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Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has announced that the State’s first flyover bridge will be completed by April next year, four months earlier than initially scheduled. The Governor made the disclosure during the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign rally in Esan North-East Local Government Area, ahead of the Edo Central Senatorial by-election slated for August 16. According to him, the completion time for the project has been reduced from one year and six months to one year and two months, a development he said reflects his administration’s commitment to fast-tracking infrastructure delivery. The rally, which traversed all eleven wards of the Local Government, also witnessed a wave of defections from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party to the APC, further boosting the ruling party’s momentum in the senatorial race. Speaking on ongoing road projects in the area, Okpebholo said: “From Ekpoma to Ubiaja, we are dualising the road. After the rains, you will...

Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo said his administration will fix the failed roads in Edo Central, which he inherited from the previous administration of by Godwin Obaseki. The Governor who inspected several failed portions of roads across Edo Central Senatorial District at the weekend, revealed plans by his administration to fix the failed portions to boost economic activities and make life easy for people in the area. The Governor and his entourage inspected Onewa-Udomi-Ibhiolulu-Afada-Idumoza-Eko-Uwaya-Ewora roads. He also inspected the failed portions at the New Agbor Road and Illushin Road,  all in Uromi, Esan North East Local Government Area of Edo Central. He queried that for eight years, the State suffered from bad roads and poor infrastructure during Obaseki's regime and assured Edo people that his administration with the support of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will fix the roads. "Bad roads across Edo State are one of the things I inherited from former Go...

Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, at the weekend, said there will be a total collapse of the opposition in the State ahead of the 2027 general elections in the country.  He gave the prediction during the flag-off of the campaign for the August 16th Senatorial by-election in Edo Central Senatorial District in Uromi.  He urged the candidates of the opposition parties to decamp to the ruling party, All Progressive Congress (APC), and join him in developing the State. The Governor who was accompanied by the chairman of APC, Jarrett Tenebe, to receive decampees at the event expressed happiness that members of all other political parties are joining APC to ensure that development continues.  The decampees from PDP include Alhaji Esiwele Musa, Abraham Osazuwa, Sunny Ejie, and Robert Okoneme, amongst other PDP leaders across the 51 wards. Governor Okpebholo reassured that President Tinubu 2027 is a done deal in Edo State, as the 2.5 million votes for his re-election a...

Edo State Governor, His Excellency, Senator Monday Okpebholo  has  undertaken a comprehensive inspection tour of critical infrastructure projects across Benin City, the State Capital, and declared them as tangible fruits of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's Renewed Hope Agenda. During the inspection, Mr. K. V. Rao, Project Director for Africa Plus Partners and the Benin-Asaba Expressway Concession Company Limited, said about 20 kilometers of the dual-carriage 10 lane expressway, are projected to be completed before the Christmas of 2025. Governor Okpebholo's inspection highlighted the monumental expansion of the Benin-Asaba expressway, the reconstruction of Amufi Road, and the ongoing flyover construction at Ramat Park, all poised to redefine connectivity and economic vibrancy in the region. The centerpiece of the inspection was the ambitious Benin-Asaba expressway, a project Governor Okpebholo hailed as a cornerstone of the President's vision. Governor Okpebholo, visibly impre...

. BY OSARIEMEN IDIAGHE  Edo State Government has assured of its commitment to sustain and expand the Family Planning interventions to reduce maternal mortality and morning. This assurance was given by the Honorable Commissioner for Health, Dr Cyril Oshiomhole at a stakeholders meeting on Sustaining Family Planning Interventions. The meeting which held in Benin City was between the Edo State Government in partnership with The Challenge Initiative (TCI). The commissioner revealed that TCI has partnered with the state government for four years to address critical gaps in public health landscape.  He said the  uptake of family planning services across the local government areas, the dedication and innovation of community based approach brought reproductive health closer to the people, empowered families, strengthened systems and improved outcomes.  " With focus intervention in nine LGA's, TCI has helped to drive demand creation, improve service and build capacity of heal...

Parents of a new born baby, Mr and Mrs Saviour Sunday, who hail from Oruk Anam LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA of AKWA IBOM State, has called on well meaning Nigerians for financial assistance to discharge their newborn baby boy from St. Philomena Hospital in Benin City.  The baby, born prematurely on May 29, has been receiving treatment at the hospital and is currently in a stable condition. However, the couple is struggling to pay the outstanding bill of N1.4 million. The baby was born at a midwife center and was quickly referred to Modic Children Specialist Hospital due to breathing difficulties.  After paying N18,000 for oxygen treatment, the couple was referred to Medvic Hospital, where they were asked to make an instant deposit  of N850,000. There after pay the sum N 118,000 per day till his discharge. Unable to afford this amount, they were later referred to St. Philomena Hospital, where the baby received immediate attention and was placed on oxygen. The baby' s mother Mrs. ...