No fewer than 300 shops and goods worth millions of Naira were on Saturday night destroyed by fire that engulfed Santana Market on Sapele Road in Benin City, Edo State.
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The FIFA inspection team, which arrived in Nigeria on Monday on an inspection tour of facilities for the hosting of the 2020 edition of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, has expressed satisfaction at the state of facilities in Benin City, the Edo State Capital.
President of Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick and a five-man inspection team from the world football governing body, FIFA, arrived Benin City on Tuesday for inspection of sports facilities.
Some residents of Benin City in Edo State have expressed shock over the postponement of the general elections by one week by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Edo athletes on Tuesday shut the gates of the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City, venue of the state’s training camp for the 19th National Sports Festival, against their coaches and other workers at the sports arena.
Muhammad Mustafa, the state Commissioner of Police, made this known on Tuesday in Asaba during a familiarisation visit of the AIG, Zone 5, Benin-City.
Women in the All Progressives Congress in Edo State have urged the party to consider including some of them as as candidates for the 2019 general election.
The corpse of foremost industrialist and philanthropist, Dr. Iyayi Efionayi, on Monday arrived the Benin airport in preparation for burial slated to take place in his country home in Egba, Uhunmwode Local Government Area of Edo, on a date to be announced by the family.
The announcement coincided with a reception to welcome Ernest and the other Most Valuable Player in the 2017 finals, Iyobor Arase, after a weeklong training tour in The Netherlands.
The accused, according to the commission’s spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, will appear in a Federal High Court in Benin City for purportedly receiving N700 million prior to the 2015 general elections.
Obaseki disclosed that the site for the facility had been acquired and that the design was ready, but explained that certain approvals were being awaited from NPS Headquarters in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the incident occurred early Thursday morning at number 53 Obakhavbaye Street, Benin City.
Obeahon Ohiwerei, the MD/CEO, Keystone Bank Limited; and the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, during the presentation of sweepers’ jacket by the bank to the Edo State Government at the Governor’s Office in Benin City, Edo State
This was disclosed by the Commissioner on Infrastructure, Hon. Osahon Amiolemen, at the Government House in Benin City during a chat with journalists on the state’s efforts at developing infrastructure across the state..
The state government, in a statement, said it has gotten an avalanche of requests from companies angling to clinch vantage points at the summit, which is primed to showcase the state’s domesticated version of the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan and vast investment opportunities in agriculture, industries, healthcare, education, infrastructure, among others.
The Executive Chairman of the Edo State Property and Development Authority, Isoken Omo, disclosed this in a chat with journalists on Thursday at the Government House, Benin City.
Christened: “Alaghodaro,” meaning “progress”, the three-day summit will bring together local and international business leaders and investors, bankers, financiers, industry experts, policymakers, the diplomatic community and the academia to explore Edo State’s rich potential across various sectors.
In a statement issued after an emergency Executive Council meeting held at the Government House in Benin City, the Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Paul Ohonbamu, said the downward review was occasioned by the sub-optimal performance of the nation’s macro-economic environment.
Obaseki disclosed this in Government House, Benin City on Wednesday while fielding questions from journalists on the measures his administration has put in place to check the violent crimes in parts of the state.
The Guardian Newspaper of the United Kingdom in a recent feature on the story of cities, wrote of Europeans’ perception of Benin City and called it the “Great City of Benin” at a time when there was hardly any other place in Africa the Europeans acknowledged as a city. Indeed, they classified Benin City as “one of the most beautiful and best-planned cities in the world”.