Tag: Godwin Obaseki

BREAKING: Real Reasons I Chose Okowa Ahead Wike, Others as Running Mate — Atiku

Abibat Babalola

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the 2023 elections in Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has offered reasons why he chose the Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, as his running mate. Abubakar offered the reasons at the unveiling of Okowa at the National Secretariat of the party in Abuja on Thursday. At the ceremony, which was attended by all members of the National Working Committee of the party, the former Vice President said that he needed a strong deputy who can help him in correcting the ills the All…

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Nigeria prints N60bn notes, ups debts to N16trn as financial crisis worsens

Aliyu Aliyu

  “In another year or so, where will we find this money that we go to Abuja to share every month?” Governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki, laments as financial crunch takes toll on states   The Nigerian Government has printed about N60 billion notes to augment allocation shared to states in March by the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee. The Governor of Edo State, Southsouth part of the country, Godwin Obaseki, who raised the alarm over Nigeria’s financial trouble, particularly gave the continued shrinking oil revenue as the reason. Besides,…

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INEC Declares PDP’s Obaseki Winner Of Nigeria’s Edo Gov election

Precious Ibekwe

  The Nigeria’s elections’ umpire, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared Governor Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State. Obaseki defeated his rival and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, after winning in 13 LGAs of the state. Announcing the results, the Edo Election Returning Officer, Prof Akpofure Rim-Rukeh, said PDP polled 307,955 to secured majority votes in the election. Ize-Iyamu of the APC garnered 223,619 votes to come second.

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