As Odubu tenders apology to indicted party leaders Billionaire business mogul and chairman, Ocean Marine Solutions, (OMS) Idahosa Wells Okunbo, fondly called Captain Hosa, has taken exception to his name been linked to the failed attempt by the faction of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC in Edo State loyal to the national chairman of…
Edo 2020: Again, Obaseki Takes Oshiomhole to the Cleaners
Renews Threat to Deal with Him over Shadow Primary Election Reacting to Thursday’s botched shadow primary election by the faction of the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, loyal to the national chairman of the party, Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, to pick a consensus aspirant, Edo State government has accused the immediate past governor…
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,…
State Governments Deporting Almajiris are Irresponsible – Clement Nwankwo
Calls for public scrutiny, debate of NCDC Bill The Executive Director of Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre, PLAC, Clement Nwankwo has frowned at the actions of some state governors who have recently been deporting almajiris from their respective states to their supposed states of origin, describing any state government doing so at this time of COVID-19 pandemic…
Hope Rises for COVID-19 Patients as Catholic Monks in Edo Develop Cure
As the search for cure for the coronavirus disease, COVID-19 continues, the Pax Herbal Clinic and Research Laboratories, Ewu, in Esan Central local government area of Edo State managed by the Oblates of St Benedictine’s Catholic Monks has announced the development of an herbal medicine, “CVD PLUS” for the cure of the virus infection. The…
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…
We Were Not Invited to Inspect Consignment of Rice to Oyo State – Adeyeye, NAFDAC DG
As the Oyo State consignment of rice from the Federal Government as part of palliatives to cushion the effect of COVID-19 lockdown remains enmeshed in controversy, the Director-General of the Nigeria Agency for Food, Drugs and Administration Control, NAFDAC, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye has said the agency was not in a position to explain what went…
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