The Commissioner for Information and Orientation in Edo, Mr Chris Nehikhare, has confirmed that the state received trucks of rice from the Federal Government after its initial denial. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nehikhare had in a national television denied that the State Government received...
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Edo State Government has called on the Federal Government to set up a panel to unravel the cause of the shooting that claimed the life of a police officer at Benin Airport gate. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that a police officer attached to the governorship...
Edo Government says it has appealed the judgment of a Federal High Court, which reinstated Mr Phillip Shaibu as the deputy governor of the state. In a statement on Wednesday in Benin, Mr Chris Nehikhare, the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, said due to the appeal, Mr...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Monday in Benin approved the disengagement of the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Samuel Alli, with immediate effect. The Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie, made the disclosure in a statement issued in Benin on Thursday. Ogie also announced the appointment...
The Edo Government on Wednesday condemned the alleged rape and gruesome murder of one Glory Adekolure, a fresh graduate of the University of Benin (UNIBEN). The victim was reportedly raped and killed at Iyowa Community, Benin City, on Thursday, June 13, 2024. A source said that Glory, 22,...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said that the stolen Benin artifacts recently returned to the state would boost its tourism potential . “The artifacts will bring back our status as the tourism hub of the country,” Obaseki told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in...
Edo State Government says plans have been concluded to flush out criminal cult groups and ‘Okaigheles’(youth leaders) from the state. The state government reacted on Sunday to recent attack on soldiers in Okomu community by criminals and cultists. Chris Nehikhare, the State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, spoke...
Edo State Government has began the payment of the N70,000 new minimum wage to workers in the state this month in fulfillment of the promise to increase the minimum wage from May, 2024. It would be recalled that Governor Godwin Obaseki had, during the inauguration of the Labour...
The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) has hailed Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo for increasing the minimum wage for workers in the state from N40,000 to N70,000 . Mr Hakeem Olalemi , Lagos Central Senatorial District Vice Chairman of the party, gave the commendation...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki on Friday flagged off the N1 billion ‘Feed the Hungry’ Initiative through churches and mosques to cushion the effect of economic hardship on the people of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Obaseki, who met with Religious leaders in...
The Secretary, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edo Chapter, Mr Hilary Otsu, has said Governor Godwin Obaseki should be blamed in the absence of a PDP candidate in the upcoming Edo gubernatorial election. Otsu said in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday that...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki on Tuesday called on the Otaru of Auchi, Aliru Momoh, to support his quest to produce a worthy successor. He made the call at the 27th edition of the Auchi Day celebration of the Allah Most High held in Auchi, the administrative Headquarters...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki and his deputy, Philip Shaibu on Friday, congratulated the Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, on the occasion of the annual Igue Festival in Benin on Thursday. The governor said: “On the joyous occasion of the 2023 Igue...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki on Tuesday presented a budget of N325.3billion for 2024 to the state House of Assembly for approval. Presenting the budget christened ”Budget of Home Run and Finishing Strong”, Obaseki said it was made up of N178 billion capital expenditure and N146 billion recurrent...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has lamented that the suffering of Nigerians currently is unprecedented, pointing out that prices of food items in the country are on the increase. He stated this in an interview with journalists at the end of a closed-door...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has the sole right to determine its candidate for the Sept. 21, 2024 Edo governorship election. Obaseki stated this when he visited Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State in company of former Gov. Udom Emmanuel of...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki on Friday, said that the state operates the highest paid Civil and public service in Nigeria, thereby consciously laying a solid foundation for the future of the state. Obaseki made this known during the seventh edition of the Alaghodaro summit, organised by...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has said the late Esogban and Odionwere of Benin Kingdom, Chief David Edebiri, was a father who represented the essence of the Benin tradition. Obaseki said this on Friday, while paying tribute to the late number two palace chief in Benin Kingdom, after...
Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has accepted the public apology by his deputy, Philip Shaibu, but noted that “his aberrant behaviour contradicts what the people of Edo stand for. “To name a few, the deputy governor needlessly filed unfounded petitions in the Nigerian courts restraining me, the State...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has won in all 18 Local Government Areas in the Edo State local government election held on Saturday, according to results released by the state independent electoral commission. The election was held in all the 18 local government areas of the state covering...