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Allegations by the factional Edo State chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Col. David Imuse, that the state’s Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu, is planning to attack himself and blame it on his party (APC) have been dismissed by Governor Godwin Obaseki’s Media Aide, Mr. Crusoe Osagie. Osagie, Special Adviser to Edo State Governor on Media and …

The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit completed an interoperability exercise at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, to incorporate detachments that recently arrived to the MEU. The July 13 training was designed to enhance coordination and familiarize subordinate elements with the MEU’s unique mission set, in preparation for follow-on exercises that will incorporate the entire Marine Air Ground Task Force. The 31st MEU, …

On 14 August 2020, the Department of Defense’s (DOD) Joint Acquisition Task Force (JATF), supported by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), entered into a $750,000 cooperative agreement with Plasma Technologies, LLC. The agreement is to develop and optimize a process to produce higher yielding anti-COVID-19 immune serum for scale-up and manufacturing, if successful. A higher yield hyperimmune …

Edo State Government has assured the state’s business community of friendly policies to sustain inflow of investments amid the coronavirus pandemic, in line with Governor Godwin Obaseki’s Making Edo Great Again (MADE) manifesto. Head, Edo State Investment Promotion Office (ESIPO), Mr. Kelvin Uwaibi, said this during a Breakfast Meeting with the Edo International Business Forum and members of Edo Business …

Convener of the pro-development group, Esan Agenda, Mr. Akhere Obozele, has welcomed the Edo State Governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming gubernatorial election, to Edo Central Senatorial District, as he kicks-off his reelection campaign rally on Monday. Obozele said: “We welcome our governor and candidate of the PDP to Esan land, where he will receive massive …

…Gov assures of improved security, more roads Edo State Governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Monday, kicked off his ward-to-ward reelection campaign in Edo Central Senatorial District. The campaign started with a visit to the traditional rulers of Illushi and Ifeku communities Island, His Royal Highness (HRH) Sunny Eye and Anuka Peter respectively, …

Edo State House of Assembly (EDHA) has confirmed the appointment of two commissioner nominees, who were recently appointed by Governor Godwin Obaseki. At a plenary sitting of the Assembly, in Benin City, on Monday, August 17, 2020, the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Francis Okiye conveyed the confirmation of the two civil commissioners and three commissioners for the Edo State Oil and Gas Producing Areas …

The Bayelsa State Governor, Mr Douye Diri, will appeal Monday’s ruling of the governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja, which nullified his election. Diri said he has, consequently, instructed his lawyers to file the necessary papers. He spoke shortly after the tribunal ruled that the Independent National Electoral Commission wrongly excluded the Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party governorship candidate in …

The Bayelsa Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Monday nullified the election of Governor Duoye Diri. The Justice Mohammed Sirajo-led three-man panel ruled that the election was unlawful due to the exclusion of Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party and its candidate, King George, from the November 16, 2019 governorship election. The tribunal ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Edo on Monday presented soft copies of the voters register to 14 political parties participating in the Sept. 19 governorship election in the state. Mrs May Agbamuche-Mbu, the INEC National Commissioner in charge of Edo, Rivers and Bayelsa presented the register to the political parties at the INEC office located at Sapele Road in …