—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 […]
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—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 […]
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 […]
All is now set for the formal take off of the Secretariat of Akoko-Edo Development Association, otherwise known as Akoko Edo Forum, at Igarra, the local government headquarters. News of this development which was made known at the association’s end of year meeting, indicated that the coordinating office which will […]
His Royal Majesty Omo N’Oba Ewuare II, the Oba of Benin, has emphasized the need for collaboration among various security agencies to tackle the escalating security situation in Nigeria. He made this call during his installation as the ground patron of the Nigeria Hunters and Forestry Security Service at his […]