Tag: Edo
Okpebholo dissolves boards of Edo MDAs, sacks political appointees
Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo has announced the dissolution of the boards of all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the state with immediate...
Edo governor suspends revenue collection
Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo has ordered the suspension of the collection of all revenues, especially in motor parks and other areas of the...
Okpebholo: What I’ll do as Edo governor
Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo has unveiled a five-point agenda for the development of the state, following his swearing-in as the 5th civilian governor...
Gunmen kill groom-to-be in Edo
Gunmen suspected to be cultists have killed a man whose wedding has been scheduled for December 2024 in Edo State.
It was gathered that the...
Gunmen kidnap Catholic priest in Edo
Gunmen have abducted the rector of the Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary, Ivhianokpodi in Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State, Reverend Father Thomas...
EFCC arrests 24 internet fraudsters in Edo
The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 24 suspected internet fraudsters in Benin, the Edo State capital.
The EFCC officers...
ASUU official escapes from kidnappers in Edo
The Benin Zonal Coordinator of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Monday Igbafe, has escaped from the captivity of kidnappers in Edo...
‘I’ll employ teachers’: Governor-elect Okpebholo promises devt in Edo
Edo State Governor-elect Monday Okpebholo has promised to employ teachers, saying his election as governor signalled a new dawn for the state.
Okpebholo made the...
Obaseki/Orbih feud: How PDP lost Edo
By HILARY OTSU
The defeat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in last Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State was largely predicted on the internal...
Ighodalo: Edo’s progress halted by those who don’t care for people
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the just-concluded gubernatorial election in Edo State, Dr Asue Ighodalo, says the progress of the state...
