₦airaland Forum

Deestro:
Lmao I know the cars will fly

keep throwing shades while foreign investments keep pouring in.

I know you are from a city that is not even regarded as a city. I dare you to mention your state if you are not ashamed of it

The opening of the Greenlight Hub came on the back of Uber officially launching operations in Benin, the capital city of Edo State.

The Uber network is now available in over 600 cities in over 80 countries spanning 6 continents.

Representing the Edo State Governor; His Excellency, Godwin Obaseki at an exclusive press parley, she said: “Uber launching in Benin is one more proof that Edo State is making great strides to its next level of its economic transformation. Over the past 2 and a half years of this administration, we as the government have made deliberate and concerted efforts to make Edo State conducive and attractive to businesses, investors and people from all walks of life.”


In addition, she said: “I am delighted with the work done by Uber to bring development into the state, which will further encourage self-reliance and self-dependence for the people of Edo State.”
Also speaking at the press parley, the General Manager West Africa at Uber, Lola Kassim said: ”We are happy to be launching the UberX product in Benin City, Edo State today. We collaborated closely with the Government of Edo State on the launch because of a shared vision to promote innovation and create business and economic opportunities in the cities where we operate. As we reiterate Uber’s commitment to expansion within the African continent, it’s important to us to work closely with policy and regulators to unlock new markets.”

According to the Head Edo State Skills Development Agency, Ukinebo Dare, “The Government of Edo State says welcome to Uber. We are also quite happy that Uber has chosen to be located at the Edo Innovation Hub, because we realize how important it is for our youth who are being trained here to be exposed to the power of technology and disruptive business models.”

The Uber Greenlight Hub is located within the Edo Innovation Hub complex and will be open Monday through Thursday, from 9am – 4pm, and on Friday, from 9am – 3pm, excluding public holidays.

https://24naija.com/index.php/2019/07/25/uber-officially-launches-in-benin-city/

gaby:
It's so encouraging and soothing to know that all hopes aren't lost just yet.
I'm still hopeful about Nigeria at large too.

Nigeria? I've lost hope in Nigeria a long time ago, just fucus on yourself and your people(ethnic group ).

Nigeria us not a nation but a British company

gaby:
Welldone Governor Obaseki, the wake and see governor, and the one who truly understands what administration cum management of scarce resources for sustainable development truly means.

That short man dey learn work because even if Obaseki runs as an independent, he'd trump any challenger.

Little wonder he is so bold and confident in his outbursts.

Kudos my Governor.

Abeg make una help me remind am to remember for this level, body dey hot.

I just love how everyone in his adminstration love development including the new speaker.

The new UK prime minister is pro Christianity so he will do everything to protect Christians and Christian values.

God bless trump

Benin port will commence in 2020 and also the industrial park.2020 will be a busy year for Edo people.

Mynd44 lalasticlala

*Residents hail Obaseki as contractor intensifies work on Ekehuan Road dualisation*

As contractor intensifies work on the dualisation of Ekehuan Road, which leads to the site of the Benin River Port project in Gelegele, residents in the area have hailed Governor Godwin Obaseki for keeping to his promise to drive infrastructural development in the state and open up the state for investment.

A cross-section of residents in the area maintained that the Governor Obaseki-led administration has done exceedingly well in infrastructural development in the area, citing the reconstruction of inner roads, laying of fibre optic cables for internet connectivity and the reconstruction of the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in the axis.

Speaking to journalists at the project site, a resident, Monday Osagie, commended Governor Godwin Obaseki for transforming different parts of the state, noting, “I used to live abroad but with the call of the governor asking us to come back as he is working to make the state habitable for all, I heeded his call. I am here to contribute my quota to the development of my state. I am pleased and happy as the state has great prospects with Obaseki on the saddle of leadership.”

He said that the dualisation of Ekehuan Road will open the area for more development and attract more investors, noting, “I am just amazed by the foresight of Obaseki. Look at the Benin River Port in Gelegele, if completed, it will bring huge investments and revenue to the state, as the Lagos port is already congested. Edo will become a destination for investors.”

Another resident, Mr Emeka Ezechi, commended the ongoing dualisation of the road, urging the state government to continue in its unprecedent urban renewal drive, adding, “I trust Governor Obaseki because he is known as Wake and See. The Governor is dear to our hearts and we will stand with him all the way, especially with this project in our area.”

