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…as team inspects progress at Govt Science College, Benin, others  Edo State Government has made a case for increased support from the European Union (EU) in deepening its financial management and procurement processes, which will enable the state attract more investments through Foreign Direct Investments (FDI). Acting Commissioner for Finance and Special Adviser to the Governor on Economic Matters, Hon. Joseph …

…seeks strengthening of party ahead of 2020 gubernatorial poll All Progressive Congress (APC) Chairman, Edo State Chapter, Barr. Anselm Ojezua, has said that the alleged call for Governor Godwin Obaseki to share state funds to few politicians was embarrassing. Ojezua advised that the state chapter of the party should rather work towards strengthening its structures ahead of the 2020 gubernatorial …

Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has commiserated with the Managing Director of Thisday Newspapers, Mr Eniola Bello over the passing of his wife, Mrs Helen Olufunke Eniola-Olaitan. In a statement, Obaseki condoled with Mr Bello, his family and the staff of Thisday Newspapers over the loss, praying that God grants them the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss. According …

The chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Danjuma Goje, has endorsed Ahmed Lawan to emerge as the next Senate President. The endorsement, which took place on Thursday, followed a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in his office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Speaking with State House reporters after the meeting, Mr Goje said he decided to endorse Mr Lawan despite the …

Injustice and impunity perpetrated by the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adam Oshiomhole, cost the party Oyo State and led to other instances of misfortune elsewhere during the last elections, former communications minister, Adebayo Shittu, has said. Speaking exclusively with PREMIUM TIMES in Abuja on Monday, Mr Shittu joined the call for Mr Oshiomole’s exit as the …

The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has sued for collaboration among stakeholders; individuals, governments, civil society, organised private sector, donor agencies and trade groups, to cut back on environmental degradation and its associated threats. Obaseki who made the call in commemoration of the World Environment Day marked on June 5, each year, by the United Nations and its partners, …

Edo State Polytechnic, Usen, has concluded plans for a partnership with the Edo State Geographic Information Service (EdoGIS) Agency to explore the use of high-grade equipment at the polytecnic’s Center for Geospatial Information Science (CGIS) in capacity building and to drive rural and urban development.   Speaking to journalists, Rector of the institution, Prof. Abiodun Falodun, said that the CGIS will …

…security, economic cooperation top talks Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, and his Delta State counterpart, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, are putting finishing touches to the establishment of Bendel Development Commission, a joint body to aggregate and drive economic development efforts in the two states that formed the old Bendel State. The two governors met on Wednesday to deliberate on the …

The eighth session of the House of Representatives will round off legislative activities on Thursday with a valedictory session. Acting Clerk of the House of Representatives, Patrick Giwa, stated this in a press release issued in Abuja. The statement read,  “This is to inform all Honourable Members that a Special Valedictory Session to end the  Eighth House of Representatives will hold …

Gianni Infantino was re-elected Wednesday by acclamation for a second term as FIFA president at the Congress of world football’s governing body in Paris. The 49-year-old, who took charge of FIFA in February 2016 after the departure of the disgraced Sepp Blatter, stood unopposed for a new four-year term which will run until 2023. Earlier, Infantino had insisted that FIFA …