Tag Archives: Edo

Governor. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has warned political office holders and party chieftains to observe protocol while visiting the state to ensure their security and avoid unnecessary attacks. Obaseki made the call in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Communication Strategy and Public Affairs, Mr Crusoe Osagie, in Abuja on Tuesday. It would be recalled that Mr ...

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo said he has to secure a second term to continue the developmental strides he started in his first term emphasizing that ‘Second term for me is not negotiable”. The governor disclosed this when he received members of the Benin Unity League at government house in Benin on Thursday. Obaseki said: “I have said it clearly ...

Governor. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has sacked all his senior special assistants and special assistants. In a statement made available to journalists in Benin on Wednesday, the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Osarodion Ogie, said fresh appointments would be announced within the next 30 days. Ogie said the development was in line with efforts to re-organise the governance structure ...

The Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State has says the National and State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Benin City is frustrating its right of appeal in the judgment delivered in the petition filed by Hon Omosede Igbinedion against the election of Hon Dennis Idahosa In the judgment, the three-man panel had dismissed Omosede’s petition for lack of merit. ...

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo says the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is intact despite mischievous plans of some persons to cause disunity in the party. Obaseki stated this while addressing youths who paid a solidarity visit to Secretary to the Edo Government, Mr Osarodion Ogie in his house in Benin on Saturday. The governor was at ...

The House of Representatives has faulted the ruling of an Abuja Federal High Court stopping the National Assembly from taking over the Edo State Assembly. Reacting, Chairman, House Committee on Media, Hon. Benjamin Kalu said the ruling poses a problem to the principle of Separation of Powers and that the National Assembly will surely appeal. His words: “This 9th House ...

Stakeholders of the People Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo state havevthreatened to drag the national leadership of the party to court if it doesn’t dissolve the state executive and conduct fresh congresses. According to them, to maintain party cohesion, peace, unity and concord, they said they there is need to carry out the dissolution before the conduct of the 2020 ...

The Speaker of the Edo House of Assembly, Mr Francis Okiye, has dragged the National Assembly to court to stop it from taking over the state assembly’s functions. In an originating summon and a motion on notice for interlocutory injunction with suit number: FHC/ABJ/CS/815/2019 filed by the speaker and the state’s assembly, the plaintiffs asked Justice Nkeonye Maha to restrain ...

In order to address the crisis bedeviling Edo Assembly,  the Senate has ordered the Governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki to issue a fresh proclamation for its inauguration. Obaseki on Tuesday said that he would not issue a fresh proclamation letter for the inauguration of the 7th Edo State House of Assembly. He stated that the Nigerian Constitution 1999 as ...

The Edo Government has worked to evolve new initiatives to make the state economically attractive to investors, Gov. Godwin Obaseki said in Lagos during the weekend. Obaseki told newsmen at a briefing that his administration faced the problem of human trafficking and domestic crime when it assumed office. “One of the greatest problems we faced was human trafficking, and our ...