Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, on Sunday banned grazing in two communities attacked by suspected herdsmen in the state. The affected communities include Odighi and Odiguete, in the Ovia North-East Local Government Area of the state. Obaseki also ordered the arrest of any erring herdsman during the period of the ban, which he said […]
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The Edo State Government has announced a special environmental sanitation, slated for Saturday, April 7, to afford residents opportunity to clean up their surroundings and improve sanitation in the state. The state has also repositioned the Project Clean up Edo Committee headed by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Osarodion Ogie, Esq., as a […]
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, Wednesday wielded the big stick, as he fired the Commissioner of Environment and Sustainability, Mr. Reginald Okun. Also fired by the governor was the General Manager of the State Waste Management Board, Mr. Aiyamenkue Akonofua, who was retired. This is even as he directed that the Permanent Secretary in […]
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Edo State governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has ordered the police, the State Security Service (SSS), and other security agencies in the state to fish out herdsmen who allegedly killed five persons in the state. In the declaration of the state government on Sunday, it was alledged that three persons and not five were killed by […]
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The Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has taken time to advise newly-elected local government chairmen in the state to embrace accountability in administering their councils. Mr. Obaseki stated this at the Government House in Benin on Monday, while swearing in the chairmen for the 18 local government areas in the state, elected on […]
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Irrespective of the non-participation of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Edo State Local Government council election, yesterday, there was a massive turn out of voters in some areas in the the 18 Council areas and 192 Wards. Voters turned out early in many voting centres events as electoral materials arrived late in some […]
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The Edo State Government has earmarked 25 new roads for construction across the state in the coming weeks, as it intensifies efforts to deliver projects that will transform the socio-economic landscape of the state. Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Osarodion Ogie Esq., disclosed this during a chat with journalists, in Benin City, Edo State. […]
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Godwin Obaseki, Governor of Edo state, has ordered the arrest of two employees of BUA International Limited over alleged violation of a ‘stop work order’ issued by the ministry of mines and steel. The order was given due to a dispute involving BUA and Dangote Group on the ownership of Obu mine site located in the […]
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The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has signed the state’s 2018 appropriation bill as passed by the Edo State House of Assembly, into law. At the signing ceremony in Government House, Benin City, on Friday, Mr. Obaseki said the speedy passage of the appropriation bill was remarkable as it shows the harmony between the […]
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, on Wednesday presented a budget proposal of N146bn to the House Assembly for the 2018 fiscal year. The appropriation bill tagged, “Budget of Growth,” is said to have a 15 per cent nominal increase over that of 2017 and would be used to consolidate on the infrastructural and socio-economic […]
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