Donatus Igiekhume

Four women were on Wednesday arrested in Benin City for selling donkey meat, known as ‘jaki’ to unsuspecting buyers at the New Benin Market, in Edo State. Permanent Secretary, Edo State Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr. Peter Aikhuomobhogbe,…

The Edo State Skills Development Agency (EdoJobs) has kicked off an intensive training that prepares beneficiaries to gain sponsored entry positions as software engineers in the Edo Tech Park, an initiative of the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration. The Managing Director,…

The Edo State Government has partnered the Initiatief Duurzame Handel (IDH), an international organisation, to initiate a Multi-Stakeholders Platform (MSP) aimed at ensuring that the state regains its leading position in oil palm production in Africa. Permanent Secretary, Edo State…

The Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration has issued over 6,500 Certificates of Occupancy (C-of-O) in three years and digitized over 30,000 files carried on from the Midwest Region through Bendel and Edo State.   Managing Director, Edo State Geographic Information Service…

…urges political leaders to listen to yearnings of the people   The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Tuesday, received the report of the 28-man Judicial Panel of Inquiry constituted to investigate police brutality, human rights abuses and extrajudicial…

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has reassured that the government will sustain collaboration with the military, the Nigeria Police Force, members of the Edo State Community Vigilante Security Network and other security outfits in the state to tackle…

Residents of Edo State have commended the state government’s Command and Control Centre for responding rapidly to distress call over a fire incident on a two-storey building in Benin City, the state capital. A resident in the state, Osagie Moses…

The Federal Government has distributed engagement letters and monitoring devices to independent monitors to track the success of its National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) in Edo. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiiya Farouq distributed the engagement…

The Edo State Skills Development Agency (EdoJobs) and the Edo State Investment Promotion Office (ESIPO), in collaboration with the German Development Office-Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ SEDIN) have completed training for over 350 business owners on digital marketing. Managing…

The 15-man committee set up by Governor Godwin Obaseki to screen political nominees to be appointed into his cabinet has commenced a review of all petitions received from across the 18 local government areas of the state. Chairman of the…