The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has commenced a two-day capacity-building workshop for principals and coordinators of students’ anti-human trafficking vanguard in Edo. The training, part of the School Anti-Trafficking Education and Advocacy Project (STEAP), aims to equip participants with the knowledge and tools needed […]
The Edo State Government, under the leadership of Governor Monday Okpebholo, has announced that education, agriculture, health, and infrastructure are at the forefront of its development agenda. Mr. Bugie Okhuemoi, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, shared details of the administration’s focus in an interview with the News Agency […]
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed Mr. Monday Okpebholo as the duly elected governor of Edo State in the September 21, 2024, governorship election. A three-member panel led by Justice M. A. Danjuma dismissed an appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Asue Ighodalo, […]
—By Our Correspondent. In the wake of mounting insecurity and deteriorating infrastructure, the people of Akoko Edo have risen in a unified cry for urgent intervention. This demand culminated in an emergency stakeholders’ town hall meeting which held yesterday at the Multi-purpose Hall, Igarra. The high-powered summit drew together traditional […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State has reaffirmed its determination to reclaim what it describes as its “stolen mandate” in the 2024 governorship election. The declaration was made at a well-attended stakeholders’ meeting held in Benin City, where party members lauded their leaders […]
Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State has awarded N5 million each to two students from Itohan Girls’ Grammar School for their outstanding performance at the recent national NDDC quiz competition. The students secured second place nationally, after clinching first place in the South-South region. The governor announced the awards during […]
—By Our Correpondent A high-powered town hall meeting has been scheduled to hold on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, at the Igarra Multipurpose Hall, following a crucial engagement between Igarra youths and Hon. Donald Okogbe, Member representing Akoko Edo Constituency 2 at the Edo State House of Assembly. The meeting, prompted […]
The passing of Olu Ajayi in the early hours of May 23, 2025, has left a deep void in Nigeria’s artistic and intellectual landscape. Olu was not just a painter—he was a seer with a brush, a philosopher in pigment, and a national conscience who used canvas as his pulpit. […]
The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has issued a strong call to the state government, urging compliance with recent court rulings that have ordered the reinstatement of elected local government chairmen who were removed from office. Dr. Tony Aziegbemi, Chairman of the PDP Caretaker Committee, made […]
Mr. Yekini Idaiye, representing Akoko-Edo 1 constituency in the Edo State House of Assembly, has called on traditional rulers in the state to ramp up efforts in addressing the growing insecurity plaguing rural communities. Speaking to newsmen in Benin City on Wednesday, the All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmaker expressed deep […]