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…urges grassroots mobilisation for 2019 elections, party’s triumph Edo State Governor, Mr.  Godwin Obaseki, has called on chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo North Senatorial District of the state, to mobilise voters in the area to vote for the party’s candidates in the 2019 general elections. Obaseki made the call while inaugurating the Edo North APC Campaign Council …

Edo State government has approved the payment of 290 former workers of the College of Agriculture, Iguoriakhi and College of Agricultural Technology, Agenebode.  In a statement issued by the Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Hon. Monday Osaigbovo, the state government said that the 290 ex-workers of both institutions, entitled to payment and whose cheques are ready include; 228 staff of the …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has said that his administration will invest over N5 billion in the agricultural sector to create more jobs and guarantee food security in the state. Obaseki said this while speaking to beneficiaries of the federal government’s social investment programme, N-Power, in Edo South Senatorial District of the state, at an event tagged “Better Future” …

If you don’t have electricity, it is not the Federal Government’s problem, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has declared. Fashola, who disclosed this while speaking at the Nextier Power Dialogue on Wednesday night in Abuja, told his listeners that there were problems in the power sector, but reminded them that it was not the Federal Government’s …

Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, assured his supporters that their handwork and loyalty towards his victory and that of his party in the 2019 election  would be adequately rewarded. Mr Buhari gave the assurance in Abuja while delivering a speech at the inauguration of his support group tagged, “Together Nigeria’’. The event was organised by the Buhari Support Organisation. …

…affirms disqualification of Tonye Cole and all other Rivers APC candidates The Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division on Wednesday confirmed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State will not field any candidates during the 2019 General elections when it dismissed the appeal filed by the factional Rivers State APC Governorship Candidate, Mr Tonye Cole. The Court of …

By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON An unidentified armed robbery suspect, was gunned down by the police during a dawn robbery operation inside a Pentecostal church in Benin City, the state capital on Wednesday.  AK-47 rifle, one black Honda Pilot Jeep marked EDO BEN-360-PJ, 26 assorted telephone handsets, cash sum of N46, 060.00 two cutlasses, a jack knife, one fez cap and a military camouflage …

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) on Wednesday began an indefinite strike over non-implementation of the 2009 and 2017 agreement reached with the union by the federal government. The polytechnic lecturers have joined their university colleagues who have been on strike since November 4. In a phone interview with PREMIUM TIMES Wednesday evening, the National President of ASUP, Usman …

The Benin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Tuesday said it has secured conviction of 22 persons who were involved in internet fraud popularly called yahoo yahoo within it’s operational base in the last one year. It said millions of naira were recovered from fraudsters who want to reap where they did not sow. Head of the Benin Zone, …

Edo State Government has commenced the issuance of computerised Certificates of Occupancy to landed property owners in the state as reported by News Agency of Nigeria. Speaking after signing the first batch of the new electronic Cs-of-O, at the weekly Executive Council meeting, on Wednesday in Benin, Governor Godwin Obaseki, said the new recertification process would ensure ease of doing …