…To build NCYN house, provide power, internet services Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has pledged to continue to work closely with the youths in the State for its development, growth and progress. Obaseki gave the assurance when he and his wife, Betsy, were conferred as grand patron and matron of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Edo State …
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…JOOPSA Is To Bridge Knowledge Gap Edo State Governor Mr Godwin Obaseki said his administration has instituted several policies to transformed the public service ensuring it delivers effective and efficient service to the people of Edo State. Obaseki said this at the commissioning of the John Odigie Oyegun Public Service Academy (JOOPSA) in Benin City, in honour of the former …
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Interview by Erasmus Ikhide “I came into UNILAG with a journalistic background and a fully formed ideological worldview. We wanted to change our immediate environment, the Nigerian society, and the international situation. We saw a nexus in the dynamics operating at these levels. We articulated practical ideas, first, how to transform the university environment guided by the NANS Charter of …
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Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has opened up on the brewing crisis between him and the Deputy Governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu. Speaking at meeting with the elders and leaders of the party from Etsako, in Edo North weekend, Governor Obaseki said his deputy’s actions amounted to a coup and an attempt to forcefully remove him from officeExcerpts: Will you say …
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If it were not for the timely intervention of the elderly Islamic cleric at Kizara Village in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Garba Umar would have ended his 15-year-old marriage to his wife, Halima. Her offence was allowing a male doctor attend to her in the labour room. Saturday PUNCH learnt that when efforts by other women in the …
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) turned in a higher net profit for 2022, achieved amid a sharp deterioration in the credit quality of its risk assets. The bank’s financial records showed that failure to keep its relationship with the Nigerian government at arm’s length, as the banking industry regulator, put its credibility in danger. Credit loss expense for the banking regulator …
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Suspends their indefinite strike Resident doctors under the aegis of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have suspended the indefinite strike of July 26. Its National President, Dr Emeka Orji, disclosed this to newsmen on Friday in Abuja According to him, a review will be made in two weeks. He said, “We just suspended the strike. Work will resume …
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•urges mischief makers to desist from Attempt to widen gulf between them Comrade Philip Shaibu, the deputy governor of Edo State has those he described as mischief makers and political jobbers of making a concerted effort to widen the gulf between him and Governor Godwin Obaseki, thereby destabilise the peace in the state. Reacting to a ‘shocking’ statement by Governor …
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Members of the Oloke Family USA, one of Great Benin most prominent families in Edo State of Nigeria, are converging in Oak Lawn, a suburb of the Windy City of Chicago, Illinois for the commencement, today August 11, 2023, of their annual reunion. The reunion which will officially be declared open on Saturday August 12, 2023, is taking place at …
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Edo State Government through the State’s Ministry of Physical Planning, Housing, Urban and Regional Development, has kicked off a recertification exercise for gas and petrol stations in the State. In a statement, the Permanent Secretary, Edo State Ministry of Physical Planning, Housing, Urban and Regional Development, Austin Remison, said the exercise will take place between August 9 and September 8, …
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