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Ongoing construction of drains as part of the dualisation of Ekehuan Road in Benin City, Edo State capital.

1)Edo state own
2)Enugu
3)others

Jokerman:
Does Messi offer anything to the argentine team??

Having him and still losing 4 finals

just keep shut

OGHENAOGIE:
all u wrote is thrash...if u want biafra carry the five eastern states and good luck in ur achievements also tel kanu to come down to Nigeria to lead a. sane fight not hiding in Europe and instigating foolish ibos like him... u can't colonize other tribes to ur illusion of biafra...i repeat should Nigeria break up it breaks into 7 countries...oliseh from delta state told the world he is not ibo even if his middle name is ogochukwu so stop this rubbish

lol these IBO's think Edo people are stupid. They want to divide Benin kingdom territory and control their resources.

Urhobo, isoko, degema, etc in delta, river and bayelsa are all proud edoid people and they speak edoid language, itskerris which are not even related to Igbo's, they are still claiming them because of oil and access to sea.

I'm half ika and half Benin, I'll rather stay in Nigeria than go with Igbo's

NkayStory:
Unity beggar...Go agitate for odua republic and stop praying Igbos wont seperate from you.

Attache by force.

I also urge Igbo people to stop including and forcing southern minorities into Biafra mostly edoid people. (Let's keep the same energy).

By the way, the person you quoted is an almajiri Fulani

Mtchew. Google okada airline

Even the owner of arik airline is an Edo man

selemempe:
it wont believe me it wont. U need to go to even togo..
See hw behind nigeria has been left...even with our mighty oil. The main problem of nigeria is diversity. Its a blessing for some countries but its nigeria's biggest problem

An hausa president can do something to favour his tribe even if it hurts the country.

But in biafra...if biafra is strictly the 10 states of se and ss minus edo, we have a common religion in christianity...at least we wont have religious tensions or boko haram...wat we can have is tribal tensions...but that can be solved by allowing regional autonomy to high degree

thank God you said minus "Edo" , I hope it Biafra also exclude all edoid tribes in delta, river and bayelsa state. Itskerri kings and chiefs are also of Edo origin. We won't allow greedy igbos have an inch of our territory.

If you want Biafra, aggitate for Igbo country and leave edoid people out of your nonsense

If obaseki decamp to PDP then APC is dead in Edo state.
.

Currently PDP controls 2 senate positions and half of house of reps members, I'm pro PDP but I'll vote obaseki no matter the party,same with many edolites

Ejix4:
If Ronaldo was a football club, he d be the 10th richest club in the world

If Ronaldo was a football club, he d be the 10th highest scoring club in the champions league history

If Ronaldo was a football club, he d be the 5th highest carrier of the champions league in history

These are just few of the facts I can remember, no player dead or alive is better than Ronaldo

tell your Ronaldo to pass world cup group stage first

tegrianonigltd:
Your goat wey no Dey ginger

what ginger are you talking about? Messi doesn't make noise like that rapist called ronaldo..

Messi went to snapped with goats, ever since ronaldo fans have been disturbing us with "goat, goat, goat" nonsense.

Messi is the real greatest of all times

princeemcee:
GOAT

GOAT? But no one mentioned messi in the article so where is the GOAT?

If not for chairmanship position they gave the dwarf frog,who's oshiohmole to be controlling a sitting Edo governor..

I don't think obaseki will mend fences with that frog, we dash oshiohmole to south west and tinubu

iammo:




Mumu empty political talk.... everyone.collectively rejected RUGA and it.was suspended, why is he just waking up a sleeping dog with.his comment


...

ruga suspended? If you believed that then you can believe everything, didn't you read the part he said the fg is still trying to force Edo into the ruga nonsense?..

My friend in south west told me some governors their have already giving land to ruga, they don't just want to anger the public

Ctorch:
Imagine,

what are you talking sef sire.?

Edo state na Yoruba state oooo. Even the other day the letter written by alaafin to buhari , he named Edo state as Yoruba territory.

Please make your research well.....Edo na Yoruba get am.



