Politics

Edo Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Paul Ohonbamu, has resigned his appointment from the cabinet of Governor Godwin Obaseki. Mr Ohonbamu stated his resignation in a letter addressed to Mr Obaseki on Thursday. “I hereby…
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Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has alleged that the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, had no money when he contested the governorship election in 2007. Mr Obaseki said this on Wednesday…
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The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in the crisis rocking the Edo chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking with journalists on Friday, Shaibu accused…
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The Obaseki Mandate Forum, a pressure group, has purchased the expression of interest and nomination forms for Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo for the governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The forum’s Chairman, Mr…
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has vowed to return for another term. The governor, made this known, despite the emergence of Osagie Ize-Iyamu as the All Progrressives Congress flagbearer ahead of the governorship election …
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Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has emerged the governorship flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming Guber polls in Edo State. Ize-Iyamu, a former Secretary to Edo State Government (SSG), emerged on Tuesday night in…
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has vowed to clinch victory in the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State. National Vice-Chairman, South-South, Mr Emmanuel Ogidi, said the party will do everything possible to win the September…
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The former lawmaker representing Ogun East, Senator Buruji Kashamu, said on Sunday that he remains a bonafide member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He was reacting to PDP National Chairman Prince Uche Secondus’ reported claim…
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By Bukola Olasanmi The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomole on Monday inaugurated Arch. Waziri Bulama as the party’s new National Secretary. The inauguration took place at the…
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Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has revealed that he joined politics because of unemployment. In an interview with The Punch published on Sunday, Amaechi said he joined politics at the University of Port Harcourt where he…
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By Bukola Olasanmi Leaders and stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State have called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of the APC to rein in Comrade Adams Oshiomhole from destabilizing the party and…
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Supporters of the All Progressives Congress under the aegis of APC Unity Forum in Ondo State, has announced Chief Olusola Oke, as its consensus candidate for the forthcoming governorship election. Oke was a candidate of the Peoples…
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By Bukola Olasanmi Former Edo State Deputy Governor Pius Odubu has distanced himself from a story in some newspapers accusing the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, APC National Leader…
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Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has alleged that he inherited an empty treasury when he took over office. The governor disclosed this in a state broadcast, on Monday, to mark his one hundred days in office. Uzodinma said…
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An Appeal court sitting in Abuja has declared Engineer Musa Wada as the Peoples Democratic Party's authentic candidate in last year's Guber election in Kogi State. The primary election which had former lawmaker representing Kogi west,…
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By Bukola Olasanmi Second  Republic Minister and Elder Statesman, Alhaji Ismaila Isa Funtua, 78, has advised those associating him with the post of Chief of Staff, CoS, to President Muhammadu Buhari, to look elsewhere. A national…
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The Chairman and CEO of Air Peace, Mr. Allen Onyema has disowned an online poster by a group known as United People of Nigeria Initiative (UPNI) endorsing him for Nigeria’s presidency in 2023, declaring that he is not interested in…
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By Toby Prince Activist and social media critic, Deji Adeyanju, has declared his intention to contest in the 2023 presidential election. Mr Adeyanju made his intention known via a tweet early Wednesday. “I will be running for…
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By Sylvanus Okpe The chairman of Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF), Dr Kayode Fayemi who doubles as the Governor of Ekiti state has facilitated with the national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on…
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By Sylvanus Okpe The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has hailed Governor Nyesom Wike for the proactive measures taken to ensure zero case of Coronavirus pandemic even as the state recorded it's first case of covid-19…
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By Sylvanus Okpe Indications have emerged that Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State and his estranged political godfather, Adams Oshiomhole, are in serious talks to end the political impasse between them. Obaseki’s Chief of Staff, Mr…
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By Bukola Olasanmi Barely two weeks after the dethronement of Muhammad Sanusi II as the Emir of Kano, a group called All Nigerian Youth Project, has kicked off 2023 Presidential Campaign for the deposed Emir. The campaign was…
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Nigeria’s former Ambassador to South Korea, Desmond Akawor has emerged the Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP in Rivers state. Ambassador Akawor emerged Chairman after a unanimous vote by the Congress’ delegates of the PDP in…
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By Toby Prince Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has resumed the war of words with his counterpart in Rivers State, Nyesom Wike. Uzodinma said he had no regrets over his comments berating the Peoples Democratic Party and people like…
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By Toby Prince The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State has fired at its Kano State counterparts over remarks on Governor Nasri el-Rufai and deposed Emir of Kano, Sanusi Muhammad. According to a party chieftain, Yusuf Ali…
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By Toby Prince The Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday described the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress as an "undertaker" who would bury "the ashes of his fizzling party". The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr…
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By Sylvanus Okpe The crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) seems to have come to a partial end as the embattled national chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole was sighted at his office after many weeks of…
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By Sylvanus Okpe Anti-Oshiomhole National Working Committee members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), including the Deputy National Secretary, Victor Giadom; and Vice-Chairman (North West) were among the first persons to…
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By Sylvanus Okpe The African Democratic Party (ADP)'s governorship candidate in the 2019 governorship election in Lagos, Mr Babatunde Gbadamosi, on Monday, perfected his defection to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Gbadamosi and…
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By Toby Prince A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, has vowed to join the fray for the 2023 presidential election if ex-Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu, does so. The former military administrator of…
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