The Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State has called on the National Assembly to legalise the use of card readers in elections in the country.
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Mary Onyali, a former Nigerian sprinter, has expressed satisfaction with the standard of tartan tracks laid at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin, Edo State.
No fewer than 700 athletes drawn from the 18 local government areas of Edo State are participating in the 3rd Edo State Sports Festival declared open on Monday by Governor Godwin Obaseki.
No fewer than 100 Civil Society Organisations are to meet in Benin, the Edo State capital, on Tuesday to discuss the implementation of Nigeria’s Freedom of Information Act in the state.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has fixed September 19 as the date for the governorship election in Edo State and October 10 for Ondo State governorship poll.
The Edo State Government on Wednesday demolished T. Latifa Hotel belonging to Tony Adun, also known as Kabaka, located in Ugbor area of Benin.
The Torch of Unity for the forthcoming National Sports festival, tagged: “Edo 2020,” was on Tuesday received by the Governor of Niger State, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, at the Government House, Minna.
The factional Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress in Edo State, Joseph Osagiede, on Monday accused the National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, of being responsible for the violence in the state.
Rev. Father Andrew Ihonda-Ovienloba of St. Andrew’s Catholic Church, Aruogba in Oredo Local Government area of Edo State has disclosed that robbers broke into his office and stole a huge amount of money belonging to the church.
The Chief Head of BEDC in the state, Abel Enechaziam, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Saturday in Benin.
Speaking to journalists after the inauguration, the governor described the secretariat as a world class.
Obaseki made this known in a statement issued on Monday by Crusoe Osagie, his Special Adviser on Media and Communication Strategy.
Speaking to newsmen after inspecting the facility, the governor expressed satisfaction with the pace and quality of work being done.
Adams Oshiomhole, the National Chairman of the All Progress Congress, says he is playing local politics because he does not want to be a leader that cannot win any election in his state.
This was contained in a statement on Saturday by the Founder/Executive Director of BHI, Priscilla Usiobaifo, who said she is pleased with the verdict against Vincent Akande for the brutal rape of a teenage girl at Ososo Community in Edo State.
Okundia made this known during a Lassa fever committee meeting, chaired by the state Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, and representative of the World Health Organization.
The Edo State Government on Thursday said it recorded eight deaths out of a total of 175 cases of Lassa Fever since the current outbreak of the epidemic in the state.
The Edo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the 2015 Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law before the state governorship election, scheduled for August.
The immediate past Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Alhaji Kabiru Adjoto, says he is set to release a three-hour documentary “exposing Adams Oshiomhole’s dark waters”.
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Peter Esele, said on Friday that the Independent National Electoral Commission should take all the blame for the verdict of the Supreme Court on the Imo State election.