The crisis rocking the Edo State House of Assembly yesterday escalated into violence as some political thugs allegedly sponsored by the state government unleashed mayhem on 16 lawmakers-elect loyal to the immediate past governor of the state, Adams Oshiomhole. The thugs also visited massive destruction on the Golden Tulip Hotel, Etete, in Benin City, where…
Inauguration: More Trouble for Edo House of Assembly
Ordinarily, it should be one happy family with all 24 members belonging to one political party – the All Progressives Congress, APC. Unfortunately, that was not the case with the seventh Edo State House of Assembly which is taking off on a controversial and rancorous note over who produces the leadership between the feuding incumbent…
Outrage in Edo over Obaseki’s Refusal to Convene House of Assembly
1. After over one week of keeping the state Legislature in abeyance, there were high hopes yesterday that the governor, Godwin Obaseki might issue the much-awaited proclamation to allow for the inauguration of the state House of Assembly by the clerk of the house this Tuesday. But that was not to be. In line with…
Obaseki, Oshiomhole in Supremacy Contest Over House of Assembly Leadership, Ministerial Nominations
With a truce being brokered by the president, Mohammadu Buhari, and mutual friends of the feuding governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, and his estranged political godfather and national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole, all eyes are on the state which prides itself as the ‘Heartbeat of the Nation’ as…
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…
Where Are the Ballot Boxes
Men of the Nigerian Army deployed on security duties in today’s presidential/national assembly elections seem determined to carry out to the letter, the order of the Commander-In-Chief, President Mohammad Buhari to deal ruthlessly with ballot box snatchers. In Edo State, all the highways are manned by gun-trotting and stick-wielding soldiers who have mounted roadblocks at…
Hospital Commissioned By Buhari, Oshiomhole Remains Under Lock
Two years after a “5 Star” Central Hospital in Benin City, Edo State was commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari and then Governor Adams Oshiomhole, the hospital remains under lock and key.The chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Edo State, Dan Orbih in an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, titled “Two Years After,…
Give Obaseki Free hands, Afegbua Tells Oshiomhole
In this interview with Adekunbi Ero, executive editor, Kassim Afegbua, former Special Adviser on Media and Communication Strategy, and later Commissioner for Information and Orientation in the administration of Adams Oshiomhole, immediate past governor of Edo State, comments on the leadership style of the former labour leader, and notes that he aspires to be to Edo State,…
Oshiomhole’s Coctail of Troubles
Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC is caught in a web of crisis over his style of leadership, his management of the rancorous reactions to party primaries and legal tango over allegation of massive corruption during his days as Edo State governor He wears the crown as national chairman of…
Oshiomhole Sacks Four Commissioners
Govenor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has terminated the appointments of four commissioners with immediate effect. The affected commissioners are: Lucky James, commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Blessing Maigida, commissioner for Women Affairs, Patrick Aguinede, commissioner for Basic Education and Chris Ebare, commissioner for Energy and Water Resources. Oshiomhole said the termination of…
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