FOR THE RECORD DAY OF THE LORD: A DAY I WILL NEVER FORGET BEING INAUGURAL SPEECH BY MARVELOUS GODWIN OMOBAYO AT HIS SWEARING-IN CEREMONY AS EDO STATE DEPUTY GOVERNOR ON MONDAY 8TH OF APRIL 2024 AT FESTIVAL HALL, EDO STATE GOVERNMENT HOUSE. The oath of office l has just taken is my legal acceptance, Speech.…
My Impeachment a Charade, Illegal – Shaibu, Vows to Fight ‘Injustice’
The ousted deputy governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has described his impeachment based on what he described as “trumped-up charges” on Monday April 8 as “illegal”, “an injustice”, and attack on the foundation of the country’s democracy, and vowed to fight it “with every iota of strength in our being” for the sake of…
Omobayo, Man for this Season – Obaseki, As New Deputy Governor Pledges Full Dose Loyalty
Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki has described the new deputy governor of the state, Godwin Marvelous Omobayo as a “thorough-bred young professional” whose choice would provide the needed impetus to rally round all interests and persuasions within the state to work more closely together in realising the vision for a viable, strong and prosperous state…
Ighodalo Promotes Politics Without Bitterness, Congratulates APC, LP Counterparts on Emergence, As He Calls for Issue-based Campaigns
In a rare show of camaraderie, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the September 21, 2024 Edo State governorship election, Dr. Asue Ighodalo, has congratulated his All Progressives Congress, (APC) and the Labour Party (LP) counterparts, Senator Monday Okpebholo, and Olumide Akpata, former president of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, respectively, on their emergence…
Esekhaigbe Sues for Closing of Ranks in APC, Rallies Support for Okpebholo Ahead of Edo Governorship Battle
With the political battleline drawn with the three major political parties in Edo State picking their flagbearers for the September 21 governorship election last weekend, Leader of the All-Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo Central senatorial district, Cecil Esekhaigbe, a retired army general, has seized the initiative to foster unity and peace within the opposition party…
Idahosa Insists He Remains APC Candidate, Warns Party of Legal Consequences of Substitution
The last may not have been heard in the controversial Edo State All Progressives Congress, (APC) governorship primary election as the initially declared winner of the election, Dennis Idahosa, the member representing Ovia Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives is still laying claim to the party’s ticket in spite of the emergence of Monday…
Okpebholo Defeats Idahosa as Edo APC Concludes Guber Primary
The hitherto suspended gubernatorial primary of the Edo State All Progressives Congress, APC, was concluded on Friday with the senator representing Edo Central Senatorial District, Monday Okpebholo, declared the winner. The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu, who replaced Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State as Chairman of Edo APC’s shadow poll, made…
Edo 2024: Ighodalo Scales First Hurdle, Wins PDP Guber Ticket
…. As Shaibu emerges factional candidate Asue Ighodalo, a lawyer and former chairman of Sterling Bank and Nigerian Breweries Limited, who had been tipped to win the ticket of the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP for the September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo State, on Thursday proved bookmakers right, emerging winner of the primary…
PDP Wins Bayelsa Gubernatorial Election.
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has retained the governorship seat in Bayelsa State, after failing to upstage APC in Imo and Kogi States. Incumbent governor, Douye Diri, was formally declared winner of the keenly contested election having won majority of the votes cast. Results from the eight local government areas of the state announced by…
Court of Appeal Re-Affirms LP’s Attah as Duly Elected Rep for Eti-Osa Federal Constituency, Obanikoro congratulates winner
Attempts by candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and that of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ibrahim Obanikoro, and Bankole Wellington, popularly known as Banky W, respectively, to unseat Labour Party’s Thaddeus Attah as member of the House of Representatives for Eti-Osa Federal Constituency in Lagos State, has failed as the Court of Appeal,…
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