Tag: Edo State
LAPO, Edo state strike partnership deal
The Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO) said it will support the Edo state government to achieve an effective health service…
Edo begins digital registration of workers
The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki on Saturday said that the digital registration of all workers across the 18…
Kickboxer Kamaru Usman gets rousing reception in Edo
World welterweight kickboxing champion Kamaru Usman on Wednesday received a rousing welcome at the airport in Benin.
Job recruitment: Edo conducts CBT for 4,000 applicants
No fewer than 4, 000 job applicants have undergone Computer Based Test (CBT), for recruitment into the Edo state civil…
Edo to spend N3bn on economic recovery programme
Edo state government will spend over N3 billion to implement the Covid-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus Programme.
Edo fish sellers protest incessant price increase
Amalgamated fish sellers in Edo state, under the aegis of Traders’ Welfare Union of Nigeria, on Thursday protest alleged incessant…
COVID-19: Edo receives 81,080 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine
The Edo state government says it has taken delivery of 81,080 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines from the federal government.
Edo woman begs kidnappers to release husband, son
Mrs. Augustina Osakwe, whose husband, Mr. Godwin Osakwe, was kidnapped with their 17-year-old son, has appealed to their abductors to…
Defamation: Obaseki’s ex-aide, Haruna threatens lawsuit against Edo APC chieftains
A former Special Adviser on Security to Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state, Haruna Yusuf Abiona, has threatened a lawsuit…
Normalcy returns to Edo community where revenue collector stabbed to death
Normalcy has gradually returned to Ogheghe community, in Ikpoba-Okha local government area of Edo state, after a revenue collector simply…
Alleged herdsmen attack: Protesters storm Obaseki’s office with corpse
Relatives took the corpse one of the victims of the latest alleged killings by herdsman in Edo to Governor's Office…
NDLEA storms drug village in Edo, recovers N1.4b worth of cannabis
The suspected illicit drug village had four large cannabis warehouses with 233,778 kilogrammes of dried weeds suspected to be cannabis.
4 die of COVID-19 complications in Edo, one in Borno
Four out of the five COVID-19 fatalities recorded on Wednesday came from Edo and one from Borno, according to the…
COVID-19: Edo court sentences 17 curfew violators to community service
By Jethro Ibileke/Benin An Edo mobile court on Monday convicted 17 persons for violating the curfew imposed by the state…
COVID-19 cases slump in Nigeria, Edo only state with fatalities
Edo was the odd one out on Sunday to report COVID-19 fatalities out of Nigeria's 36 states, as new cases…
COVID-19: Panic in Edo as 39 healthcare workers test positive in 72 hours
By Jethro Ibileke/Benin The fight against Coronavius (Covid-19), in Edo could be heading to crisis, as the state government announced…
Police assaulted me after raping my six-year-old daughter – Petitioner
By Muhaimin Olowoporoku Mr. Okehielem Onyema, a petitioner at the Edo State judicial panel narrated on Tuesday how he was…
Edo man collects N43K from POS operator, leaves wife, 3 kids as collateral
A middle-aged man identified as David, has reportedly abandoned his wife and three children at a Point of Sale (POS)…
NUT tells Edo teachers to shun government’s pension scheme
The Edo chapter of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has directed its members to shun enrollment into the state government’s…
COVID-19: Edo records 2 deaths, 18 new cases
By Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Godwin Obaseki confirmed that 18 new cases of COVID-19 and two more deaths were recorded in…
COVID-19: Edo calls for protection of the elderly
Edo Government on Monday urged residents in the state to ensure they protected the elderly, adjudged most vulnerable to COVID-19,…
Edo: Five kidnapped victims regain freedom after paying ransom
Five of the victims that were kidnapped on Tuesday, along the Benin-Auchi road, were on Thursday set free by their…
Edo jailbreak: Obaseki mulls pardon for inmates who stayed back
By Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state, on Friday disclosed that a website will soon be launched with…
Two feared killed, 10 abducted as gunmen hijack bus in Edo
By Jethro Ibileke Two persons were feared killed while about 10 passengers were abducted in a hijack of a commercial…
Gunmen kidnap 8 passengers in Edo
By Jethro Ibileke Eight passengers traveling in a commercial bus between Okhuessan and Emu, in Esan south-east local government area…
Residents of Benin to enjoy 24-hour electricity from Ossiomo IPP
By Jethro Ibileke Residential homes, offices and businesses within vicinity of Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, in Benin, Edo state, will soon…
AFCON qualifier: Edo govt assures Super Eagles of security
Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has assured a safe atmosphere for players, spectators and other visitors the state would…
Obaseki promises 60 percent cabinet posts to youths, relaxes curfew
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has assured youths in the state of 60 per cent representation in his new cabinet…
#EndSARS: Gov. Obaseki meets protesters, reviews curfew
By Jethro Ibileke Edo Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has reviewed the 24-hours curfew imposed on the State last Monday when…
#EndSARS: ‘Hoodlums’ celebrate members who escaped from prisons in Benin
By Jethro Ibileke Some suspected hoodlums have held parties to celebrate the escape of their gang members and friends’ from…