Okomu Oil Palm Coy donates equipment to police
BENIN CITY – The Okomu Oil Palm Company (OOPC) Limited has extended its Corperated Social Responsibility (CSR) programme to the Edo State Police Command with donation of equipment and furniture to the...
View ArticleAgriculture: Auchi Gives 5,000 Hectres of Land to FG
AUCHI – The Otaru of Auchi, His Royal Highness, Aliru Momoh, Ikelebe III has donated 5,000 hectres of land to the Federal Government for agriculture purpose. The donation, it was gathered, is part of...
View ArticleLow turn out as schools resume for 3rd Term
BENIN CITY – Academic activities resumed yesterday in both private and public primary and secondary schools in Benin City, Edo State despite the rumoured postponement of the 2016/2017 3rd term...
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Obaseki assures local government pensioners of arrears
Local government pensioners in Edo State, yesterday, protested non-payment of their entitlements as they visited the Edo State Government House where Deputy Governor Phillip Shaibu addressed their...
View ArticleFire Destroy Properties Worth Millions In Benin
Benin City – Properties worth millions of Naira have been destroyed in an inferno, after a cooking gas shop exploded along Edo United street, off Agbor road, Benin city, due to leakage from one of the...
View ArticleEdo Govt Wants Sustainable Salary,Pensions pay System For Local Govt – Deputy...
Benin city – Edo state Deputy Governor Rt Hon Comrade Philip Shaibu has restated the state government’s determination to ensure a sustainable system of prompt payment of salary and pensioners...
View ArticleEdo-Azura power plans attracts World Bank, IMF interest
The Edo State Government’s performance index in promoting Independent Power Plants (IPP) as a business model and opening up economic opportunities has received international recognition, as it became...
View ArticleEdo Govt. set to prosecute forest reserve encroachers
Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki said his administration is set to prosecute and punish those encroaching on the state’s forest reserve, especially Ogba Zoological Garden in Ogba Community of the...
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Edo Govt set to receive 2.6m treated mosquito nets, as Deputy Gov Inspects...
Edo state government is to commence immediate renovation of its Central Medical Stores in Benin City, in preparation for the receipt of about 2.6 million insecticide treated mosquito nets to be...
View ArticleEdo Govt assures persons with disabilities of continued support
Edo state government has assured of continued support for Persons with Disabilities towards harnessing their potentials for meaningful contribution to the wellbeing of society. Secretary to the State...
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Prof Babalola Borishade, former Minister, is dead
Abuja – Prof Babalola Borishade, 71, Former Minister of Education is dead. Borishade died in London on Wednesday in London after a brief illness. He was initially rushed to Reddington Hospital in...
View ArticlePresident Buhari not harassing Jonathan’s family – Presidency
Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari is not harassing the family of former President Goodluck Jonathan as being alleged by the ex-president, the Presidency said on Wednesday. Mr Femi Adesina, the...
View ArticleReps summon IGP over alleged invasion of Sen. Goje’s residence
Abuja – The House of Representatives has given the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, 24 hours to return all documents relating to the 2017 Appropriation Bill taken away from Sen. Danjuma...
View ArticleEdo Deputy Gov congratulates Insurance fc on victory over crown fc
Benin city – Edo state Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon Philip Shaibu has congratulated Bendel Insurance Football Club of Benin on their convincing victory over Crown FC of Osogbo in the match day 10 of the...
View ArticleGroup Stresses Need For Africa States To Unite
Makurdi – A group, The Pan Africa Federalist Movement (PAFM), Nigeria, have stressed the need for Africa states to unite, irrespective of religious, ethnic, and political differences, to foster...
View ArticleEdo rainstorm victims seeks govt.’s assistance
Okpella (Edo) – Victims of rainstorm disasters in Etsako East and Akoko Edo Local Government Areas of Edo have renewed their appeal to the government for assistance. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
View ArticleFalse assets declaration: Absence of prosecution witnesses stalls Saraki’s trial
Abuja – The absence of prosecution witnesses on Thursday in Abuja at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) again stalled the trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki. The senate president is standing trial...
View ArticleRecession: Don says Emefiele’s expectation, realistic
Abuja – A don, Prof. Uche Uwaleke, has expressed optimism that Nigeria would get out of recession soon as predicted by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele. Uwaleke, the Head of...
View ArticleNEITI commences 2015, 2016 audit of oil, gas sector – ES
Abuja, April 27, 2017 (NAN) The Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative(NEITI) on Thursday said it had commenced a comprehensive independent audit of the nation’s oil and gas sector that...
View ArticleLaundering: Court rejects plea bargain for INEC official
Lagos – A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday held that a plea bargain agreement between the EFCC and an INEC official charged with money laundering, cannot avail the accused. Justice Mohammed...
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