Passengers stranded as NAAPE grounds Bristow Helicopters (ThisDay) Passengers scheduled to fly with Bristow Helicopters on Monday were stranded as a result of an indefinite strike embarked upon by the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE). The union…
The grave sin of Godwin Obaseki – Tony Usidamen
If you have been following events on the Nigerian political scene, then you would know about the protracted battle between the erstwhile national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, and the incumbent governor of Edo state,…
Edo Governor, Godwin Obaseki, leaves APC
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has reportedly formally resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to a Channels TV report, Obaseki made the announcement on Tuesday after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The…
Stop Obaseki, lose Edo, South-South – Oshiomhole ex-aide (Punch)
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Charles Idahosa, on Tuesday warned that any attempt by the party’s National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, to circumvent the 2020 re-election bid of Governor Godwin Obaseki may spell doom for the APC in Edo…
Drama as priest fails to unite Oshiomhole, Obaseki (Punch)
There was drama on Saturday as the three major players in the crisis in the ruling All Progressive Congress in Edo State, Governor Godwin Obaseki, Adams Oshiomhole and House of Assembly Speaker, Francis Okiye, met at the venue for the…
22 million barrels crude stolen in six months – Obaseki (Punch)
The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, who is the Chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee of the National Economic Council on Crude Oil Theft, Prevention and Control, has called on stakeholders to join forces and work towards eradicating the menace…
Obaseki vows to deal with corrupt commissioners (Punch)
Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday warned that he would deal with members of his cabinet and civil servants caught in any act of corruption, saying they would be prosecuted. Obaseki who expressed worry at the rate of…
Nobody knows cause of Obaseki, Oshiomhole feud —Oyegun (Punch)
Immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, and first executive governor of Edo State, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has said no one can trace the cause of the feud between Governor Godwin Obaseki and his predecessor, Adams Oshiomole. In…
Obaseki won’t get automatic ticket in PDP — Party (Punch)
The Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State has said there is no automatic ticket for incumbent governor Godwin Obaseki, of the All Progressive Congress, APC if he decides to join the party. In an internal memo signed by its Publicity…
What is wrong with John Mayaki? – Mustafa Jamal
There is a saying in Igarra about the rat. The destructive domestic rodent will rather destroy something beneficial to all if it will not gain from it. The subject of this piece, John Mayaki, should know; first, because he is…
