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Former Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has given reasons he will not appear before Edo State House of Assembly Ad hoc Committee set up to investigate funding and ownership of the Museum of West African Arts (MOWAA) and Radisson Blue Hotel. Edo Assembly set up the panel following a request by Governor Monday Okpebholo that it should probe funding and ownership of the projects, including extent…

The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday alleged that the Governor Monday Okpebholo administration was dismantling all the development structures instituted by his predecessor, Godwin Obaseki, instead of improving on them. Besides, the party said Obaseki is not on the run but is giving the incumbent governor, Okpebholo, to run his show. Addressing a press…

The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday alleged that the Governor Monday Okpebholo administration was dismantling all the development structures instituted by his predecessor, Godwin Obaseki, instead of improving on them. Besides, the party said Obaseki is not on the run but is giving the incumbent governor, Okpebholo, to run his show. Addressing a press…

A Former Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shuaibu has revealed that he was duped by his former friend and boss, Governor Godwin Obaseki. Shuaibu, in a recent interview, disclosed that Obaseki swindled him of $300,000 shortly before their defection to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He revealed that Obaseki told him that he needed the money for ‘lobbying’ some party leaders. He told…

Edo LG Crisis: Obaseki Issues 24-hour Ultimatum

Following the suspension of the 18 local government chairmen and their deputies, the embattled chairman of Oredo Local Government Council, Tom Obaseki has issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the Acting Head of Administration/Director of Finance and Accounts over non payment of two month salaries. The letter of ultimatum dated February 12, 2025 requested the Head of Local Administration to urgently…

The Transition Committee of the All Progressives Congress has recommended a probe into more than N410 billion in local and foreign debts allegedly owed by the Edo government. The committee made the recommendation on Monday in its report presented to Monday Okpebholo ahead of his inauguration on Tuesday as Edo’s fifth democratically elected governor. Presenting the document, Pius Odubu, the…

Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) is planning the inauguration of Monday Okpebholo without input from the state government. Speaking on Friday while swearing in the caretaker committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Obaseki said the APC has not invited him to the inauguration. Obaseki described the APC’s action as lawless, adding that…