The Edo State Police Command has promised to provide sufficient security and has advised the state’s residents to refrain from using fireworks during the Christmas and New Year’s season. Chidi Nwabuzo, the command’s spokesperson, stated in a press release on Thursday that its agents have been instructed to take strict […]
Edo Updates
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, representatives of the World Bank, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) met in Benin City on Tuesday to review the gains, challenges and other trends in the State’s education sector. Welcoming the development partners to the […]
The Management of Auchi polytechnic said it had expelled about 40 students over results falsification and deficiency at the Point of Entry (POE) into some programmes at the institution. In a news bulletin by the Information and Public Relations Unit of the institution and signed by Adebola Ogunboyowa said the […]
Obaseki on Monday received National Defense College (NDC) Course 31 participants who are in the State to understudy the policies behind the State’s resilience amid socioeconomic challenges in the country. The Governor who was ably represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq., restated the current administration’s […]
In response to credible intelligence reports, the Edo State Police Command has issued a stern warning to cultists and other individuals intending to disrupt the peace in and around the Ekosodin Community of Benin City. The police have made it clear that anyone found causing trouble will face severe legal […]
The Edo State Government, in partnership with NG-CARES, has provided essential equipment and assistance to poultry farmers across the state through the Edo CARES initiative. During a distribution event at the Agricultural Development Program (ADP) premises, the Program Manager highlighted the project’s goal of enhancing livelihoods, food security, and boosting […]
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has taken a decisive step towards ensuring the delivery of top-notch healthcare services by inaugurating the State Monitoring Committee of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN). The MDCN serves as the regulatory body for Medicine, Dentistry, and Alternative Medicine in Nigeria. The […]
The Edo State Government is calling on private school operators to join forces with the government in its efforts to reform the education system. It emphasizes that the directive on establishing dedicated centers for First School Leaving Certificate and Basic School Certificate Examination for all schools in the state still […]
In a bid to enhance competitiveness on the global stage, the Commissioner for Business, Trade, and Cooperatives, Afishetu Braimoh, has called on cooperative societies in Edo State to step up their performance. During a two-day training workshop organized by the Ministry of Business, Trade, and Cooperatives for cooperators in Edo […]
The formal process of returning stolen artifacts from Benin to Nigeria has started at a small museum in southeast London. The Horniman Museum, which holds a collection of seventy-two priceless artifacts that were forcibly removed from Benin City in 1897, officially gave the Nigerian government ownership of the artifacts on […]