EDO Poll: Can Anyone Stops Oshiomhole in his Bid for Godfatherism in the State Now?

NigeriaPoliticsSpecial ReportEDO Poll: Can Anyone Stops Oshiomhole in his Bid for Godfatherism in the State Now?

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 8, 2020

The political tussle between the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki and the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole has turned the state to a battlefield between two elephants. It is more like what turn out in Rivers State where two giants have tested their strength and many innocents paid the prize with their lives. Many analysts have attributed the fight to the conflict always created by the theory of godfatherism....

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SPECIAL INTEVIEW: Castration, Life Imprisonment, and Death Sentence Are Fair Deals for Rapists – Karimot Odebode

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeOpinionSPECIAL INTEVIEW: Castration, Life Imprisonment, and Death Sentence Are Fair Deals for Rapists – Karimot Odebode

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 8, 2020

Karimot Odebode is a poet, writer, gender rights activist, and youth leader from Ibadan Nigeria. She is a Youth Champion for ONE Campaign in Nigeria where she spearheaded the fight against poverty and inequalities in her community. Odebode is one of the 45 female African activists from 15 African countries that signed the open letter for the fight against gender inequality which was addressed and presented to G7 world leaders. She is currently the curator...

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Obaseki Insists No Party Can Hold Direct Primary in Edo As INEC Backs Oshiomhole

NewsNigeriaPoliticsObaseki Insists No Party Can Hold Direct Primary in Edo As INEC Backs Oshiomhole

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 8, 2020

The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has insisted that no political party can hold direct primary in the state. This is coming ahead of the scheduled June 22 governorship primary of the All Progressive Congress in the state. The Governor said that only indirect primary could hold in the state, which is in accordance with the rule gazette in the newspaper on Friday. Obaseki in a gazette signed on May 28 and published on Friday,...

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‘We Gave N4 Million Each to 18 Lawmakers’ Wives for Trip to Dubai’ – Lagos Assembly Speaker

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPolitics‘We Gave N4 Million Each to 18 Lawmakers’ Wives for Trip to Dubai’ – Lagos Assembly Speaker

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 8, 2020

The Speaker of the House of Assembly, Rt. Honourable Mudashiru Obasa, has told a probe panel set up to investigate series of financial misconduct allegations published in a report by an online news medium, Sahara Reporters, that the assembly gave N4 million to 18 lawmakers’ wives for training. The speaker said this while denying several allegations, including spending N80 million as estacode for training women in Dubai. “We gave N4 million to each of the...

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Tinubu Ex-ADC Becomes New Monarch of Iru Land, Lagos

Culture & TraditionNewsNigeriaPoliticsTinubu Ex-ADC Becomes New Monarch of Iru Land, Lagos

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 6, 2020

The Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Prince Gbolahan Lawal, has been appointed as the Oniru-elect of Iruland. His appointment has been approved by the Lagos State Government. Lawal is a former aide-de-camp to the National Leader of the All Progressive Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. According to the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, Lawal’s appointment was approved during the State Executive Council meeting on Friday where final ratification on...

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Certificate Forgery: Court Asked to Disqualify Gov. Obaseki from Contesting

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaPoliticsCertificate Forgery: Court Asked to Disqualify Gov. Obaseki from Contesting

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 6, 2020

The Federal High Court in Abuja has been asked to disqualify the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki from contesting in the state governorship election scheduled to hold on September 19, 2020, for allegedly forging his certificate. The report has it that the suit was filed by Edabor Williams, Ugesia Godwin and Amedu Anakhu on May 29, 2020. Also, respondents to the suit were the All Progressive Congress which is the party of the Governor, the...

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Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, 2nd Niger Bridge Ready in 2022 – Fashola

InfrastructureNewsNigeriaLagos-Ibadan Expressway, 2nd Niger Bridge Ready in 2022 – Fashola

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 5, 2020

The Federal Government has said that the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Second Niger Bridge, the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway, and others are to be ready in the first quarter of 2022. Mr. Babatunde Fashola, the Minister for Works and Housing, reveals this on Thursday in a live television programme in Abuja. The roads were said to be grouped as essential infrastructure and projected to be delivered in less than two years. Fashola said, “The Second Niger Bridge, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway,...

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Buhari Nominates Okonjo-Iweala to Head World Trade Organization

BusinessWorld NewsBuhari Nominates Okonjo-Iweala to Head World Trade Organization

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 5, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated former Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the position of the Director-General of the World Trade Organization. In an official statement from the Federal Government of Nigeria which was sent to the African Union Thursday, President withdrew the candidacy of Yonov Agah, Nigeria’s permanent representative to the WTO, for the same position. The election is scheduled to hold in 2021 in Geneva, Switzerland. The position is run for...

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Olumilua, Former Ondo State Governor, is Dead

NigeriaPeoplePoliticsOlumilua, Former Ondo State Governor, is Dead

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 4, 2020

The former governor of Old Ondo State which comprises Ondo and Ekiti State is dead. The Elder statesman was born in 1940. He died in the early hour of Thursday in his Ikere Ekiti hometown, Ekiti State. The report has it that the former governor died shortly after a brief illness. Olumilua was the governor of the old Ondo State during the Third Republic between January 1992 and November 1993 on the platform of the...

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As A Senator, Akpabio Inserted 500m Constituency Project in NDDC Budget – Senate Panel

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAs A Senator, Akpabio Inserted 500m Constituency Project in NDDC Budget – Senate Panel

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 4, 2020

On Wednesday, the Senate Committee on the Niger Delta Affairs has released documents to justify its allegations against the Minister of Niger Delta Affair, Senator Godswill Akpabio. The documents alleged that Akpabio requested the inclusion of about ₦500m worth of constituency project in the NDDC 2017 budget. Peter Nwaoboshi who was the Chairman of the Senate Panel on the NDDC, last week, alleged that Akpabio, who was a Senator in the 8th Senate, wrote to...

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