BEFORE Edo Police Commissioner, Mr. Foluso Adebanjo was posted to Benin City, nearly everyone was complaining about the need for one. This was because the absence of a substantive police commissioner allegedly compromised Edo Police Command’s ability to take effective crime-control of the 19,794 square kilometers of the state’s territory, according to some people. [...]
THE Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State has said that it has uncovered the truth behind last week sacking of the state Commissioner for Secondary, Technical and Higher Education, Mr Ekpenisi Omorotionmwan, and the dissolution of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB). It will be recalled that the state government had last week announced [...]
THE Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State has said that it has uncovered the truth behind last week sacking of the state Commissioner for Secondary, Technical and Higher Education, Mr Ekpenisi Omorotionmwan, and the dissolution of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB). It will be recalled that the state government had last week announced [...]
•Ekpenisi Omorotionmwan Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State southsouth Nigeria, has approved the removal of the state Commissioner for the Ministry of Secondary, Technical and Higher Education, Mr Ekpenisi Omorotionmwan. Also, the Governor approved the dissolution of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB). In a government special announcement signed by Prof Julius Ihonvbere, Secretary [...]
BENIN CITY- The Commissioner for Environment and Public Utilities, Prince Clem Agba has said the ongoing construction work at the five junctions in Benin City is the State Government project not the Federal Government. Price Clem Agba stated this on Wednesday, during an inspection of some of the ongoing projects in the state. He noted [...]
BENIN CITY- Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has sent the name of Dr (Mrs.) Aihanuwa Eregie as Commissioner-nominee to the Edo State House of Assembly for speedy consideration and confirmation. The request of the governor was contained in a letter dated March 6, 2013 and signed by Prof. Julius Ihonvbere, the Secretary to the [...]
The controversy surrounding the refusal of Ms. Anna Elizabeth Jemitola to appear for screening as a new commissioner ended yesterday as the lawmakers in the ACN dominated Edo State House of Assembly cleared her for swearing in as a commissioner. The commissioner nominees list presented to the Edo state House of Assembly included ten former [...]
THE indoor sports hall of the Asaba Township Stadium Thursday witnessed a veritable gathering of titans and consummate personalities during the inauguration of 32 sporting associations in Delta State. The chairmen and members of the inaugurated sports associations are expected to identify talents with programmes put in place for their development, raise funds from the [...]
BENIN CITY- Edo State House of Assemble has confirmed the nomination of four nominees as the Executive Chairman and Members of Edo State Board of Internal Revenue. The confirmation of the four nominees followed the consideration of the report of the House Standing Committee on Rules, Business and Government House on the screening of the [...]
THERE is tension in some local council areas of Edo State as last Sunday’s kidnap of Edo lawmaker, Victor Edoror, stalled the proposed submission of list of commissioner-nominees by Governor Adams Oshiomhole. Members of the state House of Assembly yesterday continued their suspension of plenary session over the kidnap of their colleague representing Esan-Central Constituency [...]
Several sources in Delta State, including two employees of the Culture Ministry, told our reporter that a former commissioner in the Ministry had requested N50 million to organize the “Delta State Expo 2007.” However, the state government was unable to release the funds that particular year to sponsor the yearly event. By some bizarre twist, [...]
Britain goes to the polls Thursday to choose the country's first ever elected police and crime commissioners — but the biggest shake-up in British policing for decades is threatening to end up a damp squib.
Edo State government has it said trained 500 unemployed graduates between January and September this year. Donald Osikhena Boih, commissioner for Commerce and Industry, who gave the hint at the state House of Assembly while briefing the lawmakers on the achievements of his ministry in 2012 said the sum of N40million were also [...]
Tongues are wagging in Abuja in the wake of the escalation of what began as personal attacks on the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Eugene Juwah. The attacks on Juwah have now shifted to attacks on some top members of the Jonathan administration who have been accused of complicity in [...]
BENIN CITY – The Commissioner of Police Edo State, Mr. Olayinka Balogun has called on traditional rulers in Etsako West Local Government Area of the state to report erring police officers in their domain for appropriate disciplinary measure. He also warned policemen in the area against any form of extortion, intimidation, molestation and high-handedness as [...]
The Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has accepted the resignation of Hon Commissioner for Environment and Public Utilities, Clem Agba. This is to enable him return to his employment with Chevron which had granted him leave of absence. A statement signed on Sunday by the Edo State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Louis Odion, [...]
Two persons were reported to have died in Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo State following floods that ravaged the coastal communities in the area. CityFile reports that due to the overflowing of River Niger, several houses and farmlands along the coastal communities in four local governments were submerged. It was gathered that over [...]
Two persons were reported to have died in Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo State following floods that ravaged the coastal communities in the area. CityFile reports that due to the overflowing of River Niger, several houses and farmlands along the coastal communities in four local governments were submerged. It was gathered that over [...]
Asaba — On August 7, this year the police in Asaba, Delta State reportedly stormed the family of Hyacinth Okwute and arrested no fewer than six kids and their expectant mother over an alleged theft of N13.8 million of the N60 million “banked” in the car boot of the state commissioner for environment, Mr Frank [...]
The Daily Post newspaper reports that four children between the ages of two and seven years were arrested and detained on the orders of the Delta State Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Frank Omare, after their father who was serving as a domestic assistant to the commissioner allegedly stole the sum amounting to N13.8 million from the N60 million kept [...]
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