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…Says ‘Ize-Iyamu currently charged by EFCC for N700m fraud’ … ‘Airhiavbere under suspension from APC’ Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed a press conference held by members of the proscribed group, the Edo Peoples Movement, saying their agitations are fueled by greed and avarice. Further discrediting their submissions, Chairman of the APC, Edo State, Barr. …

Earlier today, a group of professional governorship aspirants held a press conference in the NUJ conference center in Benin City. In a feeble attempt to sound as statesmen, they made and classified their party issues as Edo state problem.  I condemn in all its ramifications the loose use of “restore peace and unity among Edo people once again”. Edo people …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has been accused of the attempt to close the political space and shut the doors against the 2020 potential contestants for the office of the Governor of the state.   Rt. Hon. Dr. Pius E. Odubu, former Deputy Governor of Edo State; Maj. Gen. Charles Airhivbere (Rtd), former Governorship Candidate; Engr. Christopher Ogiemwonyi, former Minister …

LAGOS—The  Lagos State government, yesterday, said that it pulled down the Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s statue at Allen Roundabout for the improvement of road infrastructure and to ease traffic gridlock in the state. Gboyega Akosile, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, told  PREMIUM TIMES  that the roundabout had been identified as the cause of traffic gridlock in the area and there …

The Federal Government has begun the implementation of some aspects of the Finance Act with the imposition of 7.5 per cent Value Added Tax on government transactions. The Accountant-General of the Federation, Alhaji Ahmed Idris, confirmed the development in an interview with journalists on Wednesday in Abuja. The move followed the signing of the finance bill into law on Monday …

Prime Minister of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, submitted his resignation to President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, Tass news agency reported. Russian news agencies said Putin thanked Medvedev for his service but noted that the prime minister’s Cabinet failed to fulfill all the objectives set for it. Reports say Putin plans to name Medvedev as deputy of the presidential Security Council. Medvedev, …

In a rare revelation about what happened during the Adams Oshiomhole’s era as Edo State Governor, current Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu, on Wednesday narrated how he and other members of his family were almost killed while he was trying to save the suspended National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from being impeached by lawmakers in his first …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has lit the unity torch for the state’s sporting championships with athletes drawn from the 18 local government areas of the state, ahead of the National Sports Festival (NSF) scheduled for the first quarter of the year. The unity torch was presented to the governor by Vice Chairman, Team Edo, Mrs. Anehita Emeya, at …

Chairman of the South West governors forum, Rotimi Akeredolu has vowed that the six governors would pursue operation Amotekun to a logical conclusion. Apparently reacting to the pronouncement of the Federal government that the concept was illegal, Akeredolu who spoke at the 2020 armed forces remembrance day celebration in Akure, the Ondo state capital said there was no going back. …

Edo State branch of the All Progressives Congress (APC)  has declared that former Governor of the state, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has no legal authority to function in office as National Chairman of the party. In a statement on Tuesday, signed by Chairman of Edo APC, Anselm Ojezua, the chapter of the party said Comrade Oshiomhole has been suspended as a member …