I Won’t Step Down For Obaseki, Even In My Dreams – Imasuagbon, PDP Aspirant
A PDP governorship aspirant, Mr Kenneth Imasuagbon, has vowed that he will not succumb to internal or external pressure to step down for Obaseki to secure the party ticket. Imasuagbon said it would be absurd for him to abandon his political struggle for the past 16 years to become a governor by stepping aside for Obaseki who joined the party...
Oshiomhole’s Mouth Divided APC – Saraki
Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has mocked the embattled ex-chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomole over his recent suspension. Saraki and Oshiomole have been at loggerheads since the 2019 General elections. The Kwara politician spoke on Oshiomole's current predicament while congratulating Edo Governor, Godwin Obaseki for defecting to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. In a statement seen by...
“It Didn’t Come As A Surprise” – APC React To Obaseki’s Defection To PDP
The ruling All progressives Congress (APC) says the decision by Governor Godwin Obaseki to defect to the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) did not come to it as a surprising development. National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Malam Lanre Issa-Onilu gave the reaction while speaking with journalists in Abuja. “It has not come to us as a surprise. We knew he...
“It Didn’t Come As A Surprise” – APC React To Obaseki’s Defection To PDP
The ruling All progressives Congress (APC) says the decision by Governor Godwin Obaseki to defect to the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) did not come to it as a surprising development. National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Malam Lanre Issa-Onilu gave the reaction while speaking with journalists in Abuja. “It has not come to us as a surprise. We knew he...
Edo PDP Guber Candidate Rejects Directive To Step Down For Obaseki
Kenneth Imasuagbon, one of the three candidates of the Edo PDP originally cleared to contest for the party’s governorship ticket in the now postponed primary, abruptly cut short a meeting convened to intimidate him into dropping his ambition for the defecting Godwin Obaseki today at Protea Hotel in Benin City. Kenneth reportedly stormed out of the meeting, threatening to sue...
Obaseki Renames Oshiomhole’s Street After Bukola Saraki
The hitherto known Ohiomole’s Crescent in Auchi is now called Bukola Saraki’s Boulevard. According to some political observers, the change of name must have been orchestrated by the ongoing rift between Governor Godwin Obaseki and the suspended National Chairman of APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomole. You recall that Oshiomole has earlier last week used what many political analysts call “shelf imposed...
Godwin Obaseki Formally Joins PDP
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state has formally joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) This development is coming a few days after he resigned membership of his former party,the All Progressives Congress, APC. He was received by the leadership of the party led by the state Chairman of the PDP, Hon Tony Aziegbemi. Also Read: PDP Ready To Capture Edo, Ondo –...
Buhari’s Govt The Most Sincere Nigeria Has Ever Had – Ehanire
Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, says the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is the most sincere and serious government the country has ever had. Speaking during a programme on Channels Television on Friday, the minister said the president will fulfill his promises to the health workers on strike. He asked resident doctors in the country to end their strike because the...
“Invite Us To Negotiate Peaceful Exit Of Biafra” – Nnamdi Kanu Tells FG
THE leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has condemned the arrest of the convener of the Katsina protest over the unending killings of the people there, saying that more protest would be witnessed in the north over the spate of insecurity. He wondered why the convener was arrested for organizing a protest over the killing...
Edo 2020: “Godfatherism Must End” — Oba Of Benin
Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, oba Ewuare II, oba of Benin, says “godfatherism” and “consensus candidate” must be eradicated from the politics of Edo state. In a statement on Thursday, the oba said these two “political vices” are antithetical to the fundamental basis of democracy. Osagie Ize-Iyamu, a governorship aspirant in Edo, is reported to be backed by Adams Oshiomhole, suspended...
