A younger brother to Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, has been reported kidnapped. It was gathered that the younger Shaibu, identified as Frederick, was abducted on Monday by some gun men in the outskirts of Benin when he was conveying his children to school.Sources close to the Shaibu family told Tell Tuesday evening that…
Edo Deputy Governor Challenges Sports Administrators on Planning
Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu has called on the National Council on Sports and Sport Federations in the country to ensure timely proposals of events for proper planning, training and sponsorship by private sector. Shaibu, in a message to the 2020 National Council on Sports, NSC, meeting held in Asaba Delta state, explained that…
Edo Guber: Tribunal Orders Substituted Service as Obaseki, Shaibu, PDP Evade Service of Five Petitions, Processes
…Chairman pledges to shun external influence. The inaugural sitting of the Edo State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal was held on Friday with Chairman of the three-man panel, Justice Abdulrazak Abdulkareem, ordering a substituted service of the petitions and processes to be posted on the wall of PDP’s state secretariat and Government House, Benin, while the…
Security Beef-Up Around Edo Deputy Governor ‘s Country Home …As he Denies Stockpiling COVID-19 Palliatives
Edo State deputy governor, Philip Shaibu says it is not true that he had a stockpile of COVID-19 palliatives in his country home in Jattu, Etsako West local government area of the state. Debunking the claim following an invasion of his residence by some hoodlums in search of palliatives, Shaibu explained that “All palliatives that…
Edo Decides: Ize-Iyamu Breaks Silence, Says He Won’t Contest Obaseki’s Victory But Refuses to Congratulate him
…To Pursue Pre-Election Cases on Governor, Deputy’s Qualification. The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the September 19, 2020 governorship election in Edo State, Osagie Ize-Iyamu has resolved not to challenge at the state Election Petition Tribunal, the victory of the declared winner, Godwin Obaseki, incumbent governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic…
The Fight is Over, Obaseki tells Oshiomhole… As he receives INEC’s Certificate of Return (Photo)
Extends Hand of Fellowship to Ize-Iyamu to Move Edo Forward. Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, were on Tuesday presented their certificates of return by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC at a ceremony witnessed by top officials of the Commission and chieftains of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Obaseki…
Edo Decides: Shaibu Assures Promises Made’ll Be Fulfilled …Says Victory Shows No Man is God
Edo State Deputy Governor, and deputy governor-elect, Philip Shaibu said the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP the just-concluded governorship election in the state is for all Edo people, and charged them to collaborate with him and his principal, Godwin Obaseki to ensure the actualisation of all programmes and policies of the government aimed…
Edo Erupt into Wild Jubilation Over PDP, Obaseki’s Victory (Photo)
Benin City, Edo State capital, on Sunday went agog with wild celebration of the victory of the governor, Godwin Obaseki and his deputy, Philip Shaibu in Saturday’s governorship election. The jubilant members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP were engaged in a long convoy of motorcade doing a road show and dancing to the music…
Edo Guber: APC Lauds Oba of Benin’s Vital Intervention in Political Violence
Accuses Deputy Governor’s Wife of Breaching Peace Pact. The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State has expressed gratitude to the Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, for his recent intervention in the spate of violence and shootings that had characterized electioneering campaigns in the state ahead of the September 19 governorship election in the state,…
Edo 2020: Oba of Benin Extracts Assurance of Peace from Political Leaders as Violence Escalates
The Benin monarch, Omo N’Oba N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, on Wednesday intervened in the frightening atmosphere of violence in the polity ahead of the September 19 Edo State governorship election, calling all the major political actors to order and to give peace a chance. At the crucial meeting were the candidates of the two…
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