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Race for Edo governorship seat

Posted by admin Edo, Headlines, State News Tuesday, January 26th, 2016

Race for Edo governorship seat By Gabriel Omonhinmin The forthcoming governorship election in Edos state, tagged Edo 2016, promises to be very interesting and a high wire political game. As to be expected, there have been a gradual build up to the election that will produce a successor to the incumbent Governor Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, […]

Police recover 32 sophisticated guns in Edo – CP

Posted by admin Edo, Latest Politics, Nigerian Police, State News Tuesday, January 19th, 2016

The Edo Police Command has recovered more than 32 sophisticated guns with several ammunition from suspected criminals in the last five months. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Chris Ezike, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Benin. Ezike said that the command also arrested 100 suspected […]

Oshiomhole breaks silence, speaks on successor

Posted by admin Edo, Headlines, State News Saturday, January 16th, 2016

EDO State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, yesterday broke his silence over his position on the choice of his successor as he told members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) drawn from the three senatorial districts of the state that while he would ensure there are primaries, he, however, would not be indifferent to the choice of […]

Press Release: Okonjo-Iweala requests FG to call Edo gov., Oshiomhole, to order

Posted by admin Edo, Headlines, Press Releases, State News Friday, January 1st, 2016

OKONJO-IWEALA REQUESTS FG TO CALL RECKLESS GOVERNOR OSHIOMHOLE TO ORDER – FORMER MINISTER HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH $2.1BILLION ARMS ISSUE Former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has requested the Federal Government to call Edo State Governor, Mr Adams Oshiomhole to order over the Governor’s recent efforts to link her name […]

Aminu Tambuwal is CGPI November Governor of the month …Balyesa and Edo second place

Posted by admin Anthony A. Kila, Bayelsa, Edo, Headlines, State News Wednesday, December 9th, 2015

Aminu Tambuwal is CGPI November Governor of the month …Balyesa and Edo second place Sokoto state Governor Aminu Tambuwal has been judged to be Nigerian November Governor of the month based on a comparative analysis of Governors performance in Nigeria. The study tagged CIAPS Governors Performance Index (CGPI) is a monthly performance review of what […]

Edo moves to recover $31m from ex-governor

Posted by admin Edo, Headlines, State News Thursday, November 5th, 2015

By Simon Ebegbulem BENIN—Edo State Government has uncovered $31 million allegedly siphoned from the coffers of the state during the administration of a former governor of the state and directed the Attorney-General to commence legal processes to recover same. This was part of the decision reached at the end of the State Executive Council, SEC, […]

Orubebe is a disgrace, afraid of probe – Oshiomhole

Posted by admin Edo, Headlines, Niger Delta, State News, Top Stories Friday, August 28th, 2015

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State says former Minister of the Niger Delta, Mr Godsday Orubebe is afraid of President Muhammadu Buhari’s planned probe of several billions of naira squandered on the East-West road and on the Amnesty programme under his watch as Minister of the Niger Delta Affairs, adding that this is the basis […]

Picture: Iara Oshiomhole’s dress controversy

Posted by admin Edo, Headlines, State News Sunday, August 2nd, 2015

Blogosphere, it appears, cannot have enough of Iara Oshiomole, Edo state first lady and hot new wife of the state’s governor, Adam, who was the lone executive that took his better half on the recently concluded visit of the presidential team to Washington DC. Iara’s dress is responsible for the controversy this time, with folks […]

Another false, baseless accusation against Dr. Okonjo-Iweala by Oshiomhole

Posted by admin Edo, Headlines, State News Monday, July 20th, 2015

The allegation by Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State that former Minister of Finance Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala spent $1 billion out of the Excess Crude Account to fund the re-election bid of former President Jonathan is the kind of ludicrously false statement that has unfortunately become a trademark of the Governor in his public campaign […]

Oshiomhole, wife shift honeymoon

Posted by admin Edo, Headlines, State News Sunday, May 17th, 2015

Oshiomhole and wife There were indications on Saturday that the Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, and his newly-wedded wife, Iara, have postponed their much expected honeymoon till June. Governor Oshiomhole had on Friday married former Miss Iara Fortes, an ex-model from Cape Verde, at a marriage ceremony witnessed by a large turnout of […]