Edo State

Funke Osibodu, the Managing Director of BEDC, told newsmen in Benin that the six outstanding TCN failed transformers have yet to be repaired.

A statement issued by the Special Adviser to the Edo Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Crusoe Osagie on Wednesday, noted that preparations were in top gear to give the president a grand reception.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in Edo said it had arrested two suspected drug peddlers for allegedly smuggling cannabis in Etsako area of the state.

Dr Osazuwa Innocent, a Medical Officer with Benin-based Calvary Estate Hospital, Edo, says sore throat can lead to other complications in human body, if not treated immediately.

The Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, who made the announcement at a press conference in Edo Government House, Benin, said the state was poised to re-enact its prominence in sports.

Emmanuel Alex-Hart, the State Resident Electoral Commissioner, made the disclosure in Benin on Tuesday.

The Benin Zonal Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has arrested a suspected human trafficker who escaped from Delta.

Oshiomhole, a former Governor of Edo State, made the denial on Sunday in Benin, the Edo State capital, after an interdenominational thanksgiving service to mark the second year in office of his successor, Governor Godwin Obaseki.

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has left for the United States of America after his quizzing over the weekend by the Department of State Services.

The ILS, a radio navigation system which provides aircraft with horizontal and vertical guidance before and during landing, is being installed at the airport.

The priests were said to be on their way to Ekpoma in Edo State when they were waylaid by the armed gang.

Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed disclosed this at the Nigeria Governors’ Forum Secretariat’s 4th Annual National Peer Learning Event on Wednesday in Abuja.

The party said it is privy to the pressure from the Buhari Presidency on the DSS, which reportedly detained and grilled Oshiomhole to let him off the hook for fears that his investigation will unearth the complicity of the Presidency and…

The Edo Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested four suspects for allegedly impersonating members of the corps.

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo has congratulated the management and players of Bendel Insurance Football Club for defeating 3SC of Ibadan and gaining promotion to the Nigeria Premier League.

Oba Ewuare, who is visiting the Federal Capital Territory a second time since he ascended the throne, was received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport by elated sons and daughters from Edo State.

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 Independent National Electoral Commission says it will begin display of voters’ register at various polling units across the state from November 6 to 12.

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Tuesday declared a three-day mourning period in honour of late elder statesman, Chief Tony Anenih.

Abubakar said this in a statement issued by his Media Aide, Paul Ibe, on Monday in Abuja.