Obaseki

His voice rumbled with dictatorial verbiage, “if anybody arrests any of my boys, Nigeria will burn, and I will lead it.” That was Governor Obaseki spitting out his anger and boasting to Edo people about his tigritude. Nevertheless, when it…

No respite yet as the Edo state Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has reportedly allocated the office of his deputy, Philip Shaibu, in Government House, Benin to Alaghodaro for use as secretariat. Alaghodaro is a Benin word that describes…

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state has sacked the commissioner for Roads and Bridges, Engr. Newton Okojie.  Okojie's sack was disclosed in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Osa Nehikhare,…

The Supreme Court, on Friday, declined jurisdiction to hear the internal dispute rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State. The apex court, in a unanimous decision by a five-man panel led by Justice Amina Augie, dismissed…

Cracks in government, occasioned by the alleged poor management of the economy is getting wider as Edo Governor, Godwin Obaseki has lashed out at the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, saying, she was ‘playing…

The Central Bank of Nigeria had denied knowledge of claim that Nigeria printed billions of naira last month to cushion its financial trouble. This was after the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, alleged that Nigeria printed N60bn to…

THE Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, on Sunday said he was brutalized in a bid to end godfatherism and ensure that the then governor of the state, Adams Oshiomhole, successfully completed his two terms in office. …

Huge relief may have come the way of Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State on Saturday, as Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Abuja, dismissed the certificate forgery case against him for the failure of the All Progressives…

The University of Ibadan, on Tuesday, confirmed to the Federal High Court in Abuja, that it issued a Bachelor of Arts certificate to Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, in 1979 while called in the on-going alleged forgery case. The…

An Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, University of Lagos, Emmanuel Balogun, on Wednesday, told the Federal High Court, Abuja that the basic admission requirements of the University of Ibadan were 5 credits, including Maths…