This Election Is Truly Ize-Iyamu’s to Lose By Teniola Williams-Balogun

One does not need to be clairvoyant or partisan to project that the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State is the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu’s to lose. The available accretion of variables makes such projection almost indubitable. 

This does not in any way negate the fact that it will go down in the state’s history as one of the most keenly contested governorship elections, because of the antecedents of the two leading candidates, the peculiarities of their emergence and what they are promising the people. 

' I prefer to do quiet philanthropy' Captain Hosa

At the Philanthropic Roundtable and Forbes Africa Awards 2020 presentation held virtually last Friday, Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo, Chief Executive Officer of Ocean Marine Security Ltd. emphasized that giving to the poor and expecting accolades was not the type of philanthropy he would like to be associated with. Captain Okunbo, who was the first of the recipients to speak on their activities before the worldwide audience, said he prefers to do ‘quiet philanthropy’, unlike the noisy one associated with foundations that people set up to drum up publicity about themselves.

George Uboh, Issues Press Statement On Alleged Financial Infractions By Edo State Governor Obaseki

 REPORT ON EDO STATE GOVERNMENT BANK STATEMENTS FROM 2015 TO 2019 ISSUED BY GEORGE UBOH WHISTLEBLOWERS NETWORK (GUWN) THROUGH PRESS STATEMENT ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

George Uboh Whistleblowers Network (GUWN) is in receipt of bank statements from 2015 to 2019 belonging to Edo State Government. We are not unmindful of the fact that there is election around the corner-in a few days-in Edo State. As a Civil Society Organization, we are non-partisan. However, for sake of public interest, we analyze any information sent to us from whistleblowers, some anonymous as in the present case. After analyzing the information, we disseminate to the public whose interest we serve.

See attached letter below:

Uboh GUWN press release Edo Obaseki

PHOTOS AS DUX OIL DEDICATES OYO STATE OUTLET

 

PHOTOS AS CAPT OKUNBO WINS FORBES BEST OF AFRICA AWARDS

 

Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo, Chairman, Ocean Marine Solutions Limited, being presented with Forbes Best of Africa Award, by Mrs. Olayinka Fayomi, Chairman, Foreign investment network in Abuja…Weekend

What Buhari Must Do Before Edo's Election Olutomiwa Alfred

 

The September 19th governorship election in Edo State comes with a lot of promises and perils for the political legacy of President Muhammadu Buhari. Lest he is unaware, his claims to a lasting, positive legacy for the All Progressives Congress, APC, are dependent largely on the outcome of the Edo, nay Ondo elections. Alas, it is almost common knowledge that, where he is not directly affected, President Buhari can be patently detached while maintaining a Grand Canyon of distance. 

In Edo, the Violent Can’t Take It by Force!

 By Olusola Ajani

 From the creeks, cities and hinterlands of Edo State, there are muffled but menacing echoes of violence as the September 19th governorship election draws nearer. The on-going campaigns are pockmarked by tense and occasionally violent altercations between supporters and critics of the incumbent, Godwin Obaseki and his main challenger, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, which have renewed concerns about the spectre of violence in Nigeria’s politics.