#EndSARS: Obaseki holds security meeting, warns against curfew violence
By Ozioruva Aliu – Benin City Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State on Tuesday night, held a security meeting to assess the violent trend the EndSARS protest has assumed in the state where he warned that violators of the currently imposed curfew would be penalised. At the meeting which held in the government house behind […]
Edo 2020: Farmers endorse Obaseki’s re-election bid
The Edo State Chapter of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), has endorsed Governor Godwin Obaseki’s re-election bid, citing the governor’s laudable agriprenuer programme and other farmer-friendly policies, which have transformed the state’s agricultural sector. Chairman, Edo State Chapter of AFAN, Chief Emmanuel Ighodefeyi Odigie, who addressed journalists in Benin, said the executives of the […]
Obaseki ratifies Edo Incident Action Plan for COVID-19
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has approved the state’s Incident Action Plan (IAP) for Coronavirus (COVID-19), which outlines its planning, financing, and implementation strategies in containing the pandemic. The governor, who signed the document at the Government House, in Benin City, acknowledged the efforts of different stakeholders in containing the spread of the […]
Why Obaseki’s Chief of Staff suddenly resigned
The Chief of Staff to Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, Taiwo Akerele, suddenly resigned on Saturday for being sidelined, over his refusal to join the fight against the National Chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. The resignation of Akerele came barely two months after Obaseki’s Senior Special Assistant on […]
Obaseki yet to get official communication of CoS resignation
Shall accept it when it gets to him The Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, has said that Governor Godwin Obaseki is yet to receive any official communication of the resignation of the Chief of Staff, Mr. Taiwo Akerele, noting that the story has only been […]
COVID-19: Close down Edo now, Ogiemwonyi tells Obaseki
By Ozioruva Aliu – Benin City As recorded cases of coronavirus continue to increase in Edo state putting ahead of other states except for Lagos, Abuja and Osun state, one of the leading governorship aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the September 19 election in Edo State, Engr. Chris Ogiemwonyi […]
