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The Benin Electric Distribution Company (BEDC) has announced that there will be a disruption of a planned power supply in some parts of Edo State for two months.

BEDC in a statement addressed to its customers on Friday, said the planned power disruption is due to a network upgrade exercise by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on the Ihovbor 132/33KV Transmission Station.

The affected areas are Ikpoba Hill, Benin Agbor Road, Auchi Road, Temboga, upper mission, Army signal, igiesota, Ikhuenero village and environs.

Others are Siloku road, New Benin market, Psychiatric hospital, Banks around Uniben, Okhoro Road, federal Road, Upper Lawani, Uteh village, Palace and environs.

Also affected are areas such as Adolor, FGGC road, Ugowo, Ekosodin, Ishor and environs.

The other affected areas are Ekiadolor, Uselu, Oluku, lwoya, Okhun, Utekon, Otokhore, Ora communities, Textile mill road, Egbor, Obanosa, Uwelu and environs.

The disruption will commence on Monday, 13th November 2023, and continue until 7th January 2024.

“The disruption is necessary to enable the replacement of an old 40MVA transformer with a new 1OOMVA transformer, which will increase the supply capacity to the affected areas,” BEDC stated.

The company has, however, apologisef for the inconvenience caused by the power disruption.

They also said that they are working closely with the TCN team to ensure the exercise is completed as quickly as possible.

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Edo govt warns against use of cough syrups

The Edo State Government has warned against the sale and usage of four medicines, noting that the drugs are being investigated by the World Health Organisation for links with acute kidney injury and over 66 deaths among children in the Gambia.

The drugs are Promethazine Oral Solution, Kofexmalin Baby Cough Syrup, Makoff Baby Cough Syrup and Magrip N Cough Syrup.

In a statement on Monday, the Edo State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Obehi Akoria, charged all pharmaceutical outlets who may have the medicines in stock to dispose of them immediately, using the appropriate channels.

Edo govt takes possession of 1229 hectares of land along Irhirhi-Obazagbon-Ogheghe Road for new town project

The Edo State Government has taken over a portion of land measuring 1229 hectares along the Irhirhi-Obazagbon-Ogheghe Road for the development of a new town.

The land was acquired in 2017 for the new town project but had been encroached upon by land speculators. The area repossessed used to be a forest reserve at the time of the acquisition.

The state government had declared a curfew in the area to make way for the exercise.

The repossession exercise is part of Governor Godwin Obaseki’s renewed campaign against land-grabbers in the state, aimed at restoring sanity in land administration in the state.

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Pictures of ongoing repossession exercise along the Irhirhi-Obazagbon-Ogheghe Road by the Edo State Government

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