Edo crisis: Obaseki, 2 PDP govs strategise
BENIN CITY—GOVERNOR Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has met with two governors of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from the South-South and North in what political watchers said was a strategic move to get hold of a platform for his re-election in the event the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, denies him a second term ticket.
SCANDALOUS: C’River monarchs, politicians scramble for FG’s N5, 000 CCT to the poor
CALABAR—SOME monarchs, chiefs and politicians in Cross River State are jostling with the under-privileged persons in their communities for the Federal Government’s monthly N5,000 Conditional Cash Transfer, CCT.
N200m equipment rotting at abandoned Edo community solar-powered hospital
OTUO- EQUIPMENT worth N200 million are rotting away at the Edo State-owned General Hospital, Otuo, Owan East Local Government Area, following the apparent reluctance of the state government to put the solar-powered hospital to public use.
Edo 2020: Rethinking peace in APC with alternative option
In a nutshell, the conflagration raging in the All Progressives Congress, APC in Edo State will have negative impact on the fortunes of the party in the 2020 gubernatorial election, irrespective of who gets the upper hand between Governor Godwin Obaseki and Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.The party will definitely take some knocks if these actors insist on pursuing their divergent interest, which is the APC gubernatorial ticket.
3 herdsmen arrested over murder of Ogun farmer
Three herdsmen are currently cooling their heels in the custody of the Police in Ogun State, over their alleged involvement in the murder of a 40-year-old farmer, Rafiu Sowemimo, in Alabata, Odeda Local Government Area of the state.
Senate backs deployment of soldiers to highways
ABUJA—DEPUTY Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, said yesterday that the Senate will support the recent proposal by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, to deploy soldiers to the highway in different parts of the country to curtail escalating wave of insecurity.
