Edo to unveil technical education for graduates
Opportunities for skill acquisition would soon to be open to graduates in Edo as the State government promised, on Wednesday, to launch platforms on technical education for graduates to become...
View ArticleCouncil officials absent as Obaseki storms Egor LG
Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday, paid a surprise visit to Egor Local Government Council by 8:20AM, where he vowed to punish senior officials for late coming and dereliction of...
View ArticleEdo Govt, Okomu Park partner on forest preservation
The Government of Edo State has revealed that it would collaborate with the management of Okomu Natural Park to ensure the preservation and protection of the rain forest park and its wildlife, while...
View ArticlePolice arrest man caught with fresh human head in Osun
Osogbo – The Police in Osun on Wednesday arrested a 38-year-old man who was caught with a fresh female head and other body parts. The Osun Commissioner of Police, Mr Fimihan Adeoyo, told newsmen in...
View ArticleBill to repeal NDE Act passes second reading at Senate
Abuja – A Bill for an Act to Repeal National Directorate of Employment Act 2004 and establish National Youth Employment and Development Agency scaled through second reading at the Senate on Wednesday....
View ArticleAppeal court upholds Governor Obaseki’s victory
The Court of Appeal sitting in Benin City to hear Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu and People’s Democratic Party (PDP’s) Appeal against the Election Petition Tribunal Judgement on the September 26 election...
View ArticleEdo election petition: Obaseki, Oshiomhole applaud Appeal Court’s Verdict
Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, on Friday, praised the judgement of the Court of Appeal, which upheld his victory at the September 28, 2016 Governorship Election, alongside former governor Adams...
View ArticleInadvisability Of PDP’s Wild Goose Chase To Osadebay Avenue
There is no denying the fact that the phrase, “Wild goose chase”, simply means a hopeless quest. The phrase is noted to be one of the plethoras of Shakespearian phrases which was first recorded in...
View ArticleWe will engage, we will not confront – Osinbajo tells NASS
Abuja – Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, said the executive would continue to engage the legislature in line with democratic principles to ensure that Nigerians enjoyed dividends of democracy. He...
View ArticleObaseki appoints Senior Special Assistants
Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Friday, announced the appointments of Senior Special Assistants (SSAs), saying it would promote inclusive governance and facilitate speedy implementations of...
View Article‘Election petition, salary payment not a problem’ – Obaseki
Following the Court of Appeal in Benin’s judgement upholding his declaration as governor of Edo state on Friday, Governor Godwin Obaseki expressed confidence that his victory would stand because it was...
View ArticleWomen protest activities of herdsmen, killing of woman, 39, in Edo
Elele (Edo) – Hundreds of women in Elele-Uzairue, Etsako West Local Government Area, Edo, on Saturday staged a peaceful protest on Auchi-Okene-Highway, following the killing of a middle-aged woman by...
View ArticleObaseki reintegrating deportees, says NAPTIP DG
Victims of human trafficking deported to Edo state from Italy, Libya, and other parts of the world are being reintegrated into the Nigerian society, by Edo State Government, it emerged last weekend....
View ArticleWhy I chose to collect ransom in dollars – Suspect
Lagos – A suspected kidnap kingpin, popularly known as Evans, who was arrested by police in Lagos on Sunday, said that he chose to collect ransom in dollars to be different from other kidnappers. The...
View Article2 killed again in Benin cult clash near BIU
BENIN CITY-Two persons have again been killed near the Benson Idahosa University (BIU), Ugbor in GRA, Benin City. The killings which brings to three the number of casualties so far recorded in cult...
View Article10.5m out-of-school children ticking time-bomb – Saraki
Abuja – The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has described as “alarming and a ticking time bomb’’ the no fewer than 10.5 million children in the country believed to be out of school. He was...
View ArticleAmnesty office deploys 500 ex-agitators to Edo College of Agriculture
Abuja – The Presidential Amnesty Programme office said on Sunday that it has deployed 500 ex-agitators from the Niger Delta region for training and empowerment in Edo College of Agriculture. The...
View ArticleEdo Guber: When the stone you see coming, bursts your eyes
When I was growing up as a child, my father of blessed memory once counseled me that the stone you see coming should not blind your eyes, unfortunately, that has been the lot of the Peoples Democratic...
View ArticleEdo Govt. to set up security committee to curb herdsmen menace
Auchi (Benin) – Edo government says it will to set up a security committee to develop security network to provide adequate security in rural communities and effectively tackle herdsmen attack of...
View ArticleObaseki exhorts Mandela Washington Fellowship awardees
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, on Monday, hosted three prospective members of the Mandela Washington Fellowship, who are on their way to the United States for a six-week internship training and...
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