Breaking: Obaseki’s family rejects him,  endorses Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu For Edo State Governor This is a piece of very devastating news for the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki as prominent members of his family have converged together to endorse the aspiration of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu. The siblings to the embattled Governor made their decision known earlier today at the residence of the APC Gubernatorial candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu. The family was led by Prince Osaro Obaseki and Victor Obaseki . They admitted Godwin Obaseki was a member of their family but that the collective interest of the State should override the personal interest of the family. “Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki, the Executive Governor, is our cousin. Generally, the Obasekis have their own way of doing things,we are a different branch of faith, we are supporting our brother, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu with an unalloyed support fully for him." This endorsement of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu by th...

NBA national elections: Edo Indigenous Movement laud Olumide Akpata An Edo Indigenous Movement known as Edo Progressive Indigenous Association (EPIA) has commended Olumide Akpata who emerged Presidential winner of the Nigerian Bar Association’s (NBA) national elections, after defeating two other contestants who are Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs). This victorious win makes him the NBA’s first non-SAN President in years. This Commendation was made recently in Benin by Edo Indigenous leader and President if EPIA- Chief Dr Bishop J.O. Enoyiogiere Edokpolo. He said the overwhelming solidarity that the Benin Branch of the NBA drummed up for him could as well  earn him a victory at the International Bar Association's cadre.  "This result represents a sudden change in the order, as Akpata is now the first non-SAN to lead the Nigerian Bar Association in years. Feedback from members of the NBA indicates that there has been a long-standing hunger for a paradigm shift. And now...

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...