Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has said the late Esogban and Odionwere of Benin Kingdom, Chief David Edebiri, was a father who represented the essence of the Benin tradition. Obaseki said this on Friday, while paying tribute to the late number two palace chief in Benin Kingdom, after...
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Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has accepted the public apology by his deputy, Philip Shaibu, but noted that “his aberrant behaviour contradicts what the people of Edo stand for. “To name a few, the deputy governor needlessly filed unfounded petitions in the Nigerian courts restraining me, the State...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Saturday expressed satisfaction with the conduct of Local Government elections in the state. Obaseki gave the remark shortly after he voted at Ward 10, Unit 19 polling station at about 1.50 p.m. According to him, “in spite of the rain, the...
Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo have berated the Deputy Governor of the State, Comrade Philip Shaibu, for approaching the court over an allegation of impeachment. Rising from a meeting on Sunday in Igueben, Igueben Local Government Area of the state, the party leaders who...
Politics in Nigeria can be said to be a delicate game of thorns and swords; not one of ideas and emotions, or creativity and innovation. It seems to be a deadly game, where character is not defined, and content doesn’t necessarily matter. If a person is seen as...
Chieftains of Edo North (Afemai) People’s Democratic Party on Monday expressed their support for Gov. Godwin Obaseki against the backdrop of the current fight between him and his Deputy, Philip Shaibu. Shaibu recently approached an Abuja Federal High Court to stop Obaseki, the state Chief Judge and Edo...
Edo State Government has resumed the payment of outstanding gratuities to its pensioners 17 years after it stopped the exercise. Mr Crusoe Osagie, Special Adviser on Media projects to Edo government made this known in Benin on Thursday. He told newsmen that one of the reasons for...
Former Director General of the Nigerian Governors Forum, (NGF) Earl Osaro Onaiwu, has felicitated with Gov, Godwin Obaseki of Edo on his 66th birthday anniversary. Onaiwu in a statement he personally signed on Saturday, said he was grateful to the Almighty for giving the Edo State governor good health...
I can read Governor Godwin Obaseki’s book like a piece of elementary poem, scripted in very uncoordinated stanzas, meant to deliver diatribe, hate, scorn, disrespect and disdain by its thematic focus. Governor Obaseki is an artful dodger who wears a cloak of an unpretentious good guy, for optics,...
It is a pedestrian information that in his effort to cushion the effects of the rising cost of living in the country triggered by the recent removal of subsidy on petroleum products in the country, the Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki, raised the minimum wage for workers on its payroll from N30,...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki says the newly-inaugurated 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Company will save Nigeria over $3 billion annually from importation of petroleum products. He said the refinery was a game changer for Nigeria which will open a...
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo, on Monday, approved the payment of 13th-month salary to Edo civil and public servants. Obaseki gave the approval during an interactive session with civil and public servants between Grade Levels 8 and 17 at the Sir Victor Uwaifo Creative Hub, Benin City. He commended the...
Though it’s been long known via research that when traumatic events –those involving anxiety and pains occur or are told to those who feel linked by identity to the victims- whether the shared identity is ethnic, religious, historical, cultural, linguistic or nationalistic, it can never produce emotional and physical...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki on Wednesday said he would want to be remembered for transforming public education and a better workforce needed for national development in the state. Obaseki made this known during the Edo State Education Week 2023 with the theme, “Education for Alaghodaro: Investing in quality...
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Friday laid foundation for the construction of an education hub to house a world class library with 50 million titles with state-of- the-art facilities in Edo. Obaseki, who performed the ground breaking ceremony at premises of the Ministry of Education, Iyaro in Benin,...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday declared the candidates who emerged from the primaries conducted by the Gov Godwin Obaseki-led faction of the PDP in Edo as the authentic representatives of the party. This judgment delivered by Justice Centus Nweze brings to an end the long-drawn legal battle to decide...
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Sunday, urged Nigerians not to sell their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) but rather, make use of it at the forthcoming general elections. Obaseki made the call at the 26th edition of the Auchi Day Celebration of Allah Most High, in Auchi, Edo. Obaseki...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has charged the new executive committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) headed by Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau to enthrone the ethos of transparency, openness and inclusiveness in running the game in the country, and to not shy away from...
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo said his government was equipping the youth, building infrastructure, and diversifying the economy to ensure a prosperous and progressive state that could compete favourably with other sub nationals globally. Obaseki said this when he received a trade delegation from Miami Dade County, Florida, the...