The reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, on Tuesday, lashed at the administration of Governor Godwin Obaseki for accusing him of impersonation and forgery. Following the news of Shaibu resuming office as deputy governor, the Edo State government had accused him of impersonation, arguing that the court judgment, which reinstated him had been appealed and a stay of …

Reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo State, Comrade Philip Shaibu, on Saturday, rejoined the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The deputy governor, who returned to the APC in Benin City, the state capital, alongside prominent members of the Dan Orbih-led Legacy Group of the PDP, said he was back to add value to the party. He …

Chaos and pandemonium reigned freely in Benin on Thursday as impeached deputy governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu returned to Benin. In a bid to make a show of his return to the state following a court judgement in Abuja on Wednesday, Shaibu, in cahoot with the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, allegedly hired thugs to receive him …

The Edo State Working Committee (SWC) of the People Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday expelled a former deputy governor of the state, Philip Shaibu, for alleged anti-party activities. The PDP SWC also expelled the South-South Vice Chairman, Dan Orbih, while it also upheld the expulsion of a former member of the House of Representatives, Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama, by Ward 2, Oredo …

The acrimony between the Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) festered on Tuesday with the APC describing the call for Philip Shaibu’s resignation from the PDP as irritating and baseless. Shaibu, a former deputy governor of the state who was impeached on 8 April but still remains a member of the PDP, on Sunday …

Officials of the Edo State State Network and members of the Public Works Volunteers, on Sunday, pulled down the security post in front of the residence of the former deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, in the Government Reservation Area, Benin. Shaibu was impeached by the Edo State House of Assembly last Monday over the allegation of leaking official secrets and perjury. …

A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed 19 April to hear a suit filed by the impeached Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, against the State House of Assembly and others. The matter, which was before Justice Inyang Ekwo, was fixed for hearing on Friday after a team of lawyers, including Alex Ejesieme, SAN, showed up to seek …

Comrade Philip Shaibu, has kicked the canvass. He was impeached as Deputy Governor by the Edo State House of Assembly days ago and a replacement was promptly provided by his erstwhile boss, Governor Godwin Obaseki. Shaibu was in court while his impeachment was being perfected; we await the court’s verdict but time is not on his side. Governorship elections are …

The Edo State House of Assembly, on Monday, impeached the embattled state deputy governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu. The impeachment followed the adoption of the report of the seven-man investigative panel set up by the Assembly to probe allegations of misconduct against Shaibu. Last Friday, the seven-man panel investigating allegations of constitutional breaches against Shaibu concluded its sitting without him or …

Barring any last-minute change of mind by Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, a former member of Edo House of Assembly (1999 – 2003), Pascal Ugbomhe, has been tipped to replace the state’s Deputy Governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu, till 12 November 2024, when his second term will end. Ugbomhe, also an Etsako man as Shaibu, is a frontline member of the Chief …