Edo State Archives — Page 12 of 22

November 17, 2022 No Responses

Edo Budgets N320.35b For 2023

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday, presented a N320.35bn budget to the Edo State House of Assembly for the 2023 fiscal year, representing a 44.3 percent increase from the N222bn budgeted for the year 2022. Obaseki, who presented the...

November 14, 2022 No Responses

Tinubu Donates N40m To Flood Victims In Edo

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu donated N40 million to flood victims in Edo State on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the floods displaced about 32,893 persons in Etsako Central,...

November 12, 2022 No Responses

Edo Targets N60b IGR, Unveils Residency Card

Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki on Friday set an Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) target of N60 billion for 2023 fiscal year in the state. Obaseki disclosed this during sixth edition of the yearly Alaghodaro Investment Summit in Benin. &nbs...

November 11, 2022 No Responses

Edo Allocates 35,000 Hectares Of Land For Housing, Industrial Development Projects

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said his administration has made available 35,000 hectares of land for housing and industrial development projects in various towns and cities across the State. Obaseki said this when he received executive ...

November 1, 2022 No Responses

Edo Sacks Commissioner For Roads, Bridges

The Edo State Government has announced the removal of the Commissioner for Roads and Bridges, Engr. Newton Okojie. In a statement sent to City Business News, the Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Mr. Chris Osa Nehikhare, said “The Hon. commissi...

October 28, 2022 No Responses

Edo Concessions Okomu South, Gele-Gele Forest Reserves

The Edo State Government has signed a 30-year conservation/eco-tourism concession with Africa Nature Investors (ANI) Foundation as part of measures to protect endangered forest elephants, white-throated monkeys and the farming population, among others in the O...

October 27, 2022 No Responses

Edo Records 113 Deaths From Road Crashes In Nine Months

The Edo State Sector command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Wednesday, disclosed that no few than 113 deaths were recorded in the state from Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) between January and September 2022. State Sector commander, Mr...

October 25, 2022 No Responses

Group To Boost Oil Palm Production In Edo With $300m

The global Roundtable on Sustainable Oil Palm (RSPO), is committing $300,000 to the implementation of its oil palm community engagement and outreach programme in Edo State. Its Chief Executive Officer, Mr Joseph D’Cruz made the declaration at the launc...

October 22, 2022 No Responses

Reconstruct Failed Benin-Auchi Road To Tackle Insecurity, Obaseki Urges FG

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Friday, called for the Federal Government’s urgent intervention on the dilapidated Benin-Auchi-Okpella Road as part of measures to check insecurity in the area. The Governor made the call after a security ...

September 11, 2022 No Responses

Obaseki Celebrates Igbinedion At 88

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has hailed the Esama of Benin Kingdom, Sir (Chief) Dr. Gabriel Osawaru Igbinedion, on his 88th birthday. In a statement, the governor said, “I heartily felicitate with our father, the Esama of Benin Kingdom,...

September 10, 2022 No Responses

Council Inducts 54 Nursing Graduates Of Edo Varsity

The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria on Friday inducted 54 nurses who graduated from the Department of Nursing Science of Edo State University, Uzairue, Edo. The Vice Chancellor of the Institution, Prof. Emmanuel Aluyor stated this at the 2nd...

September 9, 2022 No Responses

Edo Harps On Critical Role Of Oil Palm In Economic Diversification

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has urged Stockbrokers to consider the impact increased investment in the oil palm sector can make in rejuvenating the Nigerian economy, adding that cash crops such as oil palm, rubber and timber among others were...

August 27, 2022 No Responses

Presco, GIZ, Others Back Edo Film Festival

Presco Plc, German Development Agency, The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) and Phoenix, among others have pledged support for Edo State International Film Festival (ESIFF) scheduled to hold between September 1st and Septembe...

August 9, 2022 No Responses

‘Benin River Port’ll Ease Congestion of Lagos Ports, Enhance Economic Growth‘

Benin River Port, on completion, will ease the congestion being experienced daily at the various ports in Lagos, Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, reiterated on Monday. Addressing delegates at the panel review exercise on the Environmental an...