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Reject incompetent candidate — PDP appeals to voters

NewsDeskNgAug 26, 2024August 26, 20240

As the Edo State governorship election slated for September 21, 2024, draws nearer, the Asue-Ogie Campaign Management Council on Sunday called on the people of the state not to mortgage their future by voting for an incompetent candidate. The deputy director-general of the council in charge of media, Olu Martins,...

Sowore is defeated politician, can’t speak from Washington – Oshiomhole

NewsDeskNgAug 7, 2024August 7, 20240

A former Governor of Edo State, Senator Adams Oshiomhole, has dismissed one of the organizers of the EndBadGovernance protest, Omoyele Sowore as a defeated politician. Oshiomhole, who appeared on Arise TV on Wednesday morning, said there was no need for the protest, adding President Bola Tinubu was doing everything within...

Obaseki sacks Health Commissioner, Alli

NewsDeskNgJul 15, 2024July 15, 20240

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State on Monday approved the disengagement of the Commissioner for Health, Dr Samuel Alli, with immediate effect. The Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie, made the disclosure in a statement issued in Benin. Ogie also announced the appointment of Dr Roland Igbinoba as the...

Obaseki inaugurates 20-man transition committee four months to end of tenure

NewsDeskNgJul 11, 2024July 11, 20240

Barely four months to the end of his eight years as governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has inaugurated a 20-man transition committee to pilot the smooth transition of power and knowledge to the next administration. Governor Obaseki inaugurated the committee members, at the EXCO Chambers, in Government House, Benin...

Police raid gun factory, arrest suspects

NewsDeskNgJun 25, 2024June 25, 20240

Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have raided a gun manufacturing factory and arrested two suspects. The Command also recovered items such as native bullet proof vest and charms. According to reports, the Commissioner of Police, Funsho Adegboye disclosed this to newsmen in Benin City while parading over 45...

Edo Assembly passes State Anthem bill

NewsDeskNgJun 10, 2024June 10, 20240

As mixed reactions continued to trail the change of the nation’s national anthem by the Federal Government, the Edo State House of Assembly passed a bill to declare, “Beautiful Edo, Glorious Edo” as the official anthem of the state. The “Beautiful Edo, Glorious Edo” is an executive bill sent to...

Drama as two Labour Party chairmen attend INEC stakeholders meeting

NewsDeskNgMay 31, 2024May 31, 20240

The crisis rocking the Edo State chapter of the Labour Party, LP, assumed a new dimension on Friday as two factional chairmen attended a stakeholders’ meeting organized by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. According to reports, the meeting was organized for political parties and security agencies ahead of the...

Court orders Phillip Shaibu to join Speaker, new Edo Deputy Gov in suit challenging impeachment

NewsDeskNgMay 22, 2024May 22, 20240

Justice James Kolawole Omotoso of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted permission to the impeached Deputy Governor of Edo State, Phillip Shaibu, to join the Speaker of the state assembly in his suit challenging his impeachment before the court. The Judge also granted order to the former Deputy...

Police arrest two female students for assaulting teacher in Edo

NewsDeskNgNov 25, 2022November 25, 20220

The Edo State Police Command has arrested two female students of Adesuwa Secondary School, Benin, for allegedly assaulting a teacher. SP Chidi Nwabuzor, the command’s Public Relations Officer, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Friday in Benin City. Nwabuzor said preliminary investigation revealed that the students were the...