Edo Revives Oil Palm Belt With N91.3bn   The Edo State Government has said it is reviving the Urhonigbe oil palm belt with N91.3bn. It said this amount was jointly made available by the Central Bank of Nigeria and private investors, for the cultivation of oil palm...

Edo Govt, Presco Partners On Oil Palm Project   The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has said the state government will be collaborating with Presco Plc on the development of high yielding oil palm seeds as part of the Edo State Oil Palm Programme. The governor...

FG Begins Soft Loans Disbursement In Edo   The Federal Government under its micro-credit scheme, TraderMoni, has commenced the disbursement of soft loans to micro scale entrepreneurs in Edo State. Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo had in June announced the new scheme as a national social intervention programme...

Oil Palm: Edo State Governor Seeks National Council   The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that his administration will work with governors of other oil palm producing states to push for the establishment of a national oil palm council. He said that the council,...

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with SIEMENS, an energy company, to develop the economy of the state. Obaseki, who disclosed this at the MoU signing ceremony in Benin on Wednesday, said that the MoU would cover power, transportation,...

The price of petrol has gone up from the official pump price of N145 per litre to between N150 and N155 in Auchi, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who observed the situation reports that some filling...