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The Federal Ministry of Science and Technology has pledged its support for the various science and technology-based development initiatives of the Edo State Government. Speaking at the 15th meeting of the National Council of Science and Technology in Benin City, the Minister…
The Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has assured Edo People and residents in the state of improved security in the Yuletide season. Obaseki who gave the assurance in Benin City, said the ongoing work on a new security…
The Edo State Government has devised strategies to ensure residents in the state get sufficient electricity supply, to boost socio-economic activities. The state said the strategy is being perfected with the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC), which has jurisdiction to…
The Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has disclosed plans to utilise gas explored in the state to power the Benin Industrial Park in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of the state. Obaseki disclosed this during the 2017 Producers’…
The Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki on Thursday briefed journalists in the State House, Abuja, the decision of the National Economic Council to spend $1billion from the Excess Crude Account to fight Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East…
A Benin-based Non-Governmental Organisation, the Initiative for Youth Awareness on Migration Development and Reintegration (IYAMIDR), led by Comrade Solomon Okoduwa, has urged human trafficking cartels to give up the illegal trade as a show of respect for the public condemnation of…
Governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has said that Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) reforms being implemented by his administration have yielded positive result, as annual collection in local council areas has climbed from N30 million in November 2016 to…
…says 2-year jail term awaits fake kings, chiefs The Benin Monarch, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, has thrown his weight and that of the Edo State Traditional Council behind the fight against illegal migration and human trafficking,…
Teachers in Edo State got N1,108,476,358.72 for their October salaries from the N2, 391,150,633 allocation accrued to the Local Government Areas from the Federation Account, while N244 million was used to pay pensioners, the Joint Account and Allocation Committee, (JAAC),…
The committee set up to design a framework for the establishment of the Edo State Health Insurance Scheme has submitted its report to the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki. Receiving the Report at Government House in Benin City, Obaseki…