A Benin High Court has fixed June 17, to hear the suit seeking to disqualify a governorship aspirant, Mr. Osagie Ize-Iyamu, from participating in the All Progressives Congress (APC) screening of aspirants for its primary election. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the ruling party has scheduled the primaries for the governorship ticket in Edo for June 22. The presiding judge, Justice Emmanuel Ahamioje, announced the date on Thursday while adjourning the case instituted...

Mr Paul Ohonbamu, Edo Commissioner for Information and Orientation, has resigned his appointment from the cabinet of Gov. Godwin Obaseki. This was contained in a letter of resignation addressed to Obaseki on Thursday in Benin. “I hereby tender my letter of resignation as a commissioner in Edo to His Excellency, Mr Godwin Obaseki this June 4, 2020. “Without setting a precedent, I have decided to step aside as cabinet member and operate outside for the...

AWKA —The Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano on Thursday, June 4 made minor reshuffle in his cabinet. The reshuffle involving only four commissioners, have them switch Ministries. The affected Commissioners are Hon. Afam Mbanefo, who was former Commissioner for Youth Entrepreneurship and Creative Economy, before then, he was Commissioner for Agriculture. Today, he has been redeployed to the Ministry of Transportation as the new Anambra state Commissioner for Transport. Dr. Christian Madubuko the...

The All Progressives Congress Adamawa state chapter has on Wednesday that it will remove the names of its members who accept the political appointment offered to them by the Fintiri-led government. The party in a statement signed by its publicity secretary, Mohammed Abdullahi, said accepting the appointment automatically disqualified them from being members of the party according to Article 9.5 of the party’s constitution. “We refer to the recent appointments released by the PDP Government...

The Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has said plans to defect to another party to contest the governorship election are not in place due to the fact that victory both at the All Progressives Congress party primaries and at the main elections is certain. Akeredolu who spoke through his Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo denied allegations of having plan B in case he lost at the primary. He noted that residents in the...