FACAN donates 150,000 cashew seedlings to Edo farmers
The Edo State Chapter of the Federation of Agricultural Commodity Associations of Nigeria (FACAN) in partnership with Peniel Gerar International has on Wednesday distributed 150,000 free…
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Auchi Microfinance Bank shops for N200m to leverage information technology
As part of efforts to be more competitive in the microfinance sector, the authorities of Auchi Microfinance Bank has concluded plans to shore up its paid share capital to N200 million.…
Edo farmers protest ceding land to oil palm investor
Hundreds of farmers at Urhonigbe forest reserve in Orhionmwon local government area of Edo State on Monday protested against the alleged leasing of the forest reserve to Saro company for the…
Investment in solar device will address Nigeria’s power deficit – Experts
Ma-Riekpen Edekin Evbogbai, a professor of Engineering of the Edo State University, Uzuaire has advocated power generation shift from the conventional hydro energy to renewable energy as a…
Auchi Microfinance Bank shareholders’ fund hits N223m
The management of Auchi Microfinance Bank (AMFB) has said that its shareholders' fund has increased to N223 million in the 2019 financial year as against N173.3million recorded in 2018.…
Edo deputy governor denies plan to dump PDP
Philip Shaibu, Edo State deputy governor, on Monday, denied reports of an alleged plan to dump the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
Shuaibu’s denial of the allegation was occasioned by…
IOM, NAPTIP take human trafficking, irregular migration campaign to Edo polytechnic
As part of its commitment to discourage youths from being lured into human trafficking and irregular migration, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has taken its campaign to…
PIA: Why S/South senators supported 3% for host communities
Senator Mathew Urhoghide has disclosed that the lawmakers from the South-South geopolitical zone supported the 3 percent for host communities in the recently passed petroleum industry act to…
Edo police comb forests for Sowore’s brother killers
The police in Edo State say their tactical team and local vigilante groups have been combing forests in Okada, Ovia North-East local government area of the state for the killers of Felix…
NAPTIP partners IMO against human trafficking
As part of efforts to reduce the rising rate of human trafficking and illegal migration in Edo state, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has partnered…