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……….Gov. Obaseki hails FG Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camped in Edo have received relief materials and support from the Federal Government just as the government also constituted a committee to distribute relief materials to IDPs in Edo and three other…

The First Lady of Edo State, Mrs. Betsy Obaseki has called on women in the state to stand by the truth and exhibit a sincerity of purpose while also urging the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) not to relent…

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State on Thursday, inaugurated the Edo State Task Force on Immunisation to improve the uptake and reach of immunisation activities in the state. Inaugurating the Task force at the Edo State Government House in Benin,…

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has eyed the entertainment industry, particularly movie production, as a viable area to diversify the economy and provide employment for the teeming youths in the state.   He revealed this as the Nigeria Television…

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has revealed that his administration would massively invest in the Oil Palm sector in its quest to diversify the state economy beyond crude oil.   The governor announced this yesterday at the Edo State…

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has indicated his administration’s readiness to support the Nigeria Shippers Council (NSC) to establish an Inland Container Depot and a Truck Transit Terminal, which would facilitate diversity in economic activities.   This was at…

Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki has assured people that his administration was hard at work, formulating plausible strategies to ease conduct of business in the State. Besides, Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) and the British High Commission have said the state has…

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has said his administration would work with the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) to reaccredit the School of Nursing and Midwifery in the state before October, and thereafter make it a…

Pursuant to his promise to decongest major roads in Benin City by relocating illegal street traders, Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has inspected the proposed site for the planned ultramodern market in Benin City. Accompanied by his Deputy Governor,…

The sum of N1.8bn loan facility secured by Edo State Government from the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Fund (MSMEDF) may already be yielding dividends as new opportunities are opening for beneficiaries to sustain themselves in gainful…