LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Edo-based civil society group, Forum for Progressive Governance and Accountability (Forum4PGA), has called on Edo people to reject Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the September 19, 2020 gubernatorial poll in the state, as he faces a criminal charge bordering on an alleged N700 million fraud case preferred…
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 50,000 persons, including farmers, logistics operators and food processors, farm managers, among others, have benefited from agricultural programmes implemented by the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, in the past three and a half years. In a statement, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy,…
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said the state is boosting its capacity to respond to emergencies with the training of medical first responders. The governor said this during a courtesy visit by the Director General (DG) of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Air Vice Marshall (AVM) Rtd. Muhammadu…
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration in Edo State is changing the face of education in the state with the reforms implemented through the Edo State Basic Education Sector Transformation (EdoBEST), efforts to strengthen the state’s Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), including the recruitment of new teachers and tertiary education overhaul….
By Amos Odeh LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As parts its quest to deepen local content and boost job creation, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has on Friday signed equity investment agreements with two companies-Duport Midstream Company for the establishment of an Energy Park in Egbokor, Edo State and Eraskon Nigeria Limited, for a…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A factional acting National Charman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Victor Giadom, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to disregard the ongoing governorship primary election in Edo State. He made the appeal in a letter addressed to the INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, and received by the electoral umpire…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The famous Oba Market in Benin City, capital of Edo State, was Monday morning gutted by fire. The fire, said to have started at midnight, affected mostly those selling wears. The Oba Market fire is the fourth in the series of markets in Benin razed by fire. First to experience such ugly…
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the leadership tussle in the All Progressives Congress, APC, escalates, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has warned political parties interested in the taking part in the September 19, 2020, Edo State governorship election that they must conduct their primary to elect a flagbearer within the next ten days as previously…