There is a difference between defending a government and showing that the government has done what it claims. There is also a difference between holding a public official accountable and hating him. Suleman Abubakar’s response to my commentaries on the perennial flooding of Benin City blurs those distinctions, turning...
Godwin Obaseki
Recently, public discourse has been inundated by hollow polemics—epitomized by commentaries such as Sufuyan Ojeifo’s jaundice and illusionary critique—attempting to frame the monumental environmental challenge of the Benin stormwater project as an indictment of Governor Monday Okpebholo’s administration. This posture of cynical detachment is not merely banal; it is...
Since 2011 when the administration of Governor Adams Oshiomhole embarked on the bold effort to curtail the perennial flooding in Benin metropolis through the Benin City Stormwater Project, it has continued to generate controversy. Whereas the motivation behind the project derived from the single request made to Oshiomhole by...
Flooding in Benin City is an existential, perennial problem. It does not discriminate. It ravages every nook and cranny of the state capital whenever there is a downpour. A colleague who works in Benin lamented last week that flood has taken over even the Government Reserved Area, GRA, where...
Governor Okpebholo’s latest award as the Governor of the Year in education is a clear recognition of his huge investment to rescuing the sector from its previous rots by the immediate past Governor Godwin Obaseki. Edo state educational sector was abandoned despite the hoopla that greeted the touted EDOBESST...
Former Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has strongly condemned the violent abduction of his cousin, Dr. Pedro Obaseki, at gunpoint, reportedly orchestrated under the direction of the Oba of Benin’s palace. In an official statement, Obaseki said,“I strongly condemn the violent attack, maiming, and abduction of my cousin,...
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday dismissed a N50 billion fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Philip Shaibu, former Deputy Governor of Edo, against ex-Gov. Godwin Obaseki and others. Justice Peter Lifu, in a ruling, dismissed the suit following an application to withdraw the suit by Anita...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – Former Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has mourned the death of the oldest Catholic Priest in Nigeria, Monsignor Thomas Oleghe, who died on Sunday in Benin City. Obaseki, in a statement by his media aide, Crusoe Osagie, described him as a great missionary of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Out-going governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has made hundreds of fresh appointments into the state civil service barely six days to end of his tenure. The new appointees are largely his former special assistants that he hurriedly recruited early this year across...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Sunday, led members of the State Executive Council, religious, political leaders and other stakeholders to a thanksgiving service to mark the end of his eight-year tenure as governor of the state. The service was done held in the newly renovated Interdenominational Government House...
Abdullahi Ganduje, the APC National Chairman on Thursday in Abuja, advised Sen. Monday Okpebholo, Edo Governor-elect against probing the out-going administration of Gov. Godwin Obaseki. He gave the advice when Okpebholo paid a courtesy visit on the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), saying he should rather focus on enthroning...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki on Sunday said his administration had transformed the state’s education sector through a number of interventions and initiatives. The governor ,who spoke with newsmen in Lagos, said his government had used technology ,especially use of e-learning ,to make the sector better. According to him...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki on Sunday said that his administration would be remembered for restoring respect and credibility to the state’s civil service,through bold reforms. Obaseki, who spoke with newsmen on Sunday in Lagos, said he had been able to transform the service to one of the most...
The Edo State Government has written to Sen. Monday Okpebholo, the governor-elect, requesting him to establish his transition team. This team will collaborate with the outgoing administration’s transition team to ensure a seamless transfer of power. In a letter dated Oct. 10, 2024, Secretary to the State Government, Joseph...
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Yemi Cardoso, has said the decision by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the apex bank to further tighten the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) was unanimous. Cardoso, who is also the Chairman of the MPC, said this on Tuesday in...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, struck out the two separate motions filed by the Edo Government and the House of Assembly challenging the reinstatement of Philip Shaibu as deputy governor. Justice James Omotosho, in a ruling, also awarded the cost of N200, 000 each against the...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki was forced out of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Benin, in the early hours of Sunday, by the Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), Frank Mba. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mba is the officer in charge of the...
Edo State Government on Friday expressed concerns over an alleged attempt by political thugs to overrun INEC offices in some local government areas across the state. The government also commended the military for successfully halting the activities of the suspected thugs on INEC office in Oredo Local Government, located...
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo State, Asue Ighodalo, has said the people of the South-South state will decide their next governor. Ighodalo said the choice of who succeeds Godwin Obaseki is not for PDP heavyweight Nyesom Wike...