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The Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Crusoe Osagie, has said Governor Godwin Obaseki’s convincing all-round performance in the past four years has earned him an organic following among Edo people and the electorate. Osagie, in a statement, said the governor’s excellent performance, which has endeared him to Edo people, is causing the opposition sleepless nights and leaving them to search for means to undo the overwhelming support by Edo people. He stressed that the governor and his team have no reason whatsoever to coerce people to support him because his works speak for themselves and the people, especially teachers in the state, who have been immensely impacted by the governor’s policies. According to him, “The governor does not need to coerce teachers to support him. That is preposterous. No such thing happened. Obaseki’s following is organic and real. There is no such thing as threats for anyone to support the governor. “The strongest s...

Another perfected plans by the APC to arrest key actors that would ensure Obaseki is returned for another four years revealed. Report reaching our desk in the early hours of today stated that there was a meeting with the APC chieftain, Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu, mallami, Attorney General of the federation, Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the federation and other key members in the Presidency. In the meeting as reported by one of our sources who attended the meeting and pleaded anonymity, stated that a list of key actors in Governor Godwin Obaseki's camp were compiled and a petition has been written against them to the Department of State Service (DSS) to arrest them next week, which is the week drawing to the Gubernatorial Election of September 19. This plan further confirms the interaction between Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and Gambari, Chief of staff to the President on plans to arrest some unnamed persons in the camp of the incumbent Governor. It is good to note that...

The Edo State Governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has signed a deal with the Government of Malaysia for the establishment of a University of Innovation in Benin City, the Edo State capital. Obaseki, who disclosed this to journalists in Benin City, said the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is part of his administration’s efforts to bring more development into the state to boost the state’s economy and better the lives of Edo people. Governor Obaseki, in the last three years and nine months, has leveraged on his experience as a seasoned investment banker to bring developmental projects to the state through MoUs with local and international investors. The 5500bpd Edo Modular Refinery, which is nearing completion; the 55MW CCTEC-Ossiomo Power Plant, which has been completed and ready for use; the Benin Enterprise and Industrial Park, which development is ongoing and the Benin River Port, for which preliminary works are also ongoing, among othe...

*_…says Obaseki’s stellar performance visible across state_* Special Adviser to Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Crusoe Osagie, has said that Benin billionaire, Captain Hosa Okunbo, sponsor of the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Osagie Ize-Iyamu, is investing in the APC candidate to reap Edo State’s treasury. Osagie said this in a statement issued in Benin City, the state capital, in response to Okunbo’s interview published in several national newspapers on Monday, stressing that “Obaseki’s stellar performance is visible across the three senatorial districts of the state.” The governor’s aide noted: “In the interview Okunbo granted journalists in Abuja, he said he does not invest in any venture without first assessing the profit motive. He also said that he will spend his last kobo backing Ize-Iyamu. “So, clearly, Okunbo is investing in Ize-Iyamu with the treasury of Edo State in mind. This is the reason they want Governor Obaseki out of the way, so...

To wipe off shame and fear of defeat, APC leaders and members beg and snicked in Adams Oshiomhole into ward 8 Udaba Ekperi, Etsako Central Local government with hired crowds alongside with the unpopular APC Deputy Governorship candidates Mr. Gani Audu and absence of APC Governorship Candidate Mr Osagie Ize-Iyamu, yesterday Sunday 6th September 2020. We are aware on how Adams Oshiomhole horridly left Udaba Ekperi community due to the fear of unknown for his past atrocities he committed against the people.  We were told how the APC leaders and members in ward 8 Udaba Ekperi Etsako Central Local Government begged and pleaded with Adams Oshiomhole to come and campaign in the community even if its five minutes chart with the people of ward 8 Udaba Ekperi, would go a long way in removing shame from their faces, since they are aware that the people of Udaba Ekperi community has rejected APC and their candidate ahead the forthcoming Edo state governorship election. Remember, I said it last...

The Edo State Governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Godwin Obaseki, on Sunday, reconciled his deputy and running mate, Rt. Hon. Comr. Philip Shaibu, with a PDP chieftain, Barr. Suleman Egele, with a charge to political actors in the state to desist from divisive politics and violence. Obaseki, at a peace meeting in Jattu, Etsako West Local Government Area (LGA), urged Edo people to be united for the continuous progress and development of the state. According to the governor, “God has designed Edo for greatness. We are the only state where all of us are from the same source. Because of that, our politics must not be that of division. “We are better together when united because with that unity we can achieve more. We are not like some groups with the population of 15 and 20 million. We are not more than five million people, so it is important for all of us to be united. “Some people are born into trouble and if there is unity, they are not happy. They want to s...

Information reaching our newsroom this morning has it that the Ize-Iyamu Campaign DG in Orhionmwon LGA Hon. Patrick Aisowieren eloped to the Republic of Ireland. Hon. Aisowieren since his appointment as the DG have been the only person bankrolling the campaign activities in Orhionmwon, the likes of Odubu, Uwuilekhue, Etiosa, Nosayaba, Atu and others refused to contribute a dine to Project on the annoyance that Aisowieren was made the DG relegating personality like Odubu to a mere Chairman of Elder’s Council at the LGA level. Aisowieren after sensing the danger of imminent defeat his own Oza town to the PDP and the gang up against him by the after mentioned EPM leaders, decided to excuse himself from campaign activities and travel out of the country. In a related development, a reliable information reaching us have it in authority that Aisowieren is recruiting/mobilizing miscreants from Ekewan axis of Edo State to disrupt election activities in Oza/Abiokunla Ward 02 to cover up defeats