Tag: Okpebholo
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Edo doctors begin warning strike over unimplemented Okpebholo’s directive
Medical doctors under the employ of the Edo Health Management Agency (HMA), on Thursday, commenced a 2-day warning strike to protest against the appointment of a new Executive Secretary for the agency. According to reports, the doctors operating under the aegis
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Edo gov, Okpebholo assigns portfolios to new commissioners
Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo on Tuesday sworn in six commissioners into the State Executive Council and assigned them portfolios. This is contained in a statement in Benin, by Mr Umar Ikhilor, Secretary to the State Government.
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Okpebholo’s tussle with council chairmen needless distraction – By Ehichioya Ezomon
During a congratulatory visit to Governor Monday Okpebholo at the Government House in Benin City on Tuesday, December 3, 2024, the Edo chairman of Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) and chairman of Orhiomwon local government, Newman Ugiagbe, pledged the loyalty and collaboration of the 18 council chairmen, to ensure the success of the…
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“You do not have constitutional power to suspend LG Chairmen”, FG tells Okpebholo
The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has declared that suspension of local government chairmen and their deputies in Edo State is unconstitutional and a violation of the Supreme Court’s July 11, 2024, judgment on local government autonomy. Speaking to journalists in Abuja on Thursday, Fagbemi emphasized that…
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Obaseki hammers Okpebholo for shutting down the state’s e-governance platform
The immediate past Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has slammed his successor, Monday Okpebholo, for shutting down the state’s e-governance platform. Reports have it that Okpebholo had said that the entire e-governance platform is being run and operated from the backend by unknown non-state actors, and no one within the public service of the…
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Hours to handover , Obaseki declared missing as Okpebholo calls for Gov’s mental evaluation
Edo State Governor-Elect, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has called on the out-going Governor of the State, Godwin Obaseki, to seek immediate attention of a psychiatrist, following his recent utterances and public displays. In a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday and signed by Godspower Inegbe, Okpebholo said Edo people are worried by Obaseki’s reckless statements…
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Shaibu offers N1m bounty for information on looting in Edo as Obaseki asks Okpebholo to produce evidence
Reinstated deputy governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has offered N1million bounty to anyone who has information concerning alleged looting of government property as the administration winds down. This is just as the outgoing governor of the state, Godwin Obaseki has demanded for a water proof evidence from the incoming Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo. Shaibu…
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Edo: Okpebholo’s victory is an endorsement of Tinubu’s economic reforms, says Omo-Agege
The victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and emergence of Senator Monday Okpebholo as Governor-Elect in Edo State’s gubernatorial election has been described as an unequivocal endorsement of President Bola Tinubu’s economic road map to returning Nigeria to the path of prosperity. Former Deputy President of the Senate in the 9th Session of the…
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Edo guber: Okpebholo remains our candidate – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says Sen. Monday Okpebholo remains its governorship candidate in Saturday’s governorship election in Edo. Mr Felix Morka, the party’s National Publicity Secretary made the party’s position clear in a statement issued in Abuja.
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Alleged perjury: Court adjourns case against Okpebholo indefinitely
A Magistrates’ Court in Abuja on Friday, adjourned hearing in the case filed against Sen. Monday Okpebholo, the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s governorship candidate in the Saturday election in Edo, indefinitely. Magistrate Abubakar Mukhtar adjournment followed an order of Justice O.C. Agbaza