…says his administration is planning new towns and developing and opening up industrial estates The Edo State Government has made available 35,000 hectares of land for housing and industrial development projects in various communities and cities in the state. Governor Godwin Obaseki, who disclosed this on Thursday said his administration will do this in partnership
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‘Based on past decisions by the Supreme and Court of Appeal, the state chapter of a political party was not empowered by law to conduct party primaries’ A Federal High Court sitting in Benin City, Edo State, yesterday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise and publish the names of candidates produced by
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The governing All Progressives Congress has stated it has no record of the defection of embattled Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki from its fold. The All Progressives Congress has said that they have no record of the embattled Governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki’s defection. Reacting to Obaseki’s announcement of leaving the APC on Tuesday afternoon,
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The renowned anti-corruption crusader said Tinubu, Atiku, and other politicians that are 60 years and above should go and rest. Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar and the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, have been told to forget their 2023 presidential aspirations and quit the stage for younger elements. Giving
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The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has moved to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party. The Governor on Friday even decamped to the PDP with 18 Local Government Chairmen and 12 House of Assembly Members. The DAILY VENDOR reported that yesterday the governor was disqualified from contesting the APC primaries. Announcing the disqualification at the party
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The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Sunday, urged the National Chairman of the party, Mr Uche Secondus, to caution Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State and other PDP leaders endorsing Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State for a second term. The state party chairman, Mr Dan Orbih, in a letter
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Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State on Friday, said Godwin Obaseki will be re-elected as Governor of Edo State, stressing that nothing will stop the governor’s re-election because Obaseki has done well and deserves to continue in office. Obaseki is a member of the All Progressive Congress while Umahi is a member of the opposition
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The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has revealed that the National Chairman of his party, the All Progressives Congress, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, in 2016, did not only pick the next state governor, but he also picked the deputy governor, the Secretary to the State Government and also compiled the list of commissioners in his
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The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, on Friday alleged that the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki was “not ready for amicable resolution” of the crisis rocking the party in the state. Oshiomhole said this while briefing newsmen in Benin. He said, “The governor has been refusing and avoiding an all-inclusive
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