Statement by Olumide Osaigbovo Akpata, governorship candidate of the Labour Party, LP in the September 21 Gubernatorial election in Edo State on Saturday April 13, 2024, following attack on him by students at the University of Benin “Good morning, Nigerians. Good morning, good people of Edo State. I am Olumide Osaigbovo Akpata, the Labour Party…
Edo Guber: Akpata, Ex-NBA President Vows He Would Resist Intimidation Following Violent Attack by UNIBEN Students
… Fingers top official of Govt as mastermind With commencement of campaigns for the September 21, 2024 Edo State governorship election barely a few days away, strong indications emerged on Saturday that the battle for the soul of the Heartbeat of the Nation would be fierce and bloody as the state police command and the…
Ogbonaya Onu, First Governor of Abia State Is Dead
The first civilian governor of Abia State, in the southeastern part of Nigeria, is dead. He was reported to have taken ill and was recieving treatment in an undisclosed hospital in the country. Onu who was one of the politicians who ran for the presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC was also…
Impeachment: Shaibu to Drag Edo Chief Judge Before NJC
Making good his threat to fight the perceived injustice done to him by his impeachment on Monday, the former deputy governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has written to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, to obtain a complaint form to file a formal petition against the Chief Judge of Edo State,…
You Are No Longer Welcome in APC, Say Sacked Deputy Governor’s Etsako Kinsmen
For Philip Shaibu, the sacked deputy governor of Edo State, it not only rains, it pours. Thrown out ignominiously from office, Shaibu no longer feels secured under the umbrella of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, and is in search of political asylum in his former party, the All-Progressives Congress, APC. But he is meeting with…
How Paschal Ugbome, Ex-Chief Whip, Lost to Omobayo as Shaibu’s Replacement
The choice of 38-year-old Godwin Marvelous Omobayo as the new deputy governor of Edo State, came as a big surprise to the political class in the state. It indeed ruffled feathers amongst members of the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP, who had expected one of their own to be named as a replacement for the…
Philip Shaibu Is History as Deputy Governor, As Omobayo, LP’s 38-Year-Old Ex-House of Reps Candidate Takes His Place
The push finally came to shove in the squabble between Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, and his estranged deputy, Philip Shaibu, as the embattled number two citizen was shoved aside in an impeachment exercise on Monday. In his place is a 38-year-old Labour Party candidate for the House of Representatives in Akoko-Edo local government area,…
BEING INAUGURAL SPEECH BY MARVELOUS GODWIN OMOBAYO AT HIS SWEARING-IN CEREMONY AS EDO STATE DEPUTY GOVERNOR ON MONDAY 8TH OF APRIL 2024
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…
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