Tag: Obaseki
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13% derivation fund: We only received N2.1bn – Edo govt
Edo Government on Wednesday said that it received N2.1 billion from the 13 per cent derivation fund paid by the Federal Government to oil-producing states. The state Commissioner for Finance, Budget, and Economic Planning, Joseph Eboigbe was reacting to the statement by Rivers Governor Nyesome Wike that Edo received N28 billion. Speaking to newsmen in…
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Edo gov, Obaseki sacks Security Network boss
Gov. Godwin Obaseki has sacked the Director Operations, Edo Security Network, Mr Emmanuel Oboh. A statement signed by the Secretary to the Edo State Government, Osarodion Ogie, said the sack was with immediate effect.
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2023 election: Court stops INEC from recognising Obaseki’s ad hoc delegates
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognizing or accepting ad hoc delegates produced by Gov. Godwin Obaseki’s faction of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo. Justice Inyang Ekwo made the order whole delivering judgment in a suit instituted by 581 delegates elected on April 30.
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PDP Primaries: Obaseki urges leaders, aspirants to be united
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has advised leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and House of Assembly aspirants to be more united ahead of party primaries. Obaseki made the call in Benin City on Wednesday while addressing the 162 Edo House of Assembly (EDHA) aspirants and leaders of the party drawn from the 18…
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There is no longer national cake to share, it has vanished – Obaseki
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has said that Nigeria as a country no longer has a big cake to share as it was doing some 40 years ago. According to him, whoever wants to be the next president must be ready to bake a big cake for all Nigerians to share. Obaseki stated this on…
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Edo PDP crisis requires flexibility, compromise to resolve – By Ehichioya Ezomon
The political crisis in the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) demands that Governor Godwin Obaseki, Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu and their supporters reflect deeply on why and how they defected to the party in June 2020. Needless to dwell on the nitty-gritty of their exit from the All Progressives Congress (APC),…
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Why Gov. Obaseki sacked 513 Edo sports council staff
Governor of Edo state Godwin Obaseki, has sacked 513 staff of the defunct state sports council as part of a transition plan for the setting up of the Edo State Sports Commission, the state government has explained. In a memo titled: “Transition Plan for Staff of Edo State Sports Council to Edo State Sports Commission,”…
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Throwback: How Fayose predicted Obaseki-Wike face-off in 2020
The former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose prediction in 2020 stating that Governor Godwin Obaseki and his Rivers counterpart Nyesom Wike may eventually become perpetual enemies interview video has emerged online.
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You’re an ungrateful personality – Wike lashes back at Obaseki
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Monday, described his Edo State counterpart, Godwin Obaseki as a serial traitor and an ungrateful personality. Reacting to an advertorial credited to Obaseki over the crisis in the Edo State Chapter of PDP, Wike said, the former National Chairman of the All
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You must be delusional as PDP is not your personal property – Obaseki tells Wike
Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, on Monday slammed his counterpart from Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, insisting Peoples Democratic Party PDP is not his personal outfit but public property. He accused Wike of appropriating PDP as his personal property, warned the Rivers helmsman that Edo State cannot be procured.