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The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has called for intensified efforts geared towards eliminating the long-standing biases and gender stereotypes, which have over the years limited the progress of girls and women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)…
The Director General of the Edo State Health Insurance Commission, Dr. Rock Amegor, has reassured residents that the state government will effectively fund its health insurance scheme to ensure that everyone enrolled in the scheme is well catered for. Amegor,…
The Edo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Patrick Okundia, has said the state has made modest progress in the war against the spread of Lassa Fever, noting that stringent measures have been taken by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration to…
As the Edo State Government steps up preparation to host the 2020 National Sports Festival (NSF) scheduled to commence from March 20, construction work has been completed on five mini stadia to be used for the games. The five mini-stadia…
With barely a week to the February 13 adjourned date for the criminal trial of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidate in the 2016 governorship election in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, and four others bordering on a N700 million…
The Edo State Government has invited pensioners in batches 58 to 65 for physical and documentary verification in order to process the payment of their arrears. In a statement, Permanent Secretary and Chairman, Edo State Pension Bureau, Saylor Juwobor, said the exercise…
The Edo State Commissioner for Energy, Mr. Akin Agbaje, has said that the coming on stream of the 55MW CCTEC-Ossiomo Power Plant creates competition in the state’s electricity market, and will force the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) to improve…
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki and the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Osarodion Ogie have mourned the passing of former SSG and Head of Service, Mr. Olu Garuba, who died at the age of 75. In a statement, the…
The Edo State Government has re-certified 300 cooperative societies, as part of measures to eliminate the use of proxy cooperatives to swindle members of the public. Speaking at a Stakeholders’ Meeting in Benin City, the Edo State Commissioner for Wealth…
The Owan East Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State has disowned the former Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Hon. Pally Iriase, noting that the ex-house member has been expelled from the party by…