Edo State
Edo State police command has arrested navy personnel and another suspect for allegedly robbing someone of a car in Sapele, Delta State. The state police command public relations officer, Chidi Nwabuzor paraded the suspects, Ibrahim Adamu, a serving personnel of the Nigeria Navy base in Warri and Abdullahi Abdulwahab of Kaduna correctional service. Nwabuzor said […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it has arrested a pregnant woman, Rabetu Abdulrasak, 24, and a cripple, Shehu Adams have been arrested in Agbede, Etsako West LGA, Edo State while over 14 kilograms of assorted illicit drugs including cannabis, methamphetamine, tramadol and swinol were recovered from them on Saturday 15th April. NDLEA […]
The Edo State Government has urged the people to disregard a recent statement credited to the All Progressives Congress APC in the state which raised a false alarm that the State Governor, Godwin Obaseki is sponsoring a protest. In a statement released by the Special Adviser to the State Governor on Media Projects, Crusoe Osagie […]
There was pandemonium everywhere for some students and staff of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) in Edo State as an unspecified number of yet-to-be identified military men from the S & T Barracks Ugbowo, allegedly stormed the Ivory Tower in the wee hours of Friday in what looked like a reprisal attack. There were scores […]
The Edo State Government has denied media reports that the Islamic State- West Africa Province, ISWAP, carried out an attack on Ibillo-Igarra Road Junction and burnt a security patrol vehicle on September 22, 2022. The State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare in a statement, attributed the attack to fleeing bandits. He said a […]
The Edo State Police Command has paraded a medical doctor over the death of a cab driver in Benin City, the State capital. The suspect, Doctor Abass Adeyemi who hails from Offa local government area of Kwara state is alleged to have killed the victim on September 3, 2022, in Benin City and dumped his […]
Police in Osun state have paraded one Abbas Adio who claims to be a medical doctor for injecting a man with an undisclosed substance which the police say ultimately killed him The 36-year-old suspect who is also accused of stealing his victim’s car was arrested along Ejigbo/Ogbomosho road following a distress call from the Edo […]
Residents of the Okpamakhin community of Owan Forest Zone, have appealed to the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, to put a stop to the bulldozing of their ancestral rainforest and farms. They are urging the governor to respect an ECOWAS court order that has stopped the demolition. In a protest march held at Uhonmora Ora […]
The Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Development Sunday Dare says boxer Anthony Joshua, UFC fighter Kamaru Usman and the women’s national U-20 football team, the Falconets should not allow their defeats over the weekend to dampen their spirits. The Minister says in spite of their losses, they can keep their heads up because they […]
There were rapturous jubilations and dancing at the residence of the Adeleke’s as INEC declared the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party winner of the Osun Guber polls. The Winner of Osun State governorship election, Senator