Edo State

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...

July 31, (THEWILL) — Darlington Okpebholo Ray, the Lead Spokesman of the Team Asue Media Organisation (TAMO), has announced his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), bringing an end to his over two-decade membership of the party. In a...

July 28, (THEWILL) — Edo State governor, Monday Okpebholo, has ordered the suspension of Felix Osemwengie Isere, his Special Adviser on Oil and Gas. A statement signed on Tuesday by the Secretary to the State Government, Umar Ikhilor, informed that...

July 11, (THEWILL) — At least three seminarians have been abducted and an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) killed by gunmen who attacked the Catholic Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary in Ivianokpodi, Agenebode, Etsako...

July 10, (THEWILL) — The Supreme Court has affirmed Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the duly elected Governor of Edo State, dismissing the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Asue...