Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, on Monday, lamented on the state of the nation. The governor spoke on Monday in Benin-City, when he received leading presidential aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to discuss the party’s zoning formula ahead of the 2023 General Elections. They include the Governors of Sokoto and Bauchi States, […]
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The President, Muhammadu Buhari has hailed the former Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, describing him as the voice of the voiceless. A statement signed by Femi Adesina said that Buhari joins leaders and members of the APC in celebrating with the former national chairman of the APC on his 70th birthday, April 4, […]
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, has mourned renowned mathematician and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin, Prof. Grace Alele-Williams. The governor, in a statement, described ever female Vice-Chancellor of a Nigerian university as an amazon, who trod where others dreaded, hailing her unmatched devotion to national development. Obaseki noted that Alele-Williams restored sanity […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has urged nations, institutions, private and public bodies, to return Nigeria’s artifacts in their possession. The President had made the call on Monday in reaction to Britain’s handover of Okukur and the Head of Oba of Benin bronzes, to the monarch, HRH Oba Ewuare II. The artifacts were taken away […]
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The Monarch of the Benin kingdom, Oba Ewuare II has received two of the artefacts – Okpa (Cockerel) and Uhunwun Elao (Oba head) looted from Benin Kingdom during the 1897 British military expedition. The returned cockerel, valued at £2million and the Oba’s head, valued and insured for £500,000 pounds, were on Saturday presented to the Oba by […]
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Barring any last-minute changes, a 2,500 barrel per day (bpd) modular refinery, five megawatts power plant, 40-million-scf gas processing facility, and a data centre, among others, will come on stream in Edo state by March 2022 after necessary regulatory certifications from the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Regulatory Authority (NMDRA). This was the content of a […]
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Okomu Oil Palm Company located in Edo State, has suspended operations, the firm disclosed on Thursday. Managing Director, Dr Graham Hefer, who made the disclosure in a chat with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday, said the development followed an attack on the firm on Tuesday. Hefer, who described the invasion as a “terrorist […]
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The Edo State command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), has arrested six persons for alleged illegal gold mining in Ojirame-Afe, Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of the state. Commandant of the Corps in the state, Aniekan Udoeyop, made the disclosure on Friday, in Benin. Udoeyop represented by the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Richard Ogbebor, said […]
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A suspected ‘Yahoo boy’ who was identified as Osa has reportedly killed his girlfriend identified as Miss Elohor Oniorosa, for alleged ritual purposes. The ‘Yahoo-Yahoo’ business is formally known as cyber fraud in Nigeria but the perpetrators have added a ritual angle to the criminal business in recent times. However, it was gathered that the […]
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Nigeria’s Supreme Court has dismissed a certificate forgery suit brought against Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State seeking for his ouster in the September 19, 2020 election. The apex court in the judgment delivered on Friday by Justice Emmanuel Agim held that the appeal filed by the All Progressive Congress, APC and its chieftain, Williams […]
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