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Nigeria Medical Association boycots meeting with Obaseki, meets with Ize-Iyamu Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) Edo state, at the doctor’s house, Tuesday, boycotted a rescheduled meeting with the APC candidate, Godwin Obaseki, because he he had on two preious occasions dishonoured their invitation. There was an interactive session organized by the association in August for all the candidates in the forthcoming election. Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the PDP was there, Thomas Sadoh of the PPA, and candidates of other parties attended but Obaseki did not honour that invitation. In September, precisely on Monday September 19th, another interactive session was scheduled by the NMA for Godwin Obaseki whereas Friday 17th September, one was scheduled for Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the PDP to address the association. Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu addressed the doctors in the state abreasting them of his plan for “comprehensive healthcare, with emphasis on primary health care” ...

Phillip Shuaibu involved in Violence Again - Attacks Mrs Ize-Iyamu’s convoy in Jattu, lots of cars damaged There was panic yesterday in Jattu, Etsako West LGA as thugs loyal to the gubernatorial running mate of the APC, Philip Shuaibu, attacked the convoy of the Dr Mrs Idia Ize-Iyamu, wife of PDP gubernatorial candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu. The incident occured at Jattu market as PDP women were campaigning from shop to shop educating the people on the contents of the PDP manifesto, tagged SIMPLE AGENDA and educating the people on how to vote right during the election. Market women were heard chanting “PDP!” and “Change the Change!” This infuriated the thugs allegedly led by Philip Shuaibu who became angry and destroyed several cars in Dr. Idia’s convoy. This led to violence erupting in the market with market women burning any broom in sight. Dr Idia Ize-Iyamu however escaped unhurt . One wonders however what men were doing at the market knowing that APC doe...

Ojuhomon 1 of Emme Ora Endorses Pastor Ize-Iyamu for Governor – Owan people reject Oshiomoles government, call it discriminatory The campaign train of the PDP governorship candidate Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu arrived at the palace of the Ojuhomon 1 of Emme yesterday to solicit his support for the forth coming election. The PDP governorship candidate was not to be disappointed as the royal father gave his blessings and whole hearted endorsement and that of his people to the PDP candidate. His quick approval of the candidate underscores the frustration of the people in the community with the Oshiomole led APC government. The whole Owan it was learnt are of the belief that the comrade governor harbors a hatred of the people of Owan as he has gone out of his way at various times to torpedo any ambitions of the sons of that land and to starve the people of any form of governmental development. Three examples highlight the hatred and perfidy the people say the comrade g...

Oshiomole Disgraced in APC Rally in Emme, Owan west – Community comes out enmass to boo the governor Yesterday 18 th September in Emme Ora, Owan west local government area the governor of Edo state Comrade Adams Oshiomole got a taste of the peoples thinking when he carried out a test of his popularity by attending a ward rally with his anointed deputy governor candidate Shuaibu in the community. The people came out in droves to boo him with the chant “ Oshiomole Ole”. It took the intervention of PDP elders and stalwarts in the area at the time to stop the massive crowd from storming the canopies where the governor and his entourage were seated as the police protection detail was already overwhelmed. What informed the rash action on the part of the governor to attend the ward rally in an area where the people seethe with hatred for him and want a pound of his flesh is yet to be ascertained. In the 8yrs of the Oshiomole government not a single government pro...

Recession: Seek advice from Okonjo-Iweala, Iwuanyanwu tells Buhari An elder statesman, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to seek economic advice from a former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, in order to rescue the country from recession. Iwuanyanwu said with the present economic problems, no foreign investor would invest in the country. The politician urged Nigerians to generate fresh ideas rather than attribute blames and give excuses. He spoke in Owerri, the Imo State capital, when members of the African Youth Parliament from 50 African countries, led by the Nigerian representative, Ibrahim Mohammed, visited him. Iwuanyanwu said, “When Nigeria was in this type of mess some years ago, former President Olusegun Obasanjo called on Okonjo Iweala to help. Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan also used her to revive the country’s economy. Nigeria, at this present stage of economic hardship and downturn, should also call ...

We can not help you now.You should not have let Ize-Iyamu leave our party? Obaseki is not his match – Tinubu and Osinbajo tell Oshiomhole Wife to the APC national leader and Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has allegedly declined to help Oshiomhole appeal to her husband to help Oshiomhole manipulate the Edo 2016 gubernatorial election to his favour. “It is too late to help you. Why did you let Ize-Iyamu leave our party? Obaseki is not a match for him. We have analyzed the election and come to the unfortunate decision that we have to brace up to accept the likelihood of APC losing Edo state for now” Mrs Tinubu allegedly told Oshiomhole at a caucus meeting held at Abuja recently. Mrs Tinubu lamented that it was too late to offer any meaningful help. She said her husband and the vice president have accepted the likelihood that the Edo 2016 election will go to the PDP because the APC candidate, Mr Obaseki, is a hard sell. In anothe...

We all agree with what Mrs Obaseki said, “Edo women are prostitutes abroad”, she should not apologise for that bitter truth – Mrs Aisosa Amadasun, Edo APC woman leader adds salt to the injury The All Progressives Congress (APC), women leaders in Edo, have said that Mrs Betsy Obaseki, the wife of the party’s Governorship candidate, should not apologize for her offensive statement against Edo women abroad, describing them as “prostitutes in need of rehabilitation”. At a news conference in Benin on Saturday, the women leaders described as sad, and false the allegations being peddled by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), that Mrs Obaseki described Edo women as “prostitutes’’. The APC women leaders said that the wife of the gubernatorial aspirant said ” the truth” and that the PDP tried to score political points with it. They urged Edo women to discountenance the campaign of calumny mounted against the wife of the APC governorship candidate. A former Executive Dire...