
You Can’t Continue to Keep Security Chiefs no matter How Good – Idada Ikponmwen, former army provost-marshal tells Buhari
I am inclined to think, and indeed to feel that the security system has broken down. In this down-to-earth interview with Adekunbi Ero, executive editor, Don Idada-Ikponmwen, retired Brigadier-General and former provost-marshal in the Nigerian Army laments how “the security situation in the country has broken down” and expresses “grave disappointment” in President Muhammadu Buhari…
Obaseki Beats Retreat, Says Commissioner’s Appointment Subject to Confirmation
The Edo State Government has said the appointment of. Efe Stewart as the Commissioner for Communication and Orientation is subject to confirmation by the Edo State House of Assembly. In a statement Thursday evening, special adviser to the governor on media and communication strategy, Crusoe Osagie, said Efe was appointed to replace Paul Ohonbamu, who…
Obaseki Constitutes Own Reconciliation Committee for Edo House of Assembly
The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has constituted his own reconciliation committee to resolve the almost one-year-old crisis in the state House of Assembly. The governor named the Chairman of Northern Governors’ Forum and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and Ehigie Uzamere, former senator who represented Edo South senatorial…
Obaseki Replaces Information Commissioner Few Hours After Resignation
Barely a few hours after Edo State commissioner for information and orientation, Paul Ohonbamu resigned from the government of the deeply embattled governor of the state, Godwin Obaseki, a replacement has been announced in a move that lends credence to the maxim that indeed nature harbours a vacuum. He is Stewart Efe. A statement by…
Edo 2020: APC Youths Upbeat About Ogiemwonyi’s Re-entry into Guber Race
Some youths of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State said they have begun mobilization across the state for Chris Ogiemwonyi, an engineer and former minister of state for works to ensure that he clinches the governorship ticket of the party on June 22, 2020, the scheduled date for the party’s primary election. The…
NBA Bars Lawyers from Defending Killers of Colleague in Edo
No lawyer in Edo and Delta States should offer legal representation to the 10 suspects currently being held by the Edo State Police Command for the abduction and murder of one of their own, 41-year-old Osobase Omo-Iyoha. Omo-Iyoha, father of four, was abducted May 9, 2020, and the suspects on Tuesday led the police to…
Exclusive Details of How Ize-Iyamu Emerged Consensus Aspirant
Oshiomhole, Hosa Okunbo did not influence process – Source It is no longer news that a faction of the Edo State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, loyal to the national chairman of the party, Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole recently produced a consensus governorship aspirant amongst the eight jostling for the ticket of the…
Edo APC Primaries: Oshiomhole Cannot Be Umpire and Contestant at The Same Time – Anselm Ojezua
Regrets supporting his emergence as national chairman. Says PDP option open to Obaseki. While the deeply embattled governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki had been making desperate moves for peace with his erstwhile political benefactor, Adams Oshiomhole, his loyalists appear to be working at cross-purposes with him as they continue to beat drums of war…
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