Edo State

October 22, (THEWILL) — The Edo State Government has directed all Heads of Local Government Administration (HoLGAs) across the 18 local councils to proceed on compulsory leave with immediate effect. Chairman of the Edo State Local Government Service Commission, Alhaji...

October 19, (THEWILL) — When Senator Monday Okpebholo traversed the length and breadth of Edo State during his campaign trail, he made a clear and resounding promise, to fix the broken foundations of education by employing at least...

October 16, (THEWILL) — Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have dismantled several criminal hideouts and arrested 70 suspects allegedly linked to kidnapping, rape, and other violent crimes in Okpella, Edo State. The operation, executed...

October 14, (THEWILL) — Governor Monday Okpebholo has approved the appointment of Mr Akhigbe Osi John Sunday as Chairman of the Edo State Bursary and Scholarship Board. A statement signed on Tuesday by the Secretary to the State Government, Umar...

October 13, (THEWILL) — Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has approved the appointment of Dr. (Mrs.) Rita Otibho Erewele as Chairman of the Edo State Senior Secondary Education Board. Dr. Erewele replaces Dr. Maureen O. Ekhoragbon, who has been relieved...

October 03, (THEWILL) — Thousands of market women in Benin City, on Friday, staged protests across major markets to denounce the purported installation of Pastor Josephine “Otagbogbo” Ibhaguezejele as “Iyaloja” of Benin markets. The women, who converged at Oka, Ekiosa,...

August 25, (THEWILL) — GOVERNOR Monday Okpebholo of Edo State may have — as a matter of deliberate state policy — sunk the destructive trade of the dangerous sharks and snapping turtles in the waters of the education industry,...

August 24, (THEWILL) — The recent ban on graduation parties for kindergarten, nursery and primary school pupils in Imo and Edo states deserve commendation. Coming after the recent outcry over the embarrassment in the education sector caused by the...

August 08, (THEWILL) — Edo State governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has approved the nomination of Prince Kassim Afegbua, Ohimai Ehijimetor, Eugene Abdallah and Hon. Godwin Afekokhe Esheshi as Commissioner-Designates for the State. Afegbua, a former Special Adviser on Media to...

August 01, (THEWILL) — Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has approved the appointment of Barr. Kasimu Otono as his new Special Adviser on Oil & Gas. A legal practitioner and real estate entrepreneur, Otono, is a member of the...