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In fulfillment of the promise made by the Edo State governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, during the 2018 Workers’ Day celebration in Benin City, the state government has released N1.5billion for the payment of arrears of local government pensioners in the state. The commissioner for Local Government...

Immediate past governor of Edo State, and Chairmanship hopeful of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, yesterday stated that President Muhammadu Buhari’s achievements would propel him to victory in 2019. Oshiomhole, who declared … Read more via Thisdaylive –...

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has commended state chapter of the All Progressives Congress for adopting a consensus arrangement in its congress held on Saturday. Obaseki disclosed this to journalists shortly after the state congress of the APC held at the Imaguero College on Sapele...

The nationwide state congresses of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scheduled for May 19 are yet to start in the four South-South states of Edo, Akwa Ibom, Cross River and Rivers. In Edo, accreditation had not started at about............... Read more via TODAY.NG –...

Former Governor of Edo State and front runner of the All Progressives Congress national chairmanship, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has said his party would win the next year’s presidential election because President Muhammadu Buhari was not a thief. Oshiomhole, who stated this yesterday while...

Former Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, has formally declared his interest to vie for the chairmanship of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the party’s national convention billed to hold on June 23 this year. Oshiomhole, who declared his interest yesterday at Transcorp...

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, Chief Charles Idahosa, has described as ‘unfair’ those accusing former governor Adams Oshiomhole of attempting to take Chief John Odigie-Oyegun’s job as national chairman. He said ethnicity or tribe has nothing to do … Read...

Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki on Sunday announced a ban on grazing in some communities attacked by suspected herdsmen in the state. The affected communities include Odighi and Odiguete, in the Ovia North-East Local Government Area of the state. Click here to read more

My intervention is not a confirmation of any sort that my boss, Adams Oshiomhole, whom I served as Chief of Staff from 2012 to 2016 when he was in the saddle as governor of Edo state is interested in the position of national chair of our great party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). On...

There was pandemonium yesterday morning at Siluko road Benin City when angry commercial drivers took to the streets protesting the death of four persons in a ghastly motor accident. It was learnt that the accident occurred Monday night when a commercial bus, Toyota Vanette, with number plates...

The Edo State Police Command, yesterday, paraded a notorious kidnapper, Muritala Umaru, who confessed to have made over N100 million from kidnapping. Umaru, who also is a herdsman, was apprehended with an AK-47 rifle, breech number KO340119 and 10 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition. Click here to...

Some gunmen have shot dead a cleric, Pastor Benson Isibor, in the Egor Local Government Area of Edo State. It was learnt that Isibor was killed at his residence on First Oranmiyan Street on Monday. Click here to read more

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday sacked the Commissioner for Environment and Sustainability, Mr. Reginald Okun. Obaseki also approved the retirement of the General Manager of the Edo State Waste Management Board, Mr. Aiyamenkue Akonofua. Click here to read more

Unknown gunmen suspected to be armed robbers on Wednesday, March 28, shot dead the youth leader of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Etsako West local government of Edo State, Samson Sedi. Sedi, popularly known as Power Remain, was allegedly killed by armed robbers while attempting to rescue a...

Osasu Igbinedion is from the affluent and influential Igbinedion lineage. She is the daughter of former Governor Lucky Igbinedion of Edo State, and her mother is Eki Igbinedion. She is the initiator of the Osasu Show Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, and a TV presenter whose show, …...

The Special Adviser to Governor Godwin Obaseki on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr Crusoe Osagie, has declared as frivolous, comments by the Edo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the strategic steps the Edo State government has taken in bringing the clashes between cattle herders and...

The Edo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) dealt a big blow to the camp of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state on Friday, with the decamping of major PDP heavyweights, including Member representing Egor/Ikpoba Okha Federal Constituency, Honourable Ehiozuwa Johnson...

Three persons were on Saturday confirmed dead in two separate accidents that occurred along the Benin-Lagos highway near the Ovia River. In one of the accidents, a tanker carrying diesel towards the Ore axis rammed into a stationary truck conveying iron rods and killed the driver on the spot. …...

The Commissioner for Communications and Orientation of Edo State, Hon. Paul Ohonbamu informed the public of the State’s push to access the World Bank’s N2B grant to Edo State’s work on developing its infrastructural projects, N500 Million has been approved by the State as counterpart funding. He...

Uloko Lauretta Apaume, a female student of Auchi Polytechnic, Edo State has been shot dead while dancing at her graduation party. According to the Nation, Lauretta was reportedly killed on Friday night by a member of the Auchi community vigilante group who was invited to provide security at the...