See the letter of Alaafin to Buhari


"Titled, ‘Yoruba Question in Nigeria Conundrum,’ Alaafin wrote, “I have never been timid or failed in my total support for the success of your administration. My confidence had always been based on Your Excellency’s ability, fitness and competence in leading the country to the Promised Land, where law and order will prevail, individual liberty is guaranteed and economic wellbeing of the citizens is assured.
“In recent time, however, I am worried about the security situation in the country, especially in the South-West geo-political zone, nay the entire Yoruba-speaking area of the country, including Kwara, Kogi and Edo states."





please argue with facts.

he said "Yoruba speaking communities", don't we have Igbo speaking community in Benue, does that make the entire Benue state Igbo? No.

We even have Edo and ijaw speaking people in ondo, that doesn't make ondo ijaw or Edo land.

Yoruba is very different from Edo people, only uneducated youth will group them as one.

Ctorch:
I watched obaseki interview and he was telling his supporters that out of the whole of SE/SS, he is the only APC government.


Seems the man wants to join his people over in pdp...Edo state you welcome to PDP.

So that finally SE/SS will be locked down for pdp....

But you know Edo state are Yoruba, so I think they will prefer to remain in APC with their brothers in SW.........is still okay...... blood is thicker than water.

Edo state is Yoruba? I think you don't have sense. How is Edo Yoruba?

The fg(buhari And his northern cabals)are trying to force obaseki to summit to ruga with promise of rigging for him. It's a shame that Nigeria has been reduce to Fulani land.

Thank God obaseki has Edo blood in him, he will never sell his birth right. For those bastards Fulani camping in our forests, your heads will soon be used to appease our gods

The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki said his administration will not avail the federal government land for the contentious Ruga settlement in Edo State.

The Governor spoke while giving a lecture on the topic “Challenges of Pastoralism and International Migration for Sustainable Peace and Development: Edo State Experience” at the Department of State Services Institute of Security Studies (Executive Intelligent Management Course 12), in Abuja.

He said the narrative that the pastoral movement and farmer/headers clashes are not related to the security challenges in Nigeria is not true.

His words: “In Edo State, we have found so-called herdsmen with maps in the forests, they clearly cannot be herdsmen who are dependent on their livelihood from their animal assets; that cannot be.

“I think it is important in the context of this discourse to make that distinction between conflict as a result of economic activities, separate from deliberate conflict that is related to other issues like insurgency and terrorism.”

The Governor said over the years the state has had issues of pastoralists or herdsmen who have come to parts of the South, Edo State using grazing routes and mixing with locals.

“Our approach is, animal husbandry is a business just like we have poultry, piggery or what have you, so from that perspective, we want to now upgrade agricultural practices as it relates to livestock.

“During the era of General Babangida, he set up ranches in Edo; we have one in Igarra and several parts of the state. They are either privatized or left fallow, so we are talking to people who purchased them to see how they can be re-activated.

“For us, because it is business like any other private business, the state should not really have much to except we create an enabling environment for those people we want to invest in livestock business.

“So, the issue of giving state land for livestock, it won’t happen in Edo State.

“However, for individuals who have land and they want to go into livestock business like we are supporting people who are doing cassava and others, we as government will support them.”

On how to resolve the incessant herders/farmers conflict, he said: “The Sambisa Grazing Reserve (4800 ha) is an ideal and symbolic place to take-off by establishing a ranch run by the military.

“It would significantly improve the security situation in the zone and encourage cooperation between pastoralists and the military.
“In the North West, the military should also be encouraged to create ranches in the Gidan Jaja Grazing Reserve (565,000 ha) for the same purpose of improving security and cooperation with pastoralists,” the Governor said.

Obaseki said violent extremism, recurrent herder-farmer conflicts, cattle rustling, armed banditry, violent cross-border crimes, insurgency, illegal migration and other forms of crimes have “threaten the fabric of our country. ”

According to him, national cohesion is seriously threatened by the conflict “as many farmers and pastoralists have lost their lives and property in several orgies of violence.

“As we gather here for this lecture, so many Nigerians are living in fear of attack or reprisal attacks due to the growing herders-farmers’ conflict,” he said.

http://www.signalng.com/ruga-will-not-happen-in-edo-state-sambisa-forest-a-better-option-obaseki/