Edo State
Newly sworn-in Governor of Edo State, Governor Monday Okpebholo, has ordered the freezing of all state-owned bank accounts with immediate effect until further notice. A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Fred Itua, revealed that all banks, heads of ministries, departments, and agencies have been warned to adhere strictly to the order. Additionally, the […]
To bring an end to his eight-year tenure in office as the Executive Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has been alleged to have escaped the country for fear of being probed. The claims were made by the governor-elect, Monday Okpebholo, in a statement that Obaseki has left Nigeria through a land border due […]
One million dollars was demanded by the All Progressives Congress Campaign Council as a yardstick for its Governorship candidate in Edo State, Monday Okpebholo, to grant an interview on Arise TV station. On Monday, the new media campaign team of the party revealed that Okpebholo was not running away from interviews but had […]
The Delta state Attorney General Ekemejero Ohwovoriole , SAN, and the State Commissioner of Transport Hon. Onoriode Agofure as well as the Board of Internal Revenue DBIR have called on the striking Union of Tippers and Quarry Employers of Nigeria UTQEM to suspend its ongoing strike as the State Government would look into the issues […]
A cyber-security specialist, Mr Chidiebere Ihediwa has given his advice to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to start re-orientating arrested educated online fraudsters aka Yahoo Boys to become information technology specialists. Ihediwa said if the EFCC could make a new move and re-strategise, those Yahoo boys arrested and allowed to languish in detention […]
The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has been denied access to his old office at the Government House in Benin, the state capital. According to sources Shaibu arrived at the Governor’s office and tried forcing his way into Governor Godwin Obaseki’s office with his security aides. One of the sources at the […]
The remains of Rev. Fr Charles O. Ighechi, a priest of the Catholic Archdiocese of Benin, was found on the street of Ikpoba Hill in Benin City, Edo State. The priest was shot dead by gunmen on Wednesday along Agbor Road in the Ikhueniro axis of Benin. According to a statement on Thursday […]
With the increase of pump prices across the country by the removal of fuel subsidy by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the government of Edo State has announced an increase in the minimum wage from N30,000 to N40,000 in the state. The state governor, Godwin Obaseki announced on Tuesday and also reduced the number of […]
Eyewitnesses said yesterday that the kidnappers that attacked a sub-station of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC in Igueben, Edo State and abducted over 30 passengers and staff on Saturday, struck because the train station was not protected by security men. This came as Edo State Government confirmed that at least one of the […]
The governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki, has said that the federal government’s plan to redesign the naira notes is a political move. It was during the inauguration of the Edo Peoples Democratic Party Women Campaign Council on Wednesday at the presidential campaign secretariat in Benin, the governor made the statement. On October […]
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