Tag: Edo state
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Edo 2020: National Referee Judge hopeful of Ebonyi’s impressive performance
A retired national tournament boxing officer, Chief Jasper Okoro, says the Ebonyi contingent to the upcoming National Sports Festival in Edo, will live up to expectation. Okoro, the immediate past South-East Zonal Secretary of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent on Wednesday in Abakaliki. Okoro while…
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Not All Herdsmen Are Killers – Gov Obaseki
By Ikhili Monday EBALU, Benin City Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State Monday admonished farmers and residents not to be deterred by activities of some bad eggs among nomadic herdsmen, declaring that not all herders are killer. The Edo governor said: “Not all herdsmen are killers. Some of them are doing genuine business. We should…
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Ex-militants raise alarm over plot to oust head of Onshore edu unit
By Ikhili Monday EBALU, Benin city Ex-militants from Edo, Rivers, Bayelsa, Ondo and Delta states, on Tuesday, raised the alarm over plot by unknown group of persons to remove the head of Onshore Education Unit, Major Hassan Kesiena Mowarin rtd from the office of the Amnesty Programme of the federal government. Leader of the group,…
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Commissioner to PDP: Prove Your N946M Alleged Allocation To Iyamho University
By Ikhili Monday EBALU, Benin City The Edo State Government has described the N946million purportedly allotted to Iyamho University in the 2018 budget as figment of imagination of the People’s Democratic Party Chairman, Chief Dan Orbih. The State Commissioner for Education, Christopher Adesotu who spoke with newsmen in Benin City urged the PDP State Chairman…
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LG Election: APC Members Decry Imposition of Candidates
By Ikhili Monday EBALU, Benin city As the race for the local government election hits in Edo state, a social political group, Egor Voice for Credible Election, on has described as unacceptable party leaders decision in Eor Local Government and at the state level of the All Progressives Congress, APC to impose an unpopular candidate…
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N2.5 billion Fraud: Tension as Visitation Panel Visit UNIBEN, Auchipoly
By Ikhili Monday EBALU, Benin City Ahead of the Federal Ministry of Education visitation panel’s trip to look into the many allegations of fraud involving the two institutions, tension has gripped the management of the University of Benin and the Federal Polytechnic Auchi both in Edo state. Indications are the panels which have since received…
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Edo lawmaker offers 100 student scholarships
By Ikhili Monday Ebalu, Benin city The Lawmaker, representing (APC Esan South-East) constituency on the floor of the Edo House of Assembly, Festus Igbelekoto has offered scholarship to 100 secondary school students from his constituency to university level. The students were also presented with cash rewards to assist them in the payment of their West…