LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States government has finally spoken out on the outcome of the Edo State gubernatorial election. The US government has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to support processes for challenging the results. In a statement released on Tuesday by the U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Richard Mills Jr.,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians hoping for a better economy under President Bola Tinubu’s administration may begin to rethink after the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, disclosed that the country is technically bankrupt and the president lacks leadership courage to address the economic challenges. Obaseki alleged that the Tinubu administration was stuck and rather than seek…
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State Government has disbanded the media crew attached to the Office of the Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu. Governor Godwin Obaseki also directed Shaibu to henceforth request for media coverage of his activities from the Ministry of Communication and Orientation. Obaseki stated this in a statement issued by the Commissioner for…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has blamed the Federal Government for the deplorable state of the Benin-Sapele Road where his convoy was recently trapped. A social media user had recorded a video of the convoy struggling to pass through the flooded road. After the video went viral, Obaseki was heavily criticised…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, yesterday, gave the state Commissioner of Police, Abutu Yaro seven days ultimatum to unravel the circumstances surrounding the 20 embalmed bodies found in an uncompleted building in Ekenwan road axis of Benin City. The Special Adviser to the governor on Media Projects, Crusoe Osagie, gave the ultimatum…
LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo College Old Boys Association, ECOBA has strongly endorsed the actions taken by Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State arising from the recent viral videos of students’ molestation in Edo College, Benin City. ECOBA in a statement issued on Tuesday, August 3, 2021 said that it would join hands with the…
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The crisis rocking the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) turned bloody on Wednesday as a former Special Adviser to Governor Godwin Obaseki on political matters, Mr Edo Aguebor, was attacked by people suspected to be thugs at the Egor Local Government Area Secretariat of the party. Aguebor, who…
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Edo’s Government Godwin Obaseki on Monday in Benin charged men of the Nigerian Customs Service to stop intimidating and extorting people in the state. He gave the charge when the Customs Area Controller in Edo and Delta, Ahmed Usman, paid him a courtesy visit. In Usman’s company was the Commandant of the…