LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has nominated his deputy, Philip Shaibu, as running mate in the September 19, 2020 governorship election in the state. Announcing Shaibu’s nomination at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national secretariat in Abuja, yesterday, Obaseki said there was no need to change a winning team. Shaibu was a…
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After emerging winner of the Peoples Democratic Party’s primary election, having polled a total vote of 1,952 out of the 2020 votes cast, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, Edo State Governor, has revealed that he almost quit the governorship race. Senator Bala Mohammed, governor of Bauchi State, who was the Election Committee Chairman while declaring…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki on Thursday emerged the governorship candidate for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state gubernatorial election. Obaseki emerged the party’s candidate after his closest rival to the PDP governorship election ticket Ken Imasaugbon stepped down from the race minutes into the primary election. With Obaseki’s emergence…
LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Loyalists to Governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki are in celebration mood as all the aspirants for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship primary in Edo State, including Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama, have agreed to settle out of court. Recall that the Federal High court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital,…
LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Godwin Obaseki has admonished his supporters not to lose sleep over latest developments in the Edo state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying he will participate in the governorship primaries slated for Thursday, June 25. A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State had stopped Governor Godwin Obaseki…
LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has refused to bar Godwin Obaseki, the Edo State Governor, from participating in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary election slated for Thursday. Mr Obaseki was granted a waiver by the PDP recently after he joined the opposition party from the All Progressives…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has welcomed Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In a tweet on Friday, Atiku said he was confident the people of Edo would be better off with the governor now a PDP member. “Congratulations, @GovernorObaseki on joining our party, @OfficialPDPNig — the…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The governor cited injustice and other anti-democratic practices of the National Working Committee of the party as well as the governorship primary election committee that disqualified him from contesting the primary election. The governor was received by the state chairman of the PDP, Tony Aziegbemi, party chieftains including Matthew Urhoghide, Clifford Ordia…