Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo says security will top his administration’s priority list in 2019 to ensure the state is stabilised before, during and after the general elections scheduled to hold this year. The governor made this known when he received the outgoing 4 Brigade Commander, Brig.-Gen Ibrahim Garuba and his successor, Brig.-Gen Greg Omoregbe […]
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Members of the Edo Civil Society Organisations (EDOCSO), have threatens to drag Edo State Ministry of Environment to court for violating the court’s judgement barring it from collecting waste from citizens of the state and charging them for it. President of the group, Comrade Omobude Agho, disclosed this on Monday in Benin, while speaking on […]
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, Monday ordered the arrest of officials of Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) for allegedly removing a transformer bought and installed by members of Ihovbor Community in Uhunmwode Local Government Area of the State. The Governor gave the order while receiving members of Ihovbor Community led by Chief Tony Otakpolor, […]
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State Monday explained that he has never called any journalisits to query a news report because he is a “believer of press freedom.” The Governor who stated this when members of Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Edo State Council, paid him a courtesy visit. He pledged […]
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No fewer than 72 suspects have been arrested by the Edo State Police Command for allegedly terrorising Benin metropolis over the past few weeks. The suspects who were paraded on Tuesday, were arrested at various points in the Benin metropolis for offences ranging from armed robbery, cultism and kidnapping. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr […]
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The Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Kabiru Adjoto, has raised the alarm over the influx of commercial sex workers around the Legislative Quarters, in Benin, the State capital. Adjoto raised the alarm on Monday, during the ministerial briefing by the State Commissioner for Youth and Special Duties, Mika Amanokha, at the […]
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The enormous cases of human trafficking have forced the Edo state government to dedicate two courts to accelerate hearing of such cases. The Edo Chief Judge, Justice Esohe Ikponmwen, who spoke on the designated courts urged the judges to rise above sentiments in the dispensation of justice, be firm and not swayed by name dropping. […]
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The Edo State Government has secured a licence from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), to generate and use electricity in its offices as well as in the proposed Benin Industrial Park (BIP). The State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, who made the announcement weekend, at the commissioning of the 1X60MVA, 132/33KV Power Transformer at the […]
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Teachers of public schools in Edo State under the aiges of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), have condemned the State Government’s education policy of keeping pupils in public schools beyond 1.45 pm closing hour. Also condemned by the teachers is the abolition of leisure/sporting activities due to over-crowding of learning and curriculum contents. The […]
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An employee of Edo State’s Public Works Volunteers, simply identified as Fred (aka Biggie) has reportedly raped a middle-aged mother of five children to death, in Benin, the State capital. The incident which allegedly occurred at the Ramat Park axis, along the Benin-Agbor road, in the Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of the state, on Thursday, […]
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