Browsing: Edo State

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the All Progressives Congress screening committee had on Friday disqualified Obaseki and two others from contesting the party’s primary, scheduled for June 22.

A statement by BUA Group explained that Dangote, in its hurry to twist facts, failed to justify the alleged misinterpretation in its publication but stylishly stated that it has appealed the judgement whilst accepting the recent court order, which granted BUA the right to peaceful possession and operations of three of its mining sites in Obu, Okpella in Edo State.

Rising from its emergency general meeting held on Sunday in Benin, Oredo Local Government of Edo State, the group in a statement signed by its Chairman, Comrade Peter Obasogie, said the resolution of the Caucus was truly reflective of the yearnings of the generality of the youths in Edo State APC across all the 192 Wards and 18 Local Government Areas of Edo State.

Okunbo, who is the Chairman, Ocean Marine Solutions Limited, said he would not gloss over the orchestrated attacks and activities of mischief makers.

The Chairman of the Forum, Governor Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi State, said this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday.

Babatope, a former Minister of Transportation, expressed the view in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos.

In a joint statement by the six APC members: Prof. Julius Ihonvbere (Owan Federal Constituency), Johnson Oghuma (Etsako Federal Constituency), among others, they said the resolution was taken after an extensive consultation across the state.

And I don’t want to talk about the raping of minors and even relations that have been daily in the news. I believe that you have been reading the reports of the so-called humans who have been raping their own daughters, some as young as three years and others few months. In Owerri, one has been raping his daughters for years now.

Aziegbemi gave the commendation shortly after inspecting the stadium for the PDP gubernatorial primaries scheduled for June 19 and 20 in Benin.

The new date, which has been arrived at after the festival had suffered an initial postponement in March this year, due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus Disease worldwide, was announced by the presidential committee set up by the Federal Government to see to the hosting of the biennial event, which is aimed at discovering and nurturing of local talents to represent Nigeria in regional and international sporting events.

Obaseki expressed his fears on Wednesday at a news conference shortly after he was screened by the seven-member screening committee headed by Prof. Jonathan Ayuba at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the seven-member screening committee, headed by Prof. Jonathan Ayuba, has so far screened five aspirants out of six.

In a letter dated June 10, the vice chairman said her grouse had to do with administration, governance and politics.

The University on Wednesday laid to rest the question over the authenticity of the certificate paraded by the Edo State Governor.

The Coordinator of the Project, Tom Obaseki,  disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Benin.

The APC National Publicity Secretary, Malam Lanre Issa-Onilu, said this on Monday shortly after the pasting of the aspirants’ credentials at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja.

The party’s National Organising Secretary, Colonel Austin Akobundu (retd), disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja.

Obaseki said this through his Senior Special Assistant on New media, Jack Obinyan, on Friday.

This was made known by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, in a statement on Friday.

The NCDC made the confirmation on Friday on its Twitter handle.