The Edo State Government on Thursday rolled out the bulldozers to demolish several houses at different stages of construction in the Irhirhi area of Benin, in a bid to repossess the land said to belong to it. The affected portion of land, which had been earmarked for the development of a new town, and measuring…
Obaseki Loses Out As INEC Jettisons List of Factional Candidates for Orbih’s
…State Chairman Says Governor’s Faction Awaits Supreme Court The Governor Godwin Obaseki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State seems to have lost out in the battle for which side produces the candidates for the National and State Assembly elections in the 2023 general election. The list, published on Tuesday by the…
Obaseki Mulls Offering Three Years Consultancy to Experienced Retired Civil Servants To Train New Ones
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, is contemplating retaining the services of experienced retired civil servants who have added value to the civil service and contributed to the success of his transformational drive, albeit as consultants, in order to achieve his administration’s MEGA (Making Edo Great Again) agenda. Governor Obaseki made this known on Thursday at…
20 Mummified Bodies: Obaseki Gives Police Seven Days to Resolve Puzzle
Reacting to the controversy trailing the discovery of 20 Mummified bodies in an uncompleted bungalow in Asoro in the Ekehuan Road axis of Benin City, Edo State capital, the state governor, Godwin Obaseki, has given the police a marching order to unravel the true situation in order to douse tension in the state. Recall that…
Obaseki Sympathises With Victims of Edo Multiple Accident Which Claimed Seven Lives
The governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has described as “most regrettable”, Sundays gory multiple accidents at Agbede, Etsako West local government area of the state, in which seven persons were burnt beyond recognition. Obaseki, who on Tuesday expressed his heart-felt sympathy for victims of the accident, said the cause of the crash had been…
Lucky Igbinedion, Ex-Edo Governor Buries Mother
…Obaseki, Ibori, Ogbeha pay last respect The late mother of former Edo State governor, Lucky Nosakhare Igbinedion has been described as a woman of “boundless charity and generosity” not only to her children, but also to organisations, the height of which was her support for all Catholic cultural festivals. The deceased, Madam Maria Oredola Igbinedion,…
Obaseki Immortalises Victor Uwaifo, As Legendary Musician Is Laid to Rest
…..Oshiomhole Steals Show At Funeral Service Attracting Deafening Ovation from Excited Crowd The body of late music icon and Joromi exponent, Victor Uwaifo, was on Friday committed to mother earth at his sprawling private residence at Victor Uwaifo Avenue, off College Road in the Ekenwan Road axis of Benin-City, Edo State, after a well-attended funeral…
Edo State Government, AAU Workers in Face-off over Unpaid Salaries, Take-over of Varsity Admin by Governor
ASUU Set to Drag Obaseki to Court. All is not well at the Edo State-owned Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma where the workers, both academic and non-academic, are protesting recent unpleasant developments in the university. On Tuesday, members of the local chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) and their Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU)…
Certificate Forgery: APC’s Attempt to Swindle Edo People Through Back Door, Says Obaseki
….Hails Appeal Court Judgment Exonerating Him.
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