By Fredrick Nwabufo One of the many contraptions that have defied contrivance and evolution in Nigeria is our politics. We still practise the basest, vilest and crudest kind of politics. In fact, there is a more transparent and disciplined political system in the animal kingdom than there is in our country. Some studies have shown … Read more
John Oyegun, former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the actions of the party’s incumbent national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, might lead to the collapse of the party. Oyegun was reacting to the disqualification of Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo. In a statement by his media aide, Ray Morphy, on Friday, Oyegun said … Read more
The governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki, says he will not appeal the decision of the All Progressives Congress Committee decision that disqualified from the party primary election. The governor disclosed this on Friday in a statement signed by Crusoe Osagie, his media aide. The incumbent, who is seeking reelection into office, was disqualified at … Read more
Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo, on Thursday said some politicians are importing thugs and firearms into the state to forment violence. The governor said he received an intelligence report which is indicative of this development. He disclosed this In a statement in Benin, the state capital, through Crusoe Osagie, special adviser to the him on … Read more
Twelve chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has beseeched a national leader of the party, Bola Tinubu, to weigh in on the political Impasse in Edo. They said the national chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole has “murdered” democracy in the party. The founding members of the APC reached out to Tinubu in a … Read more
Governor of Edo, Godwin Obaseki, says the constitution of the committee set up by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to vet aspirants seeking to get the party’s ticket ahead of the governorship election is skewed against him. The screening process lasted for about two hours at the APC national secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday. Obaseki … Read more
The upcoming governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo state has been suspended. The suspension is sequel to an order issued by a Federal High Court in Benin, the state capital, on Monday restraining the party and its national chairman from going ahead with the exercise. The court held that the … Read more
Edo state governor Godwin Obaseki has been sued over allegations of certificate forgery. Edobor Williams, Ugbesia Abudu Godwin and Amedu Dauda Anakhu filed a suit before a federal high court in Abuja challenging the authenticity of his academic qualification. The trio averred that the embattled governor forged (B.A.) certificate in classical studies from the University … Read more
Governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday revealed how he assisted his predecessor, Adams Oshiomhole, financially when vied for the governorship election in 2007. The governor spoke when he submitted his nomination and expression of interest forms for the 2020 governorship election to Emma Ibediro, APC national organising secretary, on Wednesday. Oshiomhole, a former … Read more
Eight governors of the All Progressives Congress, have appealed to the National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, to weigh in on the imbroglio between Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki and National chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole. According to PUNCH newspaper, the governors made the plea to the party leader during a meeting … Read more
Governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, says people of the state reserve the right to remove the state governor, Godwin Obaseki, if they feel he is not giving them what they want. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday, Ize-Iyamu said the pace of development in the state … Read more
Once upon a sociopolitical space, there was an unknown ‘Edo Boy’, who came into limelight through the Textiles Industry, where he was a paid secretary of its Union. (Conventionally, paid secretaries are never made political heads. But Adams Oshiomhole became the political head of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, which, in itself, was an anomaly). The … Read more
Despite ongoing effort to reconcile warring factions in the All Progressive Congress, APC, the Director-General of Voice of Nigeria, VON, Chief Osita Okechukwu, on Friday, insisted that the National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, is no longer a valid member of the party. Okechukwu, while reacting to the decision of the Court of Appeal in Abuja to … Read more
The state chairmen of the All Progressive Congress APC from Kogi and Yobe state have denied the allegation that they called for the sack of the National Chairman of the party. They specifically dissociated themselves from reports linking them with the group of aggrieved chairmen and NEC members of the party who called on Oshiomhole … Read more
The Forum of State Chairmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Forum of Non NWC National Executive Council (NEC) members have urged few of their aggrieved colleagues to stop attacking the National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole as advised by President Muhammadu Buhari at the just concluded NEC meeting of the party. … Read more
The Presidency has refused to intervene in the on going political crisis between the National Chairman Of APC, Adams Oshiomhole and the Governor of the State, Godwin Obaseki. The presidency expressed optimism that the party has the capacity to resolve the on going political crisis in Edo state. The Presidency disclosed this on Sunday at … Read more
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, on Monday, made his first appearance at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja, since its inaugural sitting which began on June 10. The Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate in the February 23 presidential poll, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, are by their petition filed before … Read more
All Progressives Congress, APC, has dismissed news of a feud between its National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, and the Director General of its Presidential Campaign Council, Rotimi Amaechi, especiall where River’s State politics are concerned. While Amaechi, the Minister of Transportation, had influenced a large section of the party in Rivers to adopt candidates of the African … Read more