Edo State

January 24, (THEWILL) - The Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Edo State chapter, Comrade Sunny Osayande, is dead. Osayande, elected on April 25, 2019, passed on in the early hours of Sunday. His death is coming ahead of the...

January 14, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Edo Command has arrested six persons for alleged illegal gold mining in Ojirame-Afe, Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of the state. Commandant of the Corps in the state, Aniekan Udoeyop, made...

December 29, (THEWILL) - The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma chapter, has sued the Edo State Government over Special Intervention Powers Provisions Law 2021. THEWILL reports that the Special Intervention Powers Provisions Law 2021...

December 28, (THEWILL) - The Edo state government has denied reports that it plans to retrench workers this coming year. The government said it has concluded plans to further employ more hands. The state's Head of Service (HOS), Barr. Anthony Okungbowa,...

December 28, (THEWILL) - Edo state Governor Godwin Obaseki has faulted old political actors and the relevance of their style of politics to resolving current national challenges. Obaseki, who believes that Nigeria’s political system has failed the nation, said the...

December 18, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Army said reports alleging that troops tortured one Christian Ehima to death in Edo were false and misleading. Director, Army Public Relations, Brig-Gen Onyema Nwachukwu, denied the allegation in a statement issued on Saturday...

December 18, (THEWILL) - The Federal Ministry of Aviation (FMA) has approved the construction of an airport at Uzairue/Okpella in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo state. The grant of approval was conveyed to the Governor of Edo state,...

December 03, (THEWILL) - Operatives of The Edo Police Command, have arrested no fewer than 80 suspects for various crimes in November. The Commissioner of Police, Phillip Ogbadu, who made this known to newsmen in Benin-City on Friday, said 20 suspects...

December 03, (THEWILL) -Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki has approved the appointment of 38 Senior Special Assistants (SSAs) and 96 Special Assistants (SAs). A statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie, said the appointments followed  the harmonisation...

October 20, (THEWILL) - Members of the civil society organizations (CSOs) and youths in Edo State, on Wednesday held a memorial for the  #EndSARS protest in Benin City, the state capital. There was heavy presence of  joint security operatives, including...