Godwin Obaseki outgoing Governor of Edo State (AC Vol 65 No 21 Tinubu dismantles the opposition in Edo) said: ‘Benin City is an ancient city with an incredible richness of artefacts and ruins that could and should form the bedrock of a centre for research education in archaeology art curation and preservation...
President Bola Tinubu ate his dish of revenge lukewarm last month when he orchestrated the defeat of the main opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the Edo State governorship election just four years after he was embarrassed in the state where the slogan ‘Edo no be Lagos' (Edo cannot be like Lagos) set up Governor Godwin Obaseki for victory (AC Vol 61 No 19 Edo's not so merry-go-round)...
The first is in Edo State where Tinubu's foe Governor Godwin Obaseki is retiring...
If the APC had lost in Ondo so soon after Godwin Obaseki's trouncing of the ruling party in Edo state last month it would have undermined some of their frontline politicians including junior Niger Delta Affairs Minister Ajayi Borofice (AC Vol 61 No 16 In Edo all politics is national)...
Godwin Obaseki the incumbent governor was dropped by President Muhammadu Buhari's All Progressives' Congress (APC) after falling out with his political godfather former party chairman and predecessor as governor Adams Oshiomhole (AC Vol 61 No 14 Divided we stand & Vol 61 No 16 In Edo all politics is national)...
Power struggleSince he was elected state governor in 2016 Godwin Obaseki has been embroiled in a torturous struggle for power with his immediate predecessor and former ally Adams Oshiomhole former leader of the Nigerian Labour Congress (AC Vol 57 No 24 Grandees test the water)...
Godwin Obaseki: By contrast Obaseki a Columbia MBA alumnus turned investment banker is seen as a technocrat governor...
Oshiomhole had fallen out with his successor as Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki and opposed Obaseki's plans for a second term...
After Godwin Obaseki governor of Edo fell out with Oshiomhole he defected to the opposition People's Democratic Party and is trying to win the party's nomination to run for a second term in state elections in August...
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In the South-South Buhari can count on Godwin Obaseki who became Edo State's new Governor on 12 November and in the north-central he can count on Kogi State's Governor Yahaya Bello...