In the face of soaring figures for the coronavirus infection in the state, Delta State Government announced on Wednesday it would take stringent measures to ensure full compliance with prescribed protocols for averting the spread of the virus. Commissioner for Information, Charles Aniagwu, who stated this at a media briefing in Asaba, said some of…
COVID-19: Aniagwu, 21 Others Discharged in Delta
The Delta State Information commissioner, Charles Aniagwu who recently tested positive to COVID-19 and consequently went into isolation, has been discharged. The state government announced on Tuesday that Aniagwu and 21 other persons were discharged from Isolation Centre where they were treated. However, the government said the final test result for Chiedu Ebie, secretary to…
Ize-Iyamu’s Ill-health Forces Adjournment of EFCC N700m Money Laundering Case
The Federal High Court in Benin, Edo State adjourned till July 14, 2020, the N700 million alleged money laudering suit filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commision (EFCC), against Osagie Ize-Iyamu, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and four others. The other defendants in the suit are former Edo State Peoples Democratic…
Over 50,000 Persons Benefit from Obaseki’s Agricultural Programmes
No fewer than 50,000 persons, including farmers, logistics operators and food processors, farm managers, among others, have in the past three and a half years, benefited from agricultural programmes implemented by Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki. In a statement in Benin, special adviser to the governor on media and communication strategy, Crusoe Osagie, said the…
We Are Making Steady Progress on Gelegele Port Project – Edo Govt
The Edo State Government has assured that the Benin City River Port Project is on course, as the screening of the project’s transaction advisor to coordinate the various stakeholders to deliver the project intensifies. Work on the dualisation of the Ekehuan link-road to the port, which connects the port city to the city centre and…
Commuters Groan as Condition of Benin-Auchi Highway Worsens
Motorists and commuters plying the busy Benin- Auchi road in Edo State are facing hard times because of the very deplorable state of the highway. The nightmarish experience of users of the road had been a perennial problem, which is aggravated during the raining season. Recall that around this period last year, the state governor,…
Edo 2020: Beware of Being used as Canon Fodders by Politicians, BNC Cautions Edo Youths
The Benin National Congress (BNC), a socio-cultural and non-political organisation on Monday cautioned Edo youths to resist the temptation of being used as canon fodders by “desperate, greedy and anarchist politicians” whose stock-in-trade is the misuse of potential talents for their self-serving objectives. It also called on law enforcement agencies to beam their searchlights on…
Obaseki Spends N25bn on Pension Payment, Clears Arrears with N4.3bn
The Edo State Government says it has expended over N4.3 billion in clearing pension arrears owed about 3,128 pensioners in the state. The state government also says it spent N25, 047,472, 632.77 in monthly pension payment to 13,081 pensioners from November 2016 to May 2020. According to a Mid-Year Report by the Edo State Pension…
Again, Afegbua Takes Obaseki, PDP to The Cleaners
Reiterates his endorsement of Ize-Iyamu. Controversial politician and prominent member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Edo State, Kassim Afegbua who recently ruffled feathers in the polity when he vowed not to work for the re-election of Godwin Obaseki, his party’s candidate in the September 19 governorship election in the state, has fired back…
Edos in Diaspora Throw Weight Behind Obaseki’s Re-Election
Ahead of the September 19, 2020 gubernatorial election in Edo State, Edo indigenes in the Diaspora have thrown their weight behind the re-election bid of the state governor, Godwin Obaseki, and his deputy, Philip Shaibu. Special adviser to the governor on media and communication strategy, Crusoe Osagie said in a statement on Sunday, that the…
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