LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced that six governorship aspirants in Edo will be screened for its primary election. The exercise has been scheduled for June 22. Lanre Issa-Onilu, APC National Publicity Secretary, in a statement on Friday said the aspirants have bought, completed and submitted their expression of interest and…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Godwin Obaseki has been dragged before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, accused of certificate forgery and perjury. The case was filed on 29 May. The plaintiffs in the case are Edobor Williams, Ugbesia Abudu Godwin and Amedu Dauda Anakhu. Joined as defendants are the All Progressives Congress (APC), Independent National…
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has asked the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, to recuse himself from the party’s governorship primaries in Edo State because he is an interested party. Obaseki made the call while speaking to newsmen after submitting his expression of interest and nomination…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Except President Muhammadu Buhari intervenes, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has perfected plans to have Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State disqualified from contesting as an aspirant in the party’s Edo State governorship primary election scheduled for June 22, 2020, THEWILL can report exclusively. Oshiomhole,…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, yesterday presented his All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship nomination form to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Commenting on the feud between him and the National Chairman of his party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, in an interaction with State House Correspondents, Obaseki said he was…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki has reacted to that Osagie Ize-Iyamu has been adopted as ‘consensus candidate’ by a faction of All Progressive Congress (APC) in Edo State Seven governorship aspirants in the Edo State APC were said to have met Tuesday and adopted Mr Ize-Iyamu as their consensus candidate…
LAGOS MAY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Osagie Ize-Iyamu has emerged the consensus candidate of the All Progressives Congress faction that is loyal to National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. Ize-Iyamu, and the present governor, Godwin Obaseki, will fight for the direct primary of the party, APC, that is expected to hold on June 22. The African…
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Benin monarch, Oba Ewuare II, has called on Governor Godwin Obaseki, to effect a total lockdown of the state, to curtail the spread of the Coronavirus. In a letter to the governor, dated April 16, the monarch stated that the state government should in addition direct the that there should be…