•The school’s premises The Edo State government has said the parents of the erring students involved in the viral assault video at Igbinedion Education Centre, a private secondary school in Benin City, would be prosecuted, as it has directed its Police Command to launch a probe into the matter. This was revealed today by the […]
•Eterno Hotel The Edo State Government today sealed the Eterno Hotel belonging to the Director General of the Asue/Ogie Campaign Committee, Matthew Iduoriyekemwen. The hotel, which is on Aiguobasimwin Crescent, Off Ikpokpan Road, Government Reservation Area, Benin, was sealed by the Edo State Development and Building Control Agency, as evidenc...
•The contentious billboard The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, said it remains committed to defending the constitutional order and protecting the integrity of the country’s democracy against desperate and unlawful manipulation by the All Progressives Congress (APC). This is contained in a statement, which wa...
•Edo State governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, receives Kano State deputy governor, Comrade Aminu Abdulsalam Gwarzo, at the Government House in Benin City yesterday The federal government, in collaboration with the Edo State Government, have set up a fact-finding Committee to look into the circumstances surrounding the recent killings of 16 Ka...
•NLC President Joe Ajaero, IGP Egbetokun and Governor Okpebholo The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has issued a 14-day notice to the Edo state government to vacate its secretariat in Benin. The ultimatum was contained in a statement signed by Joe Ajaero and Emmanuel Ugboaja, the President and General Secr...
•Edo State governor, Monday Okpebholo The Edo State Government has issued a 72-hour ultimatum to the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the last governorship election in the state, Asue Ighodalo and other supporters of the party, to return government vehicles in their possession. Chairman, Government Assets Recovery Committee of the ...
Less than twelve days to the final handing-over event in Edo State, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has allegedly arrested all signatories to the state government’s accounts. It was gathered that the move was to ground the outgoing government of Governor Godwin Obaseki until the handover of government on November 12 to the ...
•Governor-elect, Monday Okpebholo Ahead of the handing over of government to the Edo State governor-elect, Monday Okpebholo, scheduled for November 12, 2024, Governor Godwin Obaseki has invited his team to come forward and familiarise themselves with the nuances of governance and be fully enlightened by the outgoing administration. The governo...
•Governor-elect Monday Okpebholo The Edo State Government says it has written to Senator Monday Okpebholo to initiate the formation of his transition team, which is expected to interface with the transition team of the outgoing administration. In a letter dated October 10, 2024, Secretary to the State Government, Joseph Eboigbe, said that esta...
•Governor Godwin Obaseki Edo State Government has declared tomorrow, Friday, September 20, a work-free day to enable workers and others travel to their voting areas ahead of the Saturday’s governorship election in the state. A statement by Joseph Eboigbe, Secretary to the Edo State Government (SSG), reassured that security measures had been pr...

