Tag: Edo State
State to train teachers on new curriculum
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo says the state government will train primary school teachers on the use of the new…
Govt to leverage on UNIBEN’s Power Plant for Industrial Park
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo, said the administration would take advantage of University of Benin electricity generating plant to drive…
Generator fumes kill 3 in Edo
Three persons have died as a result of inhaling generator fume in Benin, capital of Edo State.
NEMA urged to provide rainstorm victims with relief materials
The House of Representatives has urged the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to provide relief materials for rainstorm victims at…
Govt. to build clinics, crèches in markets
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has said that his administration would build functional clinics and crèches in markets in the…
Obaseki inaugurates immunisation task force
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Thursday inaugurated the Edo State Task Force on Immunisation to improve the uptake and…
State govt. partners FRIN to revive forest reserves
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo says his administration will partner with the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN) to regenerate…
5-year old boy burnt to death in Edo
A five-year-old boy has been burnt to death in Benin, Edo state, when their apartment caught in fire.
Osinbajo Assures Edo Communities Of Govt Support
Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has assured oil producing communities in Edo of Federal Government’s support in resolving the lingering…
2 arraigned for alleged political thuggery in Edo
Mr Suleiman Nakowa, 58 and Ms Talatu Abdulahi, 24, were on Wednesday brought before an Oredo Magistrates’ Court in Benin…
Illegal tax collection: 50 arrested in Edo
No fewer than 50 persons have been arrested by operatives of the Edo State Police Command for alleged involvement in…
Multiple accidents claim several lives in Edo
Several lives and unknown amount of money were on Thursday lost in a ghastly multiple accidents involving a petrol tanker,…
NSCDC to enhance peace between farmers/herdsmen in Edo
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has commenced sensitisation of Fulani herdsmen and farmers in Edo, as part…
Edo to reap multiple dividends from Buhari’s visit – Oshiomhole’s aide
The Special Adviser to Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State on Environment and Public Utilities, Hon. Frank Amiegbebhor, has said…
President Buhari departs for Abuja from Benin
President Muhammad Buhari on Tuesday afternoon departed for Abuja from Benin Airport after his two-day official visit to Edo. The…
Tight security in Benin as Buhari starts 2-day visit
Security has been beefed up in and around Benin, the capital of Edo, ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari two-days official…
Edo butchers appeal for modern abattoirs
Butchers in Edo on Tuesday appealed to the State Government to provide them with modern abattoirs, preservation facilities and vehicles…
We will build on Oshiomhole’s legacy, says Philip Shaibu
Mr Philip Shaibu, Edo Deputy Governor-elect, says the incoming Godwin Obaseki government of Edo, would have to build on the…
Analysis: 5 things Edo voters must do today by Deji Adeyanju
By Deji Adeyanju As voters in Edo State go out later today to elect a candidate to fill the office…
Buhari leads Osinbajo, APC governors to Edo grand rally
Mr Anselm Ojezua, Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo, said President Muhammadu Buhari would lead the party members to…
Need for continuity in Edo State
By Sunny Edoja The people of Edo State will go to the polls to choose Adam Oshiomhole’s successor on September…
Ize-Iyamu dissapoints Edo widows
The PDP Edo state governorship candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu campaign team on Monday left over 80 widows hungry and disappointed…
Edo governorship candidate promises 18 mini stadia
The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the Sept. 10 governorship election in Edo, says he will build mini-stadia in…
Edo LG workers protest non-payment of salaries
Edo state Local Government workers on Wednesday protested against the non-payment of their salary arrears. The mass protest grounded commercial…
Council worker slumps, dies during protest in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Tragedy struck in Benin Wednesday when a staff of Esan North East Local Government Council, identified as Peter…
Edo pensioners protest non-payment of gratuities, pension arrears
Hundreds of pensioners on Monday defied the heavy rain and took to the streets of Benin, the Edo capital, to…
Court jails father for raping 17-year-old daughter
An Egor Chief Magistrates’ Court in Benin, Edo, on Friday sentenced 40-year-old Lucky Idahosa to 14 years imprisonment for raping…
Oshiomhole: I have reconciled with my deputy
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State Thursday announced that he has settled the political differences between him and…
Modu Sheriff’s faction elects Iduoriyekemwen Edo guber candidate
Former Majority Leader of Edo State House of Assembly, Matthew Iduoriyekemwen, has emerged the governorship candidate of the Ali Modu…
I’m loyal to PDP, Modu Sheriff, says suspended guber aspirant
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Hon. Matthew Iduoriyekemwen, a Peoples Democratic Party Governorship (PDP) governorship aspirant, for the September 10 Edo State gubernatorial…