Godwin Obaseki, the Edo State Governor, has made a new new appointment as he appoints, Benjamin Iyase, as a commissioner. In a statement by, Osarodion Ogie, the Edo state Government Secretary, on Thursday said Iyase’s name has been forwarded to the Edo State House of Assembly (EDHA). Ogie’s statement read in part ” Governor of […]
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State and leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have apologised to aggrieved members over the unfair treatment meted to them when they indicated interest to contest in the 2019 primary elections in the state. Mr. Obaseki revealed that “almost 20 court cases arose from those who were deprived of […]
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Former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has said he is ashamed that Godwin Obaseki, Governor of Edo State, and his predecessor, Adams Oshiomhole, are at loggerheads over the control of the state. John Oyegun, who himself is also a former Edo State governor, made his position known in an interview […]
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A group within the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Edo State, have called on Governor Godwin Obaseki to revisit the strange fire that gutted the State Ministry of Education in June 2013, during the administration of former Governor Adams Oshiomhole. Leader of the group, Baba Franco, said the call became necessary, following the failure of […]
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Power supply to parts of Benin city, Edo State, and environ is threatened, following the destruction of a 150MVA transformer, by fire that gutted it. The transformer which belongs to the Transmission Company of Nigeria(TCN), is located at the 330/132/33KVA substation along Sapele road Benin. It was gathered that the fire started at about 8am, […]
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Edo State Police Command on Wednesday barred a group, Joint Action for the Advancement of Democracy in Edo (JAADE), from protesting the crisis rocking the Edo State House of Assembly. JAADE is a coalition of groups across the state, including Benin Youth Council (BYC), Esan Progress and Unity Forum (EPUF), Edo North Democratic Frontiers (ENDF), […]
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Ballot box snatching, election result manipulation and loss of lives associated with manual voting might soon be history in Nigeria, following the development of an App that could be use to conduct elections electronically, The App which was developed at Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Edo State, had been successfully tested. The Vice-Chancellor of the […]
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Seven motorists who were arrested by the Edo State Traffic Control Management Agency (EDTSMA) for contravening traffic rules and regulations in Benin City, have completed different forms of community service, as punishment for their offence. Head of Operations, EDTSMA, Osamuyi Macaulay, disclosed this in a statement released at the weekend to journalists in Benin. He […]
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Suspected killers of four police officers, including a pregnant woman at the Afuze police station in Owan East local government area of Edo State, were Wednesday paraded by the police in Benin. The suspects, numbering six, were alleged to have killed the officers, set the station ablaze and set free their colleagues who were arrested for […]
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Osun State Government on Friday said it had discovered 769 workers in the state’s civil service who were working with fake and forged school certificates. Mr Adelani Baderinwa, who is supervising the Information and Strategy Ministry, said in a statement that the discovery was made after five years of screening carried out by a consultancy […]
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