Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has faulted the immediate past administration of Governor Godwin Obaseki for what he described as an “injustice” to the judiciary, following the failure to inaugurate three judges who had long been cleared by the National Judicial Council (NJC). Speaking on Thursday in Benin...
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Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has sharply criticised his predecessor, Godwin Obaseki, for commissioning projects that remain incomplete, calling the move misleading and unfair to the people of the state. During an unscheduled inspection of the Stella Obasanjo Hospital and the Iyaro Education Hub in Benin City on Tuesday,...
Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo has announced plans to probe the $10 million reportedly spent on the state owned newspaper, The Nigerian Observer, by former Governor Godwin Obaseki. Okpebholo made the announcement during an unscheduled visit to the Observer premises with top officials of his administration to inspect the...
There was a mild drama at a Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, as two lawyers announced appearance for Edo House of Assembly in the contempt charge filed against former Gov. Godwin Obaseki’s deputy, Godwins Omobayo. When the matter was called before Justice James Omotosho, Ayotunde Ogunleye, SAN,...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caretaker Committee has called on Edo government to make public the procurement procedure for the proposed flyover at Ramat Park, Benin. Chairman of the Edo PDP Caretaker Committee, Dr Tony Aziegbemi, said this at a news conference on Tuesday in Benin. Aziegbemi alleged that...
Mr Godwins Omobayo, who was appointed as deputy governor to the immediate-past Governor of Edo, Godwin Obaseki, on Monday, appeared at a Federal High Court in Abuja to honour a court order. Omobayo appeared in court alongside his counsel, Mr Ken Mozia, SAN, before Justice Omotosho. The News Agency...
Media aide to the immediate past governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, Crusoe Osagie, has said that the move by Governor Monday Okpebholo to probe Obaseki’s government is a smokescreen to mask his incompetence and unpreparedness for office. In a statement, Osagie said Okpebholo is devoid of ideas and...
Eod State Governor, Monday Okpebholo has constituted a 14-man state Assets Verification Committee to probe the administration of former governor Godwin Obaseki. A statement by the chief press secretary to the governor, Fred Itua on Sunday in Benin, said the committee members would be inaugurated on Tuesday, Nov. 26....
Outgoing Edo Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has granted pardon to a 77-year-old man and 15 others on death row in the Nigerian Correctional Service as his administration winds down. This is contained in a statement on Tuesday in Benin, by Mr Aminu Suleman, the Public Relations Officer (PRO), Nigeria Correction...
The Transition Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo has recommended a probe into more than N410 billion local and foreign debts allegedly owed by the state. The committee made the recommendation on Monday in its report presented to the governor-elect, Sen. Monday Okpebholo ahead of his...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has hailed the State’s female football team, Edo Queens, for their 3-0 victory over CBE FC of Ethiopia in the CAF Women’s Champions League in Casablanca, Morocco. In a statement in Benin on Monday, Obaseki celebrated the Nigeria Women’s Football League champions for their...
The Transition Committee of Edo Governor-Elect, Monday Okpebholo, has denied borrowing funds for the inauguration ceremony slated for Tuesday. The outgoing Gov. Godwin Obaseki had accused the committee of borrowing N5 billion to organise the ceremony. Obaseki’s administration also accused the governor-elect of not inviting him for the inauguration...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has dissolved his cabinet ahead of the Nov.12 swearing-in of Sen. Monday Okpebholo, of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the new governor of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that Obaseki who came into office on November 12, 2016 is expected...
Edo election and PDP proxy agent masquerading as civil society activist By WASHINGTON OSA OSIFO, PhD
Edo election and PDP proxy agent masquerading as civil society activist By WASHINGTON OSA OSIFO, PhD
ARISETV regular morning show on November 2, 2024, featured one Martins Obono, Executive Director Tap Initiative for Citizens Development. Obono claims to be one of the the many civil society activists in Nigeria and indeed, there are a legion of them. We do know for a fact that dangerous...
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, ordered Godwins Omobayo, the embattled Deputy Governor of Edo, to appear in person before it on Nov. 26 over his alleged disobedience to court judgment. Justice James Omotosho, in a ruling, held that the order was to give Omobayo, the alleged...
A member of APC Transition Committee, Prince Kassim Afegbua, has said the recruitment of 4,000 teachers by Gov. Godwin Obaseki was deliberate to destabilize the incoming government of Sen. Monday Okpebholo. In a statement on Sunday in Benin, Afegbua said that the recruitment of 4,000 teachers by the outgoing...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Edo State Governor-elect, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has denied ever signing any deal with the Chinese government to the tune of $45.21m for flyover bridges. He, therefore assured the people of the state that he would not be another memorandum of understanding (MoU) governor like...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) Transition Committee, led by Dr Pius Odubu, has expressed dissatisfaction with the outgoing PDP administration of Gov. Godwin Obaseki for failing to provide necessary documents to facilitate a smooth transition process in Edo State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports Edo government had...
The Commissioner for Information and Orientation in Edo, Mr Chris Nehikhare, has the state government has received the names of the All Progressives Congress (APC) transition committee members. In a news conference in Benin on Thursday, Nehikhare said that the government had also and scheduled an inaugural meeting for...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – The reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo, Comrade Philip Shaibu, has congratulated the governor-elect, Sen. Monday Opkebholo, on his victory in the keenly contested Saturday’s governorship election. Comrade Shaibu in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Musa Ebomhiana urged the governor-elect to be magnanimous...