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Action Congress of Nigeria, Edo, Headlines, Party Politics, State News
Friday, May 4th, 2012
By Nnamdi Ojiego The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has condemned the reported assassination of the Principal Private Secretary to Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde, saying it raises a lot of questions, especially coming shortly after the yet-to-be-resolved ramming of the Governor’s convoy by a tipper truck that claimed the lives […]
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Edo, Headlines, State News
Friday, May 4th, 2012
Mr Olaitan Oyerinde African Examiner Friday, May 04, 2012 A special Adviser and private secretary to Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state, South South Nigeria, has been killed by unknown gunmen. Reports say four gun men stormed the house of Mr Olaitan Oyerinde at Ugbor GRA, Benin and scaled the fence then brutally shot him […]
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Edo, State News
Sunday, April 29th, 2012
TRAGEDY struck yesterday in Edo State, as three journalists attached to Edo State Government lost their lives in an auto crash that involved Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s convoy. The governor escaped death when a truck rammed into his convoy on Afuze road, Owan East Local Government Council of the state where he received those who defected […]
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Edo, Headlines, State News
Friday, April 20th, 2012
April 20, 2012 by James Azania | credits: Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole on Thursday received a major boost in his re-election bid after the Oba of Benin gave him his support. Omo N’Oba Erediauwa, who was formally informed by Oshiomhole of his second term bid at the Palace, said the governor deserved it because […]
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Delta, Edo, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
CRITICAL stakeholders in Edo State yesterday hailed the conviction of former Governor James Ibori of Delta State, saying it was a lesson to corrupt politicians. But curiously, no politician in Edo called yesterday agreed to speak as they based their position on the neighbourliness of their state to Delta State. But the Executive Director, Environmental […]
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Edo, Governors, Headlines, State News
Friday, March 30th, 2012
A body known as New Nigeria Parliament, some civil society groups, workers and students in Edo State, on Thursday, protested against the endorsement of Governor Adams Oshiomhole by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) for a second term of office. The protesters, drawn from the 18 local government areas of […]
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Articles, Columnists, Edo, NNP Columnists, Odenigbo Chidi Anyaeche, State News, Uncategorized
Monday, March 12th, 2012
By Odenigbo Chidi Anyaeche, London, UK, March 12, 2012 – This is a true story. And it is about the dire state of security in Edo state, Nigeria especially the capital Benin City. To the uninitiated, Comrade Governor is the nick name of the current governor of the state – Mr Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole. Adams […]
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Columnists, Edo, John Egbeazien Oshodi, NNP Columnists, Ph.D, State News
Thursday, March 1st, 2012
Dr. John Egbeazien Oshodi | Abuja, Nigeria | March 1, 2012 – Now that the governorship primaries are settled, let the first set of major debates begin between Governor Adams Oshiomhole, the former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, and retired Major General Charles Airhiavbere, the former Director, Nigerian Army Finance Corps. The Edo people […]
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Edo, Headlines, Press Releases, State News
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
EDO Presents an Observation on the Importance of the 3 R’s of Black History “Reflection, Recollection and Respect” to African Culture and reconnecting the African Diaspora OAKLAND – February 23, 2012 – Education Development Opportunities (EDO) an organization dedicated to the empowerment of children of the Diaspora, announced today that area leaders will come together […]
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Edo, State News
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
The Federal High Court 1 sitting in Benin City, yesterday ordered the Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice in the state, Osagie Obayuwana, to be remanded in prison custody over non-compliance of the state government on an interlocutory injunction it gave in a suit involving the state government and a private investor, Churchgate Industries Limited relating […]
