BENIN CITY – The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has urged security agencies to mobilise their operatives in the state to ensure compliance with the COVID-19 safety protocols. The governor said this after a closed-door meeting with heads of security agencies in the state, noting, “We deliberated on the …

BENIN CITY – Members of Edo International Business Forum held their end of year get together with pomp, lectures and awards of recognition to distinguished members recently in Benin City. While welcoming the members, The President of Edo International Business Forum, Madam Florence Omere said the occasion was basically to …

… defaulters to undergo compulsory COVID-19 test BENIN CITY – The Edo Government has deployed a batch of 200 constabulary police officers to three Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the state to enforce strict compliance with the state’s coronavirus (COVID-19) safety protocol. The enforcement team stormed markets, parks, eateries and …

BENIN CITY – The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has sworn-in eight new judges appointed to serve in the Edo State High Court, assuring the judiciary of his administration’s support. The governor gave the assurance while addressing the new judges during their swearing-in ceremony at Government House, in Benin …

LAGOS – President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed former military administrator of Lagos and Borno states, Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd) as Chairman/CEO of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). It would be recalled that General Marwa was the Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Drug Abuse (PACEDA) …

LAGOS – In the efforts to effectively combat the spreading of the COVID pandemic in Lagos, the State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has extended the resumption of civil servants on Grade Levels 14 and below to Monday, 1st February 2021. The Governor said that the postponement from Monday, 18th January 2021 …

BENIN CITY – The Edo State Government has said that the suspension of schools’ resumption is applicable to all educational institutions in the state. The government noted that the directive would be reviewed on February 1, 2021, when the outcome of efforts to check the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in …

UROMI – Six children were at the weekend crushed to death by a vehicle at Arue-Uromi, Esan North East Local Government Area of Edo State. Two of the children killed by the car, a Mercedes Benz salon car, were sadly of the same parents. The driver of car allegedly escaped …

BENIN CITY – The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has built capacity to conduct 600 coronavirus (COVID-19) tests daily, as there are three additional Real Time-PCR Molecular Reference Laboratory operational in the state. The governor urged stakeholders and residents to support the government’s efforts to contain the outbreak of …

ABUJA – I congratulate Professor Maimuna Waziri on her appointment as the third Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Gashua, Yobe State. I also congratulate the Governing Council of the University for arriving at the appointment without rancour under the guidance of due process and best university tradition. With the …