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Obaseki to meet Buhari on Edo security challenge

Ihesiulo Grace 28 September 2017 0

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has disclosed plans to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari to strengthen the security apparatus in the state to address the security challenge. Obaseki stated this while responding to questions on the killing of three police officers and the kidnap of

Metro News Politics

Senator empowers 500 youths in Edo South

Ihesiulo Grace 28 September 2017 0

No fewer than 500 youths from Edo South Senatorial District have commenced intensive empowerment training programme courtesy of Senator Matthew Uroghide, the member representing the District at the upper legislative chamber in the country. The training was facilitated by the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR) and declared open by its Director

Health Metro

Edo LGAs jostle for Obaseki’s immunisation coverage cash incentive

Ihesiulo Grace 28 September 2017 0

Following the award of N10 million cash prize to the best-performing local government areas for immunisation coverage in Edo State, several local government areas in state have stepped up efforts to get more children immunised in their vicinities to clinch the next batch of prizes. Checks at different local council secretariats revealed that health teams […]

Metro

EDSG proscribes Road Transport Employers Association

Ihesiulo Grace 28 September 2017 0

The Edo State Government has announced the immediate proscription of the state’s chapter of Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN). The association has been ordered to close their offices across the state. The ban became necessary to ensure the protection of lives and property and prevent the possible breakdown of law and order in […]

Metro News Politics

Oba of Benin hosts Oshiomhole to grand reception for outstanding achievements

Ihesiulo Grace 28 September 2017 0

The Benin Monarch, Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, last weekend, hosted the former governor of Edo, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, to a grand reception in Benin City, for his outstanding achievements while in office. Welcoming his guest to the colourful occasion that was graced by serving governors, captains of industry, and […]

Health

Obaseki restates commitment to primary health care in Edo·To waive call duty tax for UBTH doctors

Ihesiulo Grace 28 September 2017 0

The Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has reiterated his commitment to boosting primary health care delivery in Edo State, stressing that the government would deploy the bulk of its resources to address gaps in the system and allow for world-class partners to invest in improving secondary and tertiary health care. The governor said […]

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Ogba Zoo attack: We’re on top of security situation, Obaseki assures

Ihesiulo Grace 28 September 2017 0

The Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has assured Edo people and Nigerians that his administration is on top of the security situation in the state. Obaseki gave the assurance after an emergency meeting with security agencies in the state at the Government House in Benin City. He condemned the gruesome killings of three […]

Metro News

Shun unnecessary strike actions, Oba of Benin warns doctors

Ihesiulo Grace 28 September 2017 0

The Benin monarch, Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo Uku-Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, has challenged doctors and other health workers across the nation to take proactive steps to nip in the bud the incessant strike actions that is rocking the medical sector in the country. Oba Ewuare explained that many lives which would have been saved […]

Crime

Ogba Zoo bloodbath: Killers of 3 cops are militants, Says Edo CP

Ihesiulo Grace 28 September 2017 0

Edo State Police Commissioner, Mr. Haliru Gwandu, has described the killers of the three police officers and the abduction of the Executive Director of Ogba Zoo and Nature Park, Dr. Andy Ehanire, as an act carried out by militants. He disclosed this when he made an on the spot assessment visits to the Zoo along […]

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Gunmen Attack Ogba Zoo At Edo State Killing Three Cops

Ihesiulo Grace 26 September 2017 0

Following a visit to Ogba Zoo and Nature Park after an incident which witnessed the killing of no less than three policemen and the abduction of the Executive Director of the Zoo, Dr. Andy Ehanire, the Edo State Police Commissioner, Mr. Haliru Gwandu has revealed that the suspects behind the incident are militants. The Edo […]

News In Brief

Attack in Oga Zoo, Edo state

Ihesiulo Grace 25 September 2017

Unknown gumen on Sunday evening killed three policemen attached to Ogba Zoo and Nature Park in Benin and abducted the head of the zoo, Dr Andy Ehanire. More to follow

Metro Politics

Edo state organises seminar on procurement for commissioners, others

Ihesiulo Grace 7 September 2017 0

The Edo Government Thursday organised a seminar on public procurement for commissioners, special advisers, permanent secretaries and others in the state. Henry Imogiemhe, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Edo Public Procurement Agency, told journalists in Benin that the essence was to acquaint the officers with the provisions of the Procurement Act.

News

Edo Election: PDP stands rejected

Ihesiulo Grace 22 June 2017 0

Recently, the Court of Appeal sitting in Benin, Edo State, explicably and unequivocally unanimously affirmed the verdict of the Edo Governorship Election Tribunal that Godwin Obaseki of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and not Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), won the September 2016 governorship election in the state. In his reading […]

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Oshiomhole vs JUSUN: Workers Defy Resumption Order

Ihesiulo Grace 19 May 2015 0

Striking judiciary workers in Edo State, on Monday, defied a directive by the State Government ordering‎ them to call off their over-four-month industrial action and return to work or face dismissal from the civil service. The ‎workers, under the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, have been on strike since January 5 over the alleged unwillingness of […]

News

Gov Oshiomhole To Remarry Friday

Ihesiulo Grace 13 May 2015 0

  Governor Adam Oshiomhole of Edo State is set to remarry again after five years of losing his wife, Clara to cancer. Governor Oshiomhole will on Friday, May 15, marry his fiancée, Miss Lara Fortes on Friday. The solemnisation of the marriage ceremony will hold at the Etsako West Local Government Council Marriage Registry, Auchi, […]

Sports

Road Race: MOC Shift Base to Okpekpe

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2015 0

The Main Organising Committee (MOC) for the 3rd Okpekpe 10km road race has begun the final countdown for the IAAF bronze label race scheduled to hold in Okpekpe near Auchi in Edo State on May 16. Disclosing this to Extra Time, former Nigeria track and field international and two-time IAAF World Championships long jump finalist, […]

News

Suspected Cultists Kill Barber, Others in Edo

Ihesiulo Grace 28 April 2015 0

Suspected members of a cult group in Edo State have killed a 27-year-old barber was in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of Edo State. It was learnt that the late barber, simply identified as Patrick, was accosted by his assailants in front of his shop and shot at a close range. Another man was reportedly […]

Opinion

Political Businessmen as Ethnic Champions

Ihesiulo Grace 28 April 2015 0

It is now history that ‘Change’ has come to take its roots in Nigeria with the victory of General Muhammadu Buhari, the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the March 28 elections. Since then, there have been alignments and realignments by the political class with many quickly dumping the sinking PDP ship to […]

Headlines News

Oshiomhole Slams Nigerian Varsities over Indiscriminate Honourary Awards

Ihesiulo Grace 27 April 2015 0

– Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, on Saturday, berated some universities in the country of giving honourary awards to people of questionable character just because of their wealth and therefore advised them to stop in order to maintain the sanctity of the ivory towers. Oshiomhole gave this advice during the 19th convocation of Ambrose Alli […]

News

Three Corps Members Arrested for Selling Ballot Papers in Edo

Ihesiulo Grace 22 April 2015 0

Three members of the National Youth Service Corps who served as ad-hoc staff during the April 11 House of Assembly election in Edo State have been arrested for allegedly selling ballot papers and other sensitive materials. They were alleged to have sold the electoral materials for N40, 000. The state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mike Igini, […]