The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has approved the allocation of over 40,000 hectares of land to six firms for oil palm cultivation.
Obaseki who disclosed this to journalists in Benin City, said the step was in furtherance of the government’s vision to make agriculture the mainstay of the...
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has imposed a 10-day dusk-to-dawn curfew on the state, with effect from April 20.
Obaseki in a state broadcast on Sunday said the curfew was to curb coronavirus spread in the state.
The governor said that the curfew would be reviewed after the 10-day period...
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Tuesday said his administration took the empowerment of youths seriously because engagement of the youths would engender peace in the state.
Okowa stated this in Asaba during the inauguration of projects executed by Oshimili South Local Government Council.
The projects include the reconstructed Oshimili South...
Cross River State governor, Sir. Ben Ayade, Monday, disclosed that the floating of the state-owned Cally Air will help unlock the economic potentials of the state.
Cally Air, Monday, made its maiden flight into Margaret Ekpo International Airport, Calabar from Lagos en route to Abuja.
Addressing journalists shortly after the aircraft...
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has reassured that his administration will continue to focus on human capital development to reduce youth unemployment and tackle illegal migration.
Obaseki gave the assurance when he received the French Ambassador to Nigeria, Jerome Pasquier, who was on a courtesy visit to the...
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday, announced the gift of a house and the sum of N1 million to an outstanding Biology Teacher in the state, Mrs. Benedicta Idele, who emerged as the first runner-up in the 2020 Maltina Teacher of the Year Award.
Obaseki made the...
The Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, has imposed new restrictions on residents of the state just as its neighbour, Akwa Ibom State, recorded its first set of cases.
According to a statement signed by Ayade’s media aide, Christian Ita, no resident of the state would be allowed to move...
The Delta State Government has said that its palliatives being provided to cushion the effect of the lockdown in the state on the vulnerable as a result of COVID 19, will not be distributed along party lines.
The Commissioner for Information in the state, Mr Charles Aniagwu, disclosed this while...
The Deputy Senate President and Delta APC Governorship candidate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has expressed concern over acts of injustice meted out to oil-bearing communities in the country, particularly in the Niger Delta.
This is even as he revealed that the push for an increment of the equity shares of host...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike on Monday announced that the Rivers State Government will establish a Task Force to man her borders to ensure that Rivers people are protected from coronavirus.
Signing the Executive Order RVSG-02 No. 3 -2020 at the Government House, Port Harcourt on Monday, Governor Wike...
