Recently, the national leadership of the Host Communities of Nigeria, HOSTCON, and other stakeholders from the 10 oil producing communities in the country held a meeting where they advocated the dissolution of the Interim Management Committee running the Niger Delta Development Commission where humongous corruption has been reported. In this interview with Adekunbi Ero, executive…
Federal High Court declines further hearing on suit seeking to restrain APC on Direct Primary
As Police walk Obaseki’s aide out of court for unruly conduct. A Federal High Court sitting in Benin presided by Mohammed Garba Umar on Thursday stayed further action on the suit seeking to restrain the All Progressives Congress (APC) from going ahead with its planned direct primaries for the Edo State governorship primary election slated…
Ize-Iyamu Replies Adversaries, Says “I am a Bonafide APC Member”
Odubu, former PDP candidates congratulate him. A governorship aspirant on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, Osagie Ize-Iyamu has stated unequivocally that he is a bonafide member of the party. Ize-Iyamu made this clarification in a statement Thursday night in reaction to a statement by local government chairmen of…
Breaking News: Ize-Iyamu Emerges Consensus Aspirant
After a rigorous screening exercise that lasted almost the whole of Tuesday, and a tension-soaked wait for the outcome, Tell authoritatively learnt that Osagie Ize-Iyamu, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2016 governorship election in Edo State, has emerged the consensus aspirant of the Adams Oshiomhole-led faction of the state chapter of…
You are a hypocrite, Coalition of APC Governorship Aspirants lampoons Obaseki
…Accuses Governor of possibly infecting aides with coronavirus. …Warns Obaseki to desist from attacking and financing removal of Oshiomhole. Perhaps for the umpteenth time, and especially flowing from its recently botched mock primary in pursuance of their consensus arrangement which seemed to have polarized them, the Coalition of Governorship Aspirants on the platform of the…
NDDC Chairman Designate, Pius Odubu Promises Turn Around, Accountability
The chairman-in waiting of the recently constituted board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, and the immediate past deputy governor of Edo State, Pius Egberamwen Odubu, has pledged that the Commission’s projects would be executed in a manner that would ensure value for money. Odubu, a lawyer, also said accountability would not be compromised.…
Edo Commissions First Solar-Powered Building
The Edo State Government on Thursday, commissioned the first energy-efficient building, entirely powered by solar energy, in Benin. Speaking shortly after the commissioning, Pius Odubu, deputy governor, described the initiative as a creditable innovation, which would reduce cost of power generation for both rural business persons and the country at large. He urged other corporate…
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