Edo state

Edo: FG To Deploy Special Mission Aircraft To Benin

Edo: FG To Deploy Special Mission Aircraft To Benin

August 30, 2020 1:15 pm

Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, says a special mission aircraft will soon be in Benin, the Edo State capital.

He spoke during an assessment of the facilities at the Benin Unit of the Nigerian Air Force Base on Saturday.

The CAS said that deployment of the aircraft would add value to the security arrangements in the maritime environment.

“I am happy with the level of your contribution as a unit to ensure our country is safe and secured. The ATR42 aircraft which operates from Benin is all over the country.

“The federal government is deploying additional

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Edo State Guber Polls: The Top Four Gladiators

August 20, 2020 12:51 pm

As the September 19 date of the gubernatorial election in Edo State approaches, campaigns are being intensified by the participating political parties, trying to sell their respective candidates to the electorate in ward-to-ward campaign, in compliance with the COVID-19 directive outlined for the election.

Fourteen political parties are fielding candidates for the election. They are: African Alliance (AA), Action Congress (ADC), Action Democratic Party (ADP), All Progressives Congress (APC), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Allied People’s Movement (APM), Action People’s Party (APP) and Labour Party (LP)

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Analysis - Battle For The Soul Of Edo State

Analysis: Battle For The Soul Of Edo State

August 8, 2020 3:10 pm
Edo State, South-South Nigeria is in turmoil. Many gladiators and political forces are scrambling for her soul. The current governor, Godwin Obaseki is at the heart of the scrambling to regain power by all means come September 19, 2020, when the governorship election holds in the state. But political heavyweights are battling to wrest power out of his hand.

In the last few weeks, Edo has been the theatre of political quagmire, wrangling and explosion ahead of the poll.

The battle is between Obaseki, who recently defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, who also recently …

Obasa, State Speakers Condemn Obaseki Over Siege On State Assembly

Obasa, State Speakers Condemn Obaseki Over Siege On State Assembly

August 8, 2020 3:06 pm
The chairman of the Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures in Nigeria, Mudashiru Obasa, has condemned the recent siege on the Edo State House of Assembly by men suspected to be loyal to governor of the State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki.

In a statement he personally signed on behalf of the Conference of Speakers, Obasa said the removal of the roofs of the hallowed Assembly is an injury to Nigeria’s democracy and must be condemned by all well-meaning Nigerians.

According to the statement, the Speaker and his colleagues in the country described the brazen manner the suspected political thugs took over …

Bello - PDP Wanted To Snatch Edo Like ‘A Market Pickpocket’

Bello: PDP Wanted To Snatch Edo Like ‘A Market Pickpocket’

August 7, 2020 1:34 pm

Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has described the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as a roguish party which wanted to snatch away Edo State like “a pickpocket eyeing someone’s purse in the market”.

The Governor, who stated this on Friday through his Chief Press Secretary, Onogwu Mohammed while reacting to the impeachment of the speaker, Edo State House of Assembly, described the emergence of the new principal officers as a welcome development.

The Kogi State helmsman while averring that Edo was an APC State which was snatched through the back door by the PDP, assured the Edo APC and her …

Wike Hosts PDP Leaders To Strategise Ahead Of Edo Election

Wike Hosts PDP Leaders To Strategise Ahead Of Edo Election

July 15, 2020 12:16 pm

Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, besieged Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital Tuesday to strategize ahead of the Governorship Election in Edo State.

The meeting called by the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike held at Government House in Port Harcourt with all 77 members of the National Campaign Council for Edo Governorship Election in attendance.

DAILY POST reports that the meeting was presided over by Wike which went late into the night and was held behind closed doors.

However, PDP National Campaign Council for Edo governorship election after the meeting said the party was confident of electoral victory …

Pastor Ize-Iyamu Risks Arrest For ₦700m Fraud

Pastor Ize-Iyamu Risks Arrest For ₦700m Fraud

July 12, 2020 3:15 pm

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, risks being arrested on July 14.

Ize-Iyamu may be arrested if he fails to appear before a Federal High Court in Benin City, Edo State for allegedly laundering the sum of ₦700m.

EFCC had informed a Federal High Court in Benin City, that Ize-Iyamu and his fellow suspects took possession of about ₦700 million without any contracts.

However, the court had on July 2 adjourned the matter to July 14 due to the absence of Ize-Iyamu, who was said to be indisposed.

The trial …

INEC confirms start of campaigns in Edo

INEC Confirms Start Of Campaigns In Edo

July 7, 2020 4:20 am
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed that it has lifted the ban on campaigns by political parties ahead of the governorship election in Edo state.

Mr Timidi Wariowei, the INEC Head of Voter Education in Edo, said that the campaigns officially commenced on June 21.

“Campaigns have officially started in the state. Campaigns starts 90 days to the election and it started on June 21”, he said.

Wariowei also disclosed that the office had taken delivery of some non-sensitive materials and distributed the same to the 18 local government areas of the state.

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Why Obaseki Is Bad Omen For Edo PDP - Afegbua

Why Obaseki Is Bad Omen For Edo PDP – Afegbua

July 6, 2020 7:18 am
Kassim Afegbua, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo state has doubled down on why he rejected Godwin Obaseki as the governorship candidate.

In a statement, Afegbua, who once served as information commissioner in the state, listed the many sins of Obaseki and explained why the APC candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu is his preferred choice.

“Governor Obaseki is the opposite of what an ideal democratic situation should be. His politics is destructive, exclusive, and demonising’, Afegbua wrote.

“He acts alone, intoxicated by the sheer banality of being

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Why Ize-Iyamu’s Alleged N700m Fraud Trial Was Stalled

Why Ize-Iyamu’s Alleged ₦700m Fraud Trial Was Stalled

July 3, 2020 10:06 am

The absence of Justice Umar Garba, of the Federal High Court sitting in Benin, Edo State, stalled the trial of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the September 19, gubernatorial election in the state, and four others, in the case of ₦700 million fraud preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Other defendants in the case include the state chairman of the PDP, Dr. Tony Aziegbemi, his predecessor, Chief Dan Orbih, former Deputy Governor of the State, Lucky Imasuen, and Efe Erimuoghae Anthony.

The Court had on June 18, 2020, …

₦700m Fraud Case And Other Things About APC’s Ize-Iyamu

₦700m Fraud Case And Other Things About APC’s Ize-Iyamu

June 23, 2020 9:14 am
Osagie Ize-Iyamu emerged the winner of the direct governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress held today, 22nd of June 2020, in Edo State.

Ize-Iyamu won by a large margin, scoring 27,838 votes.

His closest rival, Dr Pius Odubu, a former deputy governor scored 3,776 votes.

Ize-Iyamu will now await the result of the PDP primary on 25 June, to know his main rival in the September 19 governorship election in the state.

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However, here are a few things you should know about Ize-Iyamu:

1. Osagie Ize-Iyamu was …

Ize-Iyamu To Obaseki - Return To APC, I’ll Work With You

Ize-Iyamu To Obaseki: Return To APC, I’ll Work With You

June 22, 2020 4:42 pm
Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has called on Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State to “set aside his anger” and return to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Ize-Iyamu made the appeal on Monday in Benin City, Edo State after he emerged as the governorship candidate of the APC for the September 19, 2020 poll in the state.

He said Obaseki made a mistake leaving the party and he could still correct it.

He argued that it is normal to have a disagreement in “every family” and that it would be bad for Obaseki to leave the APC due to that.

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