The Edo State Police Command has rescued 14 passengers who were kidnapped on Thursday along the Lagos–Abuja Road, by Ekor and Ikeran Oke, in the Akoko Edo Local Government Area of Edo State. The Police Public Relations Officer in Edo State, Chidi Nwabuzor, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. […]
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The Igarra unit command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) RS5.I4 has launched a campaign against speeding, overloading and the use of unsafe tyres in Akoko – Edo local government area. Speaking at the launch of the exercise, the head of local government administration and acting chairman of Akoko-Edo […]
Residents of Ibillo Community in Akoko Edo were in shock and palpable fear yesterday November 1, 2022 over 10 male unidentified corpses discovered along a bush path by Ibillo- Lampese Road, Lagos–Abuja Expressway about 11am. To unravel this unwelcome incidence the Edo State Police Command has appealed to members of […]
The Edo State Government has given a firm assurance to stakeholders that it will soon lift the ban on gold mining in the Dagbala Community, located in the Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of the state. Engr. Ethan Uzamere, the Commissioner for Mining and Energy, made this announcement during his visit […]
The Akoko Edo Local Health Authority (LHA) has kickstarted the scale 3.0 strategy to intensify Covid-19 vaccination in the Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State. In a ceremonial declaration, Dr. Innocent Alenoghena, the Head of Local Government Administration (HOLGA) and Acting Chairman, emphasized the state government’s unwavering dedication to […]
For someone who has spent several years working for, and retired honourably from a multinational oil company, a period that afforded him travel to choice cities of the world, it was a pleasant surprise to many that in retirement he has chosen to relocate to his hometown to dedicate the […]
Edo State Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu,in his usual compassion to the needy,has offered medical assistance to Salami Abdulraman, an indigent, critically-ill indegene of Ikpeshi Community in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State. Succour came the way of the 17 years – old, when the Deputy Governor […]
Edo State Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu,has restated government’s commitment towards providing portable water for the people of Edo North with the reactivation of Ojirami Dam. The Deputy Governor gave the assurance, when he granted audience to a delegation of Akoko Edo Forum, at the government house, Benin […]
A coalition of prominent leaders and respected elders from Owan and Akoko-Edo Local Government Area in Edo State came together to vehemently oppose former governor Adams Oshiomhole’s senatorial ambition. They emphasized that the rotational arrangement within Edo North Senatorial District has always been the essence of their political representation. In […]
Igarra, Edo State – At a recent meeting with critical stakeholders from Akoko-Edo Federal Constituency, the Hon. Commissioner for Education, Dr. Joan Oviawe, assuaged the Constituency people and said a campus of a tertiary institution will soon come to the LGA. The session was jointly organized by Akoko-Edo Forum and […]