Shuaibu: This is Defamation of Character. The major opposition party in Edo State, the All Progressives Congress, APC, claims that it has received information of a sinister plot by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to rope in the party [APC] in a stage-managed attack on the state deputy governor, Philip Shaibu. The party further…
Edo 2020: Edo Deputy Governor Alleges Assassination Plot on Key PDP Chieftains
Edo State deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, Saturday afternoon cried out over alleged plot by the opposition to assassinate some notable members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) in the state ahead of the September 19 governorship election. Raising the alarm at a press conference, Shaibu said it became imperative to notify the citizens of…
Edo House of Assembly Remains under Siege
The siege on the Anthony Enahoro House of Assembly Complex in Edo State continued on Friday with women of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and with people believed to be party stalwarts taking over the premises and environs. While many of the PDP women who had earlier in the day staged a solidarity protest march…
Electricity Challenge to be Over in Edo by End of 2020, Obaseki Promises As he Kicks off Re-Election Campaign in Edo North
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki on Monday kicked off his re-election campaign in Akoko Edo Local Government Area, Edo North Senatorial District, promising to build on the good foundation his administration had laid in the last three years and eight months, with an economic blueprint that would address the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic.…
Rumbles in Edo PDP Over Campaign Funding
As Obaseki and Deputy Deny Alleged Rift. There is an uneasy calm within the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Edo State. TELL learnt that it is this issue that prompted the rumour about a rift between the state governor, Godwin Obaseki, and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, both candidates of the party in the September…
Count Us Out of Obaseki’s Endorsement, SDP tells Coalition of Political Parties
Edo State chapter of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has debunked the report claiming that it has endorsed the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and incumbent governor of the state, Godwin Obaseki for the September 19 governorship election. The SDP was listed amongst the list of 35 political parties in the state which…
Edos in Diaspora Throw Weight Behind Obaseki’s Re-Election
Ahead of the September 19, 2020 gubernatorial election in Edo State, Edo indigenes in the Diaspora have thrown their weight behind the re-election bid of the state governor, Godwin Obaseki, and his deputy, Philip Shaibu. Special adviser to the governor on media and communication strategy, Crusoe Osagie said in a statement on Sunday, that the…
APC Now History in Edo State, Says Shaibu, State Deputy Governor
Edo State deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, on Tuesday boasted that victory of the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP in the September 19, 2020 governorship poll in the state is a done deal. Shaibu, who declared that “APC is now history in Edo State” sued for peace and unity amongst party members in order to be…
PDP Primary Election: Okowa, Party Leaders in Last-Ditch Effort to Achieve Consensus
The eventual defection of the governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki into the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is ruffling feathers in the party which was all set for its governorship primary election before his dramatic entrance. Ahead of the earlier scheduled June 19 governorship primary election, three aspirants had already been screened. They are Omoregie…
PDP Postpones Primary election to June 23
Admits Obaseki into Party Friday. All is now set to admit the embattled governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki into Nigeria’s major opposition political party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The governor was being expected at the Edo State secretariat of the party in Benin on Thursday where many party leaders had gathered for the…
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