Ahead of tomorrow’s Presidential and National Assembly elections, Akoko-Edo Liaison Officer, Hon Jeffrey Obasanmi has called on security agencies and traditional rulers to find ways of securing the local government. Addressing stakeholders in his office at the council Secretariat yesterday, Obasanmi noted that ‘a secured environment is a peaceful environment […]
Akoko-Edo Update
Akoko-Edo local government Liaison officer Hon Jeffrey Obasanmi has flagged off the construction of water borehole projects to mitigate water challenges in the area. Speaking at Akuku, Onumu and Ogugu communities in the LGA, the Liaison officer disclosed that the provision of clean portable water was critical to the survival […]
For many citizens of the developed world, it is near impossible to imagine life without accessible clean water. Because of this they take activities like washing their bodies and having running clean water in their homes, utilizing indoor plumbing, cooking and drinking clean water, etc, for granted. Yet, for 2.2 […]
By Olisa Moses. As a student of comparative development and public wealth, a member of Akoko-Edo Economic and Investment Summit planning committee, I bring it to this honourable house that Akoko-Edo is up for sale with the highest bidders working day and night to have a good returns on their […]
The Okpameri Vigilante Central Command (CENTCOM) has announced the death of one of its member, Mr. Edward Adewole, who answered the call to eternal rest on 30th January, 2023 after a protracted illness. Adewole who until his death was the Unit Commander of Ekpesa Vigilante was also a member of […]
The Rt.Hon. Peter Akpatason held a town hall session with members of the Akoko-Edo Federal Constituency in his bid to represent the people for a fourth term in the National Assembly. In a bold pledge at the well-attended “meet the contestants series” organized by the Akoko-Edo Development Association (aka Akoko-Edo […]
The Acting Chairman Akoko Edo Local Government Area, Dr Innocent Alenoghena has called on mothers to regularly present their children for vaccination against childhood killer diseases. He made the call in Igarra on Friday at the flag-off of the “2nd Outbreak Response’’ (OBR2) to the circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Virus. […]
The Edo State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Obehi Akoria, has revealed that Edo North and Edo Central Senatorial Districts account for over 95 per cent of the 40 confirmed Lassa Fever cases in the state. The Honourable Commissioner unveiled the statistics during the sensitisation campaign to the two Senatorial Districts […]
Top government officials and other dignitaries led by the newly appointed Liaison Officer for Akoko-Edo Government Area, Hon Jeffrey Obasanmi, on Sunday laid wreaths in honour of Nigerian fallen heroes who paid the supreme price for our national unity. The ceremony which marked the end of the week-long Armed Forces […]
Editor’s note: Apart from serving as a link between primary and tertiary education, secondary schools provide opportunity for the pupil to acquire additional knowledge, skills and traits beyond the primary level. In this three-part picture report, Akoko-Edo Community newspaper editor, Albert Afeso Akanbi and a correspondent a paper, Kehinde Ikoghene […]