The Speaker of Edo House of Assembly, Mr Blessing Agbebaku has called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on substance abuse and illicit drugs trafficking in Nigeria. The speaker, made the call in Benin while addressing…
Edo House of Assembly on Monday announced the recall of one of the three suspended lawmakers, Mr Bright Iyamu. Iyamu (PDP-Orhionmwon South) was suspended on May 6, alongside two others over alleged plot to impeach the speaker and other principal…
As mixed reactions continued to trail the change of the nation’s national anthem by the Federal Government, the Edo State House of Assembly passed a bill to declare, “Beautiful Edo, Glorious Edo” as the official anthem of the state. The…
Five months after assenting to the 2024 appropriation bill by the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, the State House of Assembly has shored up the budget to N409, 217,894,248,87 billion. The governor had on December 22, 2023, assented to N342.825,969,909,21…
By Elvis Omoregie, Benin The Edo State House of Assembly has passed a resolution ordering the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, to set up a seven-man committee to investigate the allegations of gross misconduct levelled against the…
The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has given his assent to the passage of the Edo Assembly fund management bill into law. Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Chief Blessing Agbebaku made this known during…
The Edo State House of Assembly on Tuesday gave its approval for Gov. Godwin Obaseki to secure a loan facility of N1.5 billion to fund maintenance and repairs of internal roads across the state. The approval followed a request letter…
The Governor had asked the house to screen and confirm the nominees in a letter dated September 28. The Edo House of Assembly has confirmed 11 commissioner nominees sent to it by the State Governor, Godwin Obaseki for approval. The…
After about 6 months of his inuguration for his 2nd term in office as the Governor of Edo state, the Edo House of Assembly on Monday, at an emergency session approved the appointment of 15 Special Advisers to Governor Godwin…
