Tag: Edo State
19 Edo communities appeal for phone services
Nineteen communities in Owan West Local Council area of Edo on Tuesday appealed to telecom network providers to provide phone…
Edo to set up task force to fight trafficking, travel desperation
Worried about the rising cases of trafficking and desperation to travel abroad, which has been notorious in Edo, the State…
Obaseki urges opposition parties to join him to build Edo State
Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, issued a clarion call to opposition political parties in the State to join hands…
JAAC allocation: N2.18bn for LGs in Edo for June
The Edo Joint Account and Allocation Committee (JAAC) says the total actual funding from the Federation Account to the 18…
“No room for Corruption,’’ Gov. tells new Commissioners
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Thursday swore-in 18 commissioners, saying that “there is no room for corruption in his…
Gov. assures sustainable funding for basic education
The Edo Gov., Mr Godwin Obaseki, has said that the core of his administration was to revamp the state’s basic…
56 deaths recorded in six months from road accidents – FRSC
The Edo Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says no fewer than 56 persons have died in various…
State to create Ministry of Mining
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo says a ministry of mining would be established to fast track the development of mining…
State signs MoU to establish Fabrication Village
The Edo Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigeria Institute of Welding (NIW) to establish a…
836.4kg of psychotropic substances recovered in Edo in one year – NDLEA
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Edo Command, seized 836.4 kilogrammes of suspected psychotropic substance between June 2016 and June…
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…