Category: Politics
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Edo State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Prince Kassim Afegbua on Sunday disclosed that the State Government is currently servicing an Irrevocable Standing Payment Order (ISPO) of about ₦385 million monthly linked to a ₦25 billion capital market facility obtained by the immediate past administration for the Radisson Hotel project in Benin City. The Commissioner…
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The Edo government says it is servicing a monthly Irrevocable standing payment order of ₦385 million for the Radisson Hotel project. Information commissioner Kassim Afegbua disclosed this on Sunday in Benin. Mr Afegbua said the obligation stems from a ₦25 billion capital market facility secured by the previous administration. He noted that the liability has…
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Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has vowed to intensify the fight against insecurity, assuring residents that his administration will deploy all the necessary resources to safeguard lives and property across the state. The governor made the declaration on Thursday when he received the newly appointed Commander of the 4 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Brigadier General…
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Operatives of the Edo State Commamd of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, have arrested six suspected illegal miners in the state. DAILY POST reports that the Commandant of the agency in the state, Akintayo Saidi Ayinla, disclosed this at a press briefing on Thursday in Benin City. Ayinla said the suspects were…
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The Edo State House of Assembly Service Commission has confirmed the sacking of 324 members of staff of the Commission. The Commission disclosed this in a three-paragraph statement dated December 1, 2025, and signed by its Chairman and Secretary, Hon Ezehi Igbas and Mrs Isoken Nehi-Olotu, respectively. While describing the appointment letters of the affected…
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Kassim Afegbua: We will interrogate it and the one we can get, we will get it back. Those who presided over Edo Best where are they today? They told you and I that Edo was E-governed, E-government, E-education, e-learning, E everything, my brother where is e-learning? You and I, we live in this town, where…
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The Edo State Government has rejected allegations by the state chapter of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, accusing it of engaging in provocative and destructive politics against former Governor Godwin Obaseki. DAILY POST reports that the PDP had also accused the state government of dismantling Obaseki’s legacy projects, describing the actions as political vendetta disguised…
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Hon. Charles Ekholowa Enahonna, an All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirant for the 2027 Edo State House of Assembly, representing the Igueben Constituency, has said that the area deserves the best candidate to attract dividends of democracy to the people. Speaking to Sunday Independent at the weekend, Enahonna said his vision for the Igueben Constituency is…
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Governor Monday Okpebholo has vowed to resign from office if President Bola Tinubu does not secure 3.5 million votes in Edo in the 2027 presidential election. The governor made the declaration during an interview aired on TVC, insisting that the ruling All Progressives Congress is fully prepared to secure an overwhelming victory for Mr Tinubu…
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Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested seven suspected cultists in a hospital located in Uromi, the administrative headquarters of Esan North-East Local Government Area of the State. The Public Relations Officer of the Command, Moses Yamu, disclosed this on Thursday in a statement made available to newsmen in Benin City. Yamu said…