Tag: Edo State
PDP taunts APC after another attack on Edo deputy gov
Jethro Ibileke/Benin An alleged attack on the deputy governor of Edo Ssate, Dr. Pius Odubu, last Saturday at Auchi, administrative…
Workers Day: Oshiomhole announces new minimum wage
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State on Sunday announced a new minimum wage with effect from May 1,…
Oba of Benin: We lost a true custodian of history, says Ofeimun
Eromosele Ebhomele Odia Ofeimun, aspirant in the governorship election in Edo state, southern Nigeria, has described the passage of the…
Oba of Benin: Our hearts are heavy, says Oshiomhole
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has eulogised the departed Benin monarch, Oba Erediauwa. The governor expressed his…
Fed Allocation: Edo receives N1.6bn, to pay salaries with N1.4bn
Jethro Ibileke/Benin There are indications that Edo State Government is facing a Herculean task in the payment of workers’ salaries…
Edo deputy gov denies plotting to kill Oshiomhole
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo state deputy governor, Dr. Pius Odubu, has denied reports published by some national newspapers on Sunday…
I have forgiven Oshiomhole – Tony Anenih
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The former Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenihn has declared that…
I have solutions to Edo problems, says Peter Esele
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Ahead of the September 10 governorship election in Edo State, a former National President of Petroleum and Natural…
NDDC boss hails Oshiomhole for his support
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, has commended the…
Why we are yet to conduct LG elections – EDSIEC
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Edo State Independent Electoral Commission (EDSIEC) on Wednesday ascribed their inability to conduct local…
PDP’s eight-year rule in Edo was unsatisfactory – Owie
A former Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate and member of the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State, Roland Owie,…
N11.3m Fraud: Court adjourns ex-Akoko Edo council boss’ trial
The trial of former Chairman, Akoko Edo Local Government Area, Edo State, Hon. Akerejola Joseph Folorunsho and five others slated…
Edo Guber: Things fall apart in PDP as aspirants fight dirty
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Ahead of the September 10 governorship election in Edo state, war of words appear to be causing a…
Tenure expiration: Edo Assembly directs 17 LG Chairmen to hand over
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Chairmen of 17 of the 18 local government areas of Edo state have been directed to hand over…
Edo council chairman reinstated two weeks to end of tenure
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Justice Esohe Ikpomwen of a Benin City High Court on Thursday held that Mr. Osaro Obaze, remains the…
Oshiomhole builds school for IDPs in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Edo state government has built four blocks of classrooms for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at their…
Driver robs passenger to pay child’s hospital bill
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin, have paraded a commercial cab driver, Clement Ogunsola, who was arrested for armed robbery.…
Assault: Mrs Ejemai to sue Edo govt N100mn for loss of pregnancy
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A housewife, Mrs. Oghosa Ejemai, who allegedly lost her seven-week-old pregnancy following an attack by officials of the…
Edo lawmaker’s mother kidnapped
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Unknown gunmen have reportedly kidnapped Madam Abibat Adjoto, mother of a lawmaker in the Edo State House of…
Edo: APC guber aspirant vows to probe Oshiomhole, others, if elected governor
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Ahead of the September 10 governorship election in Edo, an aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives…
I don’t want to die in prison, dismissed cop begs court
Jethro Ibileke/Benie urt A dismissed policeman who was arrested and detained along with three other policemen for allegedly torturing and…
Ogiemwonyi woos delegates ahead of APC primary
A contender for Edo state governorship slot on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Engr. Chris Ogiemwonyi has…
Dan Orbih reelected Edo PDP chairman
Mr Dan Orbih, was on Monday re-elected as Edo Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). There was really no…
Fulfil your promises then we’ll back Obaseki, Communities tell Oshiomhole
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Ahead of the delegate election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo state, holding in June…
Edo abolishes Customary Court of Appeal
Edo State Government has finally abolished the Customary Court of Appeal in the state with the swearing-in on Friday, of…
Edo Guber: Plan to stop some APC aspirants uncovered
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A group, Edo Professionals for Better Tomorrow on Thursday said it has uncovered a plot to stop…
Drama as Edo Assembly plenary ends in shouting match
…I was caught unaware – Speaker Jethro Ibileke/Benin There was mild drama at the Edo State House of Assembly in…
Edo PDP holds peaceful ward congresses
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edo state chapter on Saturday joined other chapters of the party across the…
Edo guber: Group mobilise support for Obaseki
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Ahead of this year’s gubernatorial election in Edo state, political pressure group, Edo Accord Initiatives (EAI) is taking…
Iara Oshiomhole raises N137m for ‘Special Nigerian Children’
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Mrs. Iara Oshiomhole, wife of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, Governor of Edo state, has described Nigerian children as special…