Tag: Obaseki
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Edo 2020: Election riggers will ‘receive’ COVID-19, Melaye prays at Obaseki’s campaign rally
Former Kogi-West senator Dino Melaye stole the show Saturday at the start of the re-election campaign of Governor Godwin Obaseki in Benin. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that Nyesom Wike, Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Edo State Governorship Election National Campaign Council and Governor of Rivers State, and Prince Uche Secondus, National Chairman of the…
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Edo 2020: Another commissioner resigns as Obaseki launches reelection campaign today
Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki will on Saturday (today) officially kick off his campaign for a second term with a rally at the Lawn Tennis Court of Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin. The rally is coming just 24 hours after the Commissioner for Environment and Public Utilities, Dame Omoua Oni-Okpaku, resigned her appointment; the third member…
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PDP leaders supplied documents that nailed Obaseki – Oshiomhole
The immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has disclosed leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in 2016, provided documents, which disqualified Governor Godwin Obaseki from the APC governorship contest. He said the APC screening committee relied on the documents to disqualify Obaseki from the party’s primary in…
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Obaseki is an incurable liar, says group
The New Nigeria Collective (NNC) group has dismissed the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, as an incurable liar for failing to own up to his acts of ingratitude and cruelty to Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo. This followed his recent outright denial of everything accused him of in his reply to Captain Okunbo’s letter to President…
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Why Oshiomhole supported me in 2016, hates me in 2020 – Obaseki
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state has alleged that suspended national chairman of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Adams Oshiomhole is angry with him because he didn’t allow him become his godfather. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that Oshiomhole nominated and supported Obaseki against his then opponent and candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu…
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I’ll never follow Obaseki to PDP, says Esele
Mr Peter Esele, a former staunch APC ally of Gov. Godwin Obaseki, says he has no intention of joining the governor in the PDP. “As for me and my house, we’re going nowhere. I will not be leaving the APC,’’ Esele told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Benin. According to him,…
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Edo 2020: In PDP, Obaseki is suddenly a ‘performer’, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon The ways of politicians are similar to the magicians’, who trade in “advanced trick.” Because they’re adepts, they bamboozle us in the game of “the more you look, the less you see.” We believe them because of our ignorance and vulnerability, which they exploit. Take the issue of Governor Godwin Obaseki and…
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APC, Ize-Iyamu lying, we didn’t sell party’s ticket to Obaseki for N15bn – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused Edo All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, of peddling what it described as falsehood that it sold it’s ticket to Governor Godwin Obaseki, at N15bn. Speaking in Port Harcourt, Rivers State at the weekend, the Edo PDP Campaign Council described the allegation as a fantom…
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Edo 2020: Obaseki will be defeated come September 19 – Ganduje
The Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) National Campaign Council for Edo State Governorship Election and Governor of Kano State, Alhaji Abdullahi Umar Gabduje said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is only interested in Edo State treasury, hence the support for Godwin Obaseki. He promised that come September 19, “Governor Obaseki will be…
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[TNG Analysis] Edo 2020: It’s Wike Vs Ganduje as both gladiators mobilise Edolites for their parties
By Emman Ovuakporie The stage is finally set for the mother of all political battles as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the All Progressives Congress, APC prepare to deliver candidates of their parties come September 19 Edo guber polls. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that both leading parties in Nigeria are leaving nothing to chance as…