Edo 2020: Edo Youth Movement backs Ize-Iyamu, expresses confidence on his agenda on job creation Thousands of Edo youths under the aegis of the ‘Edo Youth Solidarity Movement’ have backed the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, and expressed confidence that his SIMPLE agenda manifesto will create jobs and improve the economy of the State when implemented. They said this when delegates of the group visited the candidate in his private residence with fanfare to announce their endorsement of his governorship bid. Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, alongside his running mate, Mallam Gani Audu, and other leaders of the party including former Governor Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, DG APC Campaign Council, Gen. Cecil Esekhaigbe, Vice-Chairman, Media and Publicity Committee, APC National Campaign Council, Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon, received the youths. Spokespersons of the youths, Barrister John Izegaegbe, Edo South, and Hon. Godwin Aigbokhaode, Edo North, assured Pa...

I DON’T KNOW ABOUT ATTACK OF GOV OBASEKI AT OBA OF BENIN PALACE – CAPT HOSA PRESS STATEMENT: There have been reports of an ugly and unfortunate booing incident that took place outside the palace of our revered Royal Father, the Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, on Saturday, July 25, 2020, during the visit of members of the National Campaign Council of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The PDP entourage, including the Edo State Governor and governorship candidate of the PDP in Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, were reportedly booed while going in and out of the palace by a motley crowd of mostly young boys, according to media reports. Some members of the crowd who reportedly embarrassed the PDP team and the State Governor were said to have been subsequently attacked allegedly by some gun-toting thugs and sustained varied degrees of injuries in the attack. While I condemn the booing of the governor and the PDP team, and the reprisal attack, I am particularly pained that some ungodly ...

Edo chiefs, elders reject Oshiomhole's pleas, urge Ize-Iyamu to try out his luck at guber poll Comrade Adams Aliu Oshiomhole Former National Chairman of APC A cross-section of senior Benin chiefs on Sunday, rejected efforts by the sacked National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, to drag them into partisan politics, urging the APC candidate, Osagie Ize-Iyamu to try out his luck at the poll, come September 19, 2020. According to the chiefs, their traditional duties to Edo people, irrespective of the political parties they belong, restrain some of them from campaigning for any candidate, and would not be swayed by Oshiomhole's genuflections and pleas. "Edo people are very rational people, they know who to vote for on September 19. Some of us are pensioners and we know the candidate that will not delay our monthly pension. The civil servants, teachers and other government workers know the candidate that will prioritise their wellbein...

Edo 2020: Obaseki visits religious leaders, sues for peace ahead of guber poll ...Edo electorate must vote wisely - Rev. Omobude L-R: Wife of Edo State Governor, Mrs. Betsy Obaseki; Governor Godwin Obaseki; Catholic Archbishop of Benin City, Augustine Obiora Akubueze; Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu, and his wife, Mrs. Maryann Shaibu, and Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq., during the governor's visit to the Archbishop in Benin City, on Sunday, July 26, 2020. The Edo State Governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 19 governorship election, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, Sunday, sued for peace among political actors ahead of the forthcoming election. The governor made the call when he visited religious leaders in Benin City, the state capital. Obaseki was accompanied on the visit by his wife, Mrs. Betsy Obaseki; Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu; Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie...

Edo 2020: Ize-Iyamu receives royal blessings in Benin Kingdom By Isaac Eranga The candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the Edo Governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has received the blessings of the Enigies in the Benin Kingdom to emerge victorious in the Sept. 19 Governorship election. This took place on Sunday, July 26, when Pastor Ize-Iyamu, alongside other leaders of the APC including Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, visited the Enigies at the palace of its President, His Royal Highness, Edomwonyi Iduozee Ogiegbean, the Enigie of Egbaen town, to present the core policies and plans of his campaign manifesto, the SIMPLE agenda. He lamented the elitist, detached style of administration of the incumbent which, according to him, has resulted in the implementation of wrong policies that fail to address the problems of the people, especially at the grassroots. Ize-Iyamu cited the worsening conditions of security in Edo State, explaining that the Governor has faile...

Allow The Rule Of Law And A Level Playing Ground - Obahiagbon Urges Obaseki By Isaac Eranga Hon. Patrick Obahiagbo  The  Vice-Chairman, Media and Publicity Committee, APC National Campaign Council, Rt. Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) the Police, and other relevant stakeholders to request Governor Godwin Obaseki to allow the rule of law and a level democratic playing field to hold supreme between now and the end of the Edo governorship elections.  Briefing Journalists in Benin City, Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon said "this request is not too much to asked of a sitting governor as it is no longer  news that state-sponsored elements, acting under the clear direction of the edo state government, destroyed the APC’s billboards and other physical infrastructure and paraphernalia of partisan campaign.  Hon. Obahiagbon spoke on the recent  attacked by Obaseki's thugs at the entrance of the palace of ...

EPIA calls for compulsory teaching of Edo language in Edo schools By Isaac Eranga Edo Indigenous Movement worldwide known as Edo Progressive Indigenous Association (EPIA) has called on Edo State Government to make the teaching of Edo languages compulsory in all the schools sited in the State, saying it is a mark of cultural identity. Making this call in Benin city, the Edo Indigenous Movement Leader and President of EPIA, Chief Dr Bishop J.O.Enoyiogiere Edokpolo, said lschools in Edo State offer education and values, which are usually far from Edo original culture.  "Many children cannot even speak and understand their parents' language.  The schools in Edo offer us education and values which are usually far from our original culture. Making it difficult to access materials, teachers and the learning of our native language. That is why the teaching of indigenous languages ​​is fundamental throughout school education. "Language is the main form of interaction w...