Tag: Edo State
Philip Shuaibu dumps PDP, returns to APC
Philip Shaibu, newly reinstated as deputy governor of Edo state has formally rejoined the All Progressives Congress (APC) after officially leaving the [...]
Godwin Obaseki increases minimum wage to N70,000
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has authorized a new minimum wage of N70,000 for civil servants in the state.
According to the governor, the a [...]
Impeached ex-Edo deputy governor, Philip Shaibu writes CJN as APC members warn against his return
The impeached Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has written to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, to obtain a compla [...]
Olumide Akpata wins labour party ticket for Edo governorship election
A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Olumide Akpata on Friday, February 23, emerged the Labour Party, LP, candidate for the Septem [...]
Asue Ighodalo emerges Edo PDP governorship candidate in parallel primary
The anointed aspirant of Governor Godwin Obaseki, Asue Ighodalo has emerged winner of the Edo State People’s Democratic Party (PDP) parallel Governors [...]
Philip Shaibu, sole aspirant, emerges winner parallel PDP governorship primary in Edo
Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu has emerged as the winner of a parallel Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary in Edo State.
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Labour Party chairman, Julius Abure, released on bail
The national chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, who was arrested on Wednesday in Benin, Edo State capital by operatives of Zone 5 Police head [...]
‘FG can’t gag Obaseki from speaking truth over fuel subsidy,’ says Edo government
The Edo State government says it is unfortunate that the federal government wants to gag Godwin Obaseki, governor of the state, over his opinion on th [...]
Party mergers: Half of what you hear are rumours, Obi assures loyalists
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi has assured party loyalists that half of the things being said [...]
Nigeria’s first female senator, Franca Afegbua dies at 79
Nigeria’s first female senator, Franca Afegbua is dead.
She was aged 79.
A native of Okpella in Etsako-east LGA of Edo State, Afegbua reportedly p [...]