President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday sought approval of National Assembly for USD 75 million credit facilities for Edo state government…
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Edo State has given a seven-day notice to illegal occupiers of government land in Benin City, the state capital, and…
In a statement, the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Louis Odion said: “we read with deep shock claims that the Government of Edo State owes workers five months salary arrears. Nothing could be more misleading and mischievous
The tribunal secretary said the House of Representatives petition was filed by Oladele Balogun of the Peoples Democratic Party, who was challenging the election of Peter Akpatason of the All Progressives Congress
The governor said: “We have tried in the past to call the Chairman to have a good working relationship with his Executives. We have decided to set up a committee of enquiry to investigate these allegations, both financial and non-financial, and in the provisions of the appropriate legislations of the Local Government law, I have decided to exercise the powers vested in me to suspend the Chairman during this period for the committee to investigate all the allegations and submit the report to me
Edo State is being governed by the All Progressives Congress
A youth leader of the All Progressives Congress was on Saturday allegedly clubbed to death and his body set ablaze…
Speaking after a road walk tagged: “March for Buhari,” which started from Oba Ovoranwen Square, the city Centre, and culminated in a mass rally in the New Benin area of Benin, the state capital, on Monday, Oshiomhole said Nigerians have the opportunity on Saturday to vote out the government, which has failed them in the past 16 years
The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that the 18 local government councils in Edo State embarked on indefinite strike on February 2 to protest nonpayment of staff salaries
Speaking at the ceremony in Government House, Oshiomhole said, “Edo State Government believes that the best way to support widows is to empower them. First is to get yourselves busy and possibly to even employ one or other persons to help you to run a micro business courtesy of this programme
“My understanding is that these cards are not just for this election but also for future elections and if you sell yours now, the process of reproducing new ones may not be that easy
In his message to the people of the state, the governor said while many Peoples Democratic Party-controlled states are unable to pay salaries in arrears of three to four months, the Edo State Government has met its salary obligation up to date.
Speaking at the commissioning of the hospital project which was first conceptualized but abandoned over 25 years ago, Tinubu, who is also a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, said with the commissioning of the hospital and other projects in the state, Governor Oshiomhole has introduced infrastructural development revolution to Edo State
Rising from a National Conference with the theme: “Esan & National Development,” held under the aegis of Ikolo Esan, an umbrella socio-cultural organisation floated to promote the interest of the people, at the weekend in Ekpoma, Edo State, they expressed the fear that the Esan language may die because their children are not being sufficiently encouraged to speak the language
Exercise at Ward 10, Iyamho, Etsako Central Local Government Area of the state, Oshiomhole said bus loads of mercenaries were imported into the state and were given cover by suspected soldiers
Dr. Emmanuel Agbo, the Chairman of the Benue State Chapter of the PDP has pledged to conduct free and fair ward congresses across the 274 council wards in the state
The workers, in their hundreds, drawn from the College of Education, Ekiadolor; College of Education, Igueben; the Institute of Science and Technology, Usen; and College of Agriculture, Iguoriakhi, all wore black attires during the protest
In a statement issued in Abuja on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said based on the ease with which the thugs invaded a facility that should be well secured and the ample time they had to damage over 30 cars and inflict injuries on
legislators and their families, there is no question that the attack was carried out with the collusion of the lawless PDP and the increasingly-partisan police
They tied up the security man at the gate and met no further resistance after gaining entrance, as the policemen attached to the lawmakers were said to have been withdrawn earlier in the week on orders from above
President Jonathan, who assured the people of the state that the Federal Government will work with the private sector to grow the economy, hailed the project, which was conceptualized in 2010 and jointly incubated by the Edo State Government under Comrade Adams Eric Oshiomhole and Amaya Capital, the key promoters of Azura Power West Africa Limited as a first in many ways