The governorship election petition tribunal in Edo State witnessed a dramatic turn on Monday, February 10 as Governor Monday Okpebholo’s legal team abruptly closed their case after their first witness admitted to over-voting in Ovia South-West Local Government Area. The…
Edo Governor Okpebholo, State House of Assembly have sworn in acting council chairmen, defying federal directives on local government autonomy. In spite of the position of the federal government on the autonomy of local government councils in Nigeria, Edo State…
The federal government, through the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, has declared that governors lack the constitutional authority to suspend or remove local government chairmen from office, Newsmax Nigeria reports. Fagbemi made the declaration while addressing journalists…
Edo State chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Jarret Tenebe, has rationalised the inability of the State governor, Senator Monday Okpebolo, to accurately read out the budget figures he presented to the Edo State House of Assembly on Tuesday….
Oladele Bankole-Balogun has been appointed as the executive chairman of the Edo State Board of Internal Revenue by Governor Monday Okpebholo. Announcing the appointment, Umar Ikhilor, the Secretary to the State Government in a statement said other executive directors of…
Former Governor Godwin Obaseki has reacted to the move by the government of Governor Monday Okpebholo to probe the previous administration. Okpebholo on Sunday approved the formation of a 14-member State Assets Verification Committee to investigate his predecessor, Obaseki’s administration….
Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State, on Thursday, ordered the freezing of all State-owned bank accounts with immediate effect, until further notice. The Governor has also warned commercial banks, heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to comply with the…
