Vice President Kashim Shettima has said he is optimistic about the ability of new Governor of Edo, Monday Okpebholo, to transform the state. Shettima in his address at the swearing-in ceremony of the governor on Tuesday in Benin, emphasised the significance of the mandate given by the people and...
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Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo of Edo has appointed Musa Ikhilor as the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) and named Samson Osagie, State Attorney-General and Dr Cyril Oshiomhole, Health Commissioner-designate. In a statement on Tuesday in Benin, Mr Fred Itua, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, said...
Outgoing Edo Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has granted pardon to a 77-year-old man and 15 others on death row in the Nigerian Correctional Service as his administration winds down. This is contained in a statement on Tuesday in Benin, by Mr Aminu Suleman, the Public Relations Officer (PRO), Nigeria Correction...
The Transition Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo has recommended a probe into more than N410 billion local and foreign debts allegedly owed by the state. The committee made the recommendation on Monday in its report presented to the governor-elect, Sen. Monday Okpebholo ahead of his...
Edo State Governor-elect, Monday Okpebholo, on Monday announced the appointment of Mr Fred Odianosen Itua as his Chief Press Secretary. The appointment, the first of the incoming administration, would take effect on November 12, 2024, according to a statement signed by Okpebholo. Itua is a distinguished journalist with a...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has dissolved his cabinet ahead of the Nov.12 swearing-in of Sen. Monday Okpebholo, of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the new governor of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that Obaseki who came into office on November 12, 2016 is expected...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Out-going governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has made hundreds of fresh appointments into the state civil service barely six days to end of his tenure. The new appointees are largely his former special assistants that he hurriedly recruited early this year across...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Sunday, led members of the State Executive Council, religious, political leaders and other stakeholders to a thanksgiving service to mark the end of his eight-year tenure as governor of the state. The service was done held in the newly renovated Interdenominational Government House...
Abdullahi Ganduje, the APC National Chairman on Thursday in Abuja, advised Sen. Monday Okpebholo, Edo Governor-elect against probing the out-going administration of Gov. Godwin Obaseki. He gave the advice when Okpebholo paid a courtesy visit on the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), saying he should rather focus on enthroning...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki on Sunday said his administration had transformed the state’s education sector through a number of interventions and initiatives. The governor ,who spoke with newsmen in Lagos, said his government had used technology ,especially use of e-learning ,to make the sector better. According to him...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki on Sunday said that his administration would be remembered for restoring respect and credibility to the state’s civil service,through bold reforms. Obaseki, who spoke with newsmen on Sunday in Lagos, said he had been able to transform the service to one of the most...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) Transition Committee, led by Dr Pius Odubu, has expressed dissatisfaction with the outgoing PDP administration of Gov. Godwin Obaseki for failing to provide necessary documents to facilitate a smooth transition process in Edo State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports Edo government had...
A cross-section of Edo indigenes in Abuja have urged Sen. Monday Okpebholo, the state governor-elect to put in place a cabinet that will drive his campaign promises and deliver his manifesto to the people. The indigenes, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja,...
The Commissioner for Information and Orientation in Edo, Mr Chris Nehikhare, has the state government has received the names of the All Progressives Congress (APC) transition committee members. In a news conference in Benin on Thursday, Nehikhare said that the government had also and scheduled an inaugural meeting for...
The Edo State Government has written to Sen. Monday Okpebholo, the governor-elect, requesting him to establish his transition team. This team will collaborate with the outgoing administration’s transition team to ensure a seamless transfer of power. In a letter dated Oct. 10, 2024, Secretary to the State Government, Joseph...
Edo State Government on Monday warned the reinstated Deputy Governor, Philip Shiabu not to breach extant laws following his alleged inspection of the Radisson Hotel site in Government Reserves Area (GRA), Benin. Edo government is reacting to a viral video where Shaibu allegedly acted as the deputy governor of...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, struck out the two separate motions filed by the Edo Government and the House of Assembly challenging the reinstatement of Philip Shaibu as deputy governor. Justice James Omotosho, in a ruling, also awarded the cost of N200, 000 each against the...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki was forced out of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Benin, in the early hours of Sunday, by the Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), Frank Mba. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mba is the officer in charge of the...
Edo State Government on Friday expressed concerns over an alleged attempt by political thugs to overrun INEC offices in some local government areas across the state. The government also commended the military for successfully halting the activities of the suspected thugs on INEC office in Oredo Local Government, located...