Obaseki Archives — Page 16 of 21

October 3, 2017 No Responses

Heritage Bank canvasses more support for creative industry

Heritage Bank Plc has reiterated its support for the creative industry as alternative to crude oil. The MD/CEO of the bank, Ifie Sekibo stated this on Sunday at the Exhibition Gallery of National Museum Benin. The event was organised ...

September 30, 2017 No Responses

Edo sacks Permanent Secretary, suspends three others over alleged N283m fraud

The Edo State Government on Friday sacked a permanent secretary in the State Ministry of Youth and Special Duties, Dr. (Ms) Osayuware Idahosa and three other civil servants over allegation of padding the budget for the conduct of primary school examinatio...

September 26, 2017 No Responses

FG condemns deadly attack on Benin Zoo

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has strongly condemned the attack on Ogba Zoo and Nature Park in Benin, Edo State, on Sunday, during which three policemen were killed and the Head of the Zoo, Dr. Andy Ehanire, was abducted...

September 17, 2017 No Responses

Obaseki to visit Fashola over dilapidated Benin-Ekpoma-Auchi road

The Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has inspected about 10 on-going road projects in Edo Central Senatorial District of the state as well as the failed portions of the Benin- Ehor -Ekpoma- Auchi expressway. Obaseki, who was accompanied...

September 14, 2017 No Responses

Commuters to Obaseki: Negotiate MoU with FG on dilapidated Benin-Ekpoma-Auchi road

Worried by the dilapidated state of Benin-Ekpoma-Auchi road, commuters and motorists have appealed to the State Governor, Godwin Obaseki to negotiate what they described as detailed Memoradum of Understanding (MoU) with the Federal Government. According t...

September 12, 2017 No Responses

Obaseki, Mahindra Group conclude arrangement on Benin Industrial Park

All is set for the smooth take-off of the planned Benin Industrial Park with the receipt of the Preliminary Report by Governor Godwin Obaseki from the Mahindra Group in India, on Monday. A visibly elated Obaseki, who is accompanied by...

September 10, 2017 No Responses

Edo to develop 58 tourist sites

The Edo State Commissioner for Arts, Culture and Diaspora Affairs, Hon. Osaze Osemwegie-Ero has disclosed plans by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration to revive and rebrand 58 tourist sites across the state. Osemwegie-Ero made the disclosure while r...

September 6, 2017 No Responses

Obaseki in Indonesia, explains commercial oil palm production agenda

The Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, is currently in Indonesia to “deepen his administration’s partnership with the Asian country, in a bid to revamp the agricultural sector and reposition the state as the oil palm capital of Nigeria”....

September 1, 2017 No Responses

Edo Local Councils share N2.146b for August

The Edo Joint Account and Allocation Committee (JAAC) has explained that the total allocation for the 18 Local Government Councils in the state for the month of August was N2, 146,235,377. Head of Owan East Local Government Administration, Mr. Akeena...

September 1, 2017 No Responses

Eid-el-Kabir: Obaseki facilitate with muslims

As our Muslim brothers and sisters celebrate Eid-el-Kabir today, I offer my felicitations on behalf of the government and good people of Edo State. We have put in place measures to guarantee that everyone is secure in the state during...

August 31, 2017 No Responses

BUA unveils $1b cement factory in Edo, to commission $300m Sokoto plant in 2018

One of Nigeria’s largest conglomerate,BUA Group, has unveiled its 1billion dollars Obu Cement factory in Okpella, Edo state at a commissioning ceremony performed by Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo. During the ceremony, the Vice President also performed ...

August 28, 2017 No Responses

Edo rehabilitates fertilizer plant, to ‘disrupt’ importation

The Edo State Government and WACOT Limited will receive the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osibanjo, on Tuesday, August 29, 2017, to commission the Edo State Fertilizer and Chemical Company Limited (ESFCCL) located in Auchi, Edo State. The Edo Fertilizer...

August 17, 2017 No Responses

Obaseki partners COREN to check inflated road contracts

The Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki on Wednesday demonstrated his administration’s commitment to the frugal allocation of the resources accruing to the state by setting up a contact group with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in...

August 15, 2017 No Responses

Obaseki to revamp Edo Broadcasting Service, Observer

The Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Monday paid an unscheduled inspection visit to the state radio and television stations, Edo Broadcasting Service and the Nigerian Observer, publishers of the Observer newspaper titles and hinted that the media....