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The Edo State Government through the Ministry of Social Development and Gender Issues at the weekend led women rights groups and other civil society organisations around the streets of Benin City to advocate and demand urgent action to end all…

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki; his Delta, Rivers and Akwa Ibom States counterparts, Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa, Nyesom Wike and Udom Emmanuel respectively, on Friday, joined other eminent Nigerians to pay their last tribute to late Mrs. Abigail Makinde,…

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has said his government will continue to pursue policies and reforms to attract investment, drive industrialization and enhance local capacity and productivity in the state. Obaseki, in a statement, reaffirmed his administration’s commitment…

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has unveiled plans to launch the Edo Tech Park, a silicon-valley-styled technology hub that would train 15,000 software engineers in the state in five years and link them with high-paying in-demand technology jobs…

… warns against quackery in engineering profession The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to deliver sustainable infrastructure across the 18 local government areas of the state. Obaseki gave the assurance on Thursday while inaugurating…

The Edo State Government in partnership with a payment and data verification firm, Tracology, has installed metal QR-enabled plates on 1000 buildings in Benin City, the state capital, in a drive to boost the government’s capacity to track and verify…

Azura-Edo Power Company in partnership with the Edo State Skills Development Agency, (EdoJobs), has trained 45 business owners drawn from the power firm’s host community on business management and digital marketing skills to boost their capacity to grow and expand…

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has commended the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on brutality, human rights violations and alleged extra-judicial killings by the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police Force, for their commitment and dedication…

On the back of far-reaching reforms and programmes by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration, Edo State has been ranked as one of the best and safest states to do business in the country.   According to a new report by…

The Edo State Government has said the screening and revalidation exercise for pensioners in the state, scheduled to take place between Wednesday, 2nd December and Saturday, 12th December, 2020, is for only pensioners who are retirees from the Edo State…