Health authorities in Edo State on Monday confirmed two fresh cases of Lassa Fever in the State. The Director of Primary Health Care in Akoko-Edo Local Government Council of Edo, Dr Sunday Yerumoh, made the confirmation in Igarra. He disclosed that the patients were quickly admitted in the Surveillance Unit of the local government health […]
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The Edo State Government yesterday announced the immediate ban on the use of all premises of public schools, roads and other public places for social events. The ban was contained in a press statement signed by the Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Hon. Paul Ohonbamu. The government explained that it frowns at the behavior and […]
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of five persons in a road traffic accident involving several vehicles on the Benin-Auchi road in Edo, on Saturday. Mr Bisi Kazeem, FRSC Public Education Officer, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that 10 persons were injured in the incident that occurred […]
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The Edo State House of Assembly, today, confirmed 18 nominees sent to it by Governor Godwin Obaseki as commissioners. The nominees were cleared eight days after the list was read during plenary on June 20, 2017. Obaseki had in a letter dated June 19 and addressed to the Speaker, Dr. Justin Okonoboh, urged the House […]
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he Edo Government has resolved to set up a foundry and fabrication village in an effort to spur skill and technological development and fast track the industrialisation of the state. The state has therefore signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigeria Institute of Welding (NIW) to assist to establish the planned Fabrication Village […]
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The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on Sunday said it has arrested a notorious human trafficker and rescued three victims from his residence in Benin. Mr Josiah Emerole, the Head, Press and Public Relations, NAPTIP, said this in a statement issued in Abuja. Emerole disclosed that the 33-year-old man, Monday […]
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Governor Godwin Obaseki, of Edo state, on Wednesday suspended top officials of Egor Local Government Council over alleged negligence of duty and coming late to work. Those affected were the Head of Service, Rachel Oriefo and all Heads of Departments of the council for the same offence. The governor gave the order for their suspension owhen […]
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The Federal Government has constructed a borehole with overhead tank at the oil-rich Gelegele Community in Edo to put an end to many years of water scarcity in the community. The project was executed through the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) of the Federal Government. The Coordinator of PAP, Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh (rtd), told the News […]
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Members of the All Progressives Congress in Edo State are in high spirit, as the Edo Election Petition Tribunal on Friday upheld the election of Mr Godwin Obaseki as governor of Edo. In a two-hour ruling read by the Chairman of the three-man panel, Justice Ahmed Badamasi, the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party […]
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The Edo Government has declared Friday public holiday in honour of the late Samuel Ogbemudia, former governor of the defunct Mid-West Region and Bendel. John Mayaki, the Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Godwin Obaseki, said this in a statement he issued on Wednesday in Benin. He said the holiday was to enable the people of […]
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