Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, was conspicuously absent from the 7th annual Okpekpe 10km marathon road race which held in Okpekpe, Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State. His absence may not be unconnected to the simmering crisis in the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Obaseki has consistently denied rumour […]
A lawyer and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Elvis Asoro has said that the immediate-past governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole is plotting the removal of the National Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun. Asoro who described as lame, the defense put up by the former governor denying the allegation said that […]
Organisers of the fifth Okpekpe international 10km road race say there will be full doping control during the race scheduled to hold in a forthnight at Okpekpe, Edo State. Spokesman for the race Dare Esan reveals that provision has been made for a full doping control for the event which the International Association of Athletics […]
Auchi town in Edo North is a beehive of activities as over 5000 athletes, officials and top government functionaries that includes Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has besieged the sleepy town for the third Okpekpe Race billed for Saturday. 26 foreigners from Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Morocco, Norway Ghana and host country, Nigeria, are set […]