Edo State

February 27, (THEWILL) - Odianosen Okojie, husband of Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson, has won the House of Representatives seat under the platform of the All Progressive Congress, APC,  for the 2023 elections in Esan North East/ South East federal...

February 27, (THEWILL) - Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has been declared winner of Saturday’s National Assembly elections for Edo North Senatorial District. INEC Returning Officer, Benjamin Adesina, who announced the results, said the...

February 26, (THEWILL) - Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki, has lost his polling unit to Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Saturday's presidential election. THEWILL reports that the governor cast his vote in Oredo...

February 23, (THEWILL) - The Edo State Government, on Wednesday, paid February salaries and pensions to workers and retirees in the state, in furtherance of the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration’s commitment to prompt remuneration of workers in the...

February 10, (THEWILL) - Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said, effective March 1, 2023, the State Government will key into the cashless policy of the Federal Government. The Governor made this known on Thursday, during a Code of...

February 09, (THEWILL) - The Edo State Government has distanced itself from the comments and moves by the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai and some other governors against the currency swap policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria...

February 07, (THEWILL) - The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had said that over a billion naira has been disbursed to Edo State in a span of three days to cushion the hardship faced by customers in accessing redesigned...

January 29, (THEWILL) - A Legal Practitioner and advocate against Gender and Girl child violence, Dise Goddy-Harry, has been conferred with a doctoral degree (PhD) (Honoris Causa) in Gender and Social Development, by ESFAM Benin University, located in Porto-Novo, Republic...

January 24, (THEWILL) - The Edo state government-backed Edo Modular Refinery has begun production at its 6,000bpd plant in Ologbo, Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area. With its feedstock, the facility is expected to produce 50 percent of diesel (500,000 litres),...

January 18, (THEWILL) - Seven persons, including two village chiefs, have been arrested over the recent attack on the Tom Ikimi train station at Igueben, in Edo State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, confirmed the arrest to...