Labour Party Rejects Rerun Election in Edo Kelly Ogbaloi, the Edo State Labour Party chairman, has described the Saturday rerun election in the state as a sham and called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to cancel the election and fix another date for the rerun. Ogbaloi who stated this while reacting to the
READ MOREEdo Announces Supply of 780,000 Litres of Petrol The government in Edo says it has supplied 780, 000 litres of petrol as part of efforts to address the scarcity of petrol in the state. It also said it had set up of a task force to monitor the product’s distribution and sales in filling stations
READ MOREGunmen Attack Another Nigerian Train Station, Kidnap Many Passengers Suspected gunmen have attacked a train station in Edo State, southern Nigeria, and abducted several passengers. The police spokesperson in the state, Chidi Nwabuzor, stated that the attackers were armed with AK-47 rifles. The exact number of people who were abducted is unknown at this time.
READ MORETinubu Donates N40m to Flood Victims in Edo Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) donated N40 million to flood victims in Edo on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the floods displaced about 32,893 persons in Etsako Central, Etsako East and Esan Southeast Local Government Areas
READ MORENDLEA Arrests 48 Suspects Over Drug Trafficking in Edo The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Edo, says it has arrested no fewer than 48 suspects over alleged illicit drug trafficking in October. This is contained in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja by Mr
READ MOREEdo’s Gov. Godwin Obaseki has pledged to mobilise contractors to the failed portion of the Benin-Sapele Highway. Obaseki made the declaration when he visited the bad road in company of the Secretary to Edo Government, Osarodion Ogie, and the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Infrastructure, Mr Fergurson Enabulele. He was addressing protesters who had barricaded the
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