LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew across the state until further notice. The curfew is to take effect from 4pm, October 19, 2020 – Monday. It would be recalled that there was a jail break in Benin prison which resulted in scores of inmates escaping from the facility. Apart…
LAGOS OCTOBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State Government has denied report credit to Andrew Edoigbe of accusing Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki of unfair award of contract to companies. A statement by Crusoe Osagie, Special Adviser to Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy stated, “Our attention has been drawn to the baseless…
LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Idahosa Wells Okunbo, Chairman of Ocean Marine Solution (OMS), has accused the government of Edo state, of sponsoring libellous and defamatory publications against him. In a letter dated July 20 and addressed to Yinka Omorogbe, Edo state attorney-general and commissioner for justice, Okunbo through his counsel, Oladapo Olanipekun, demanded a retraction of…
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court, Abuja, has adjourned until June 29, hearing in a preliminary objection filed by Mr Adams Oshiomhole challenging the court’s jurisdiction to entertain the fundamental rights enforcement suit he instituted against the Edo government. Justice Ahmed Mohammed on Wednesday, adjourned the matter after taking arguments from parties in the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State Government has demolished T. Latifa Hotel owned by Mr. Tony Adun also known as Kabaka. According to the state government, he violated building laws, ‘as the structure sits across a road in the Ugbor-Amagba axis of Oredo Local Government Area of the state’. The hotel building was reduced to…
LAGOS DECEMBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Edo State Government has distanced the Governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki from the arrest of Edo State Commissioner for Arts, Culture and Tourism, Mr. Osaze Osemwingie-Ero in France for allegedly laundering $2m. Osaze Osemwingie-Ero was arrested by operatives of the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) for alleged money laundering. The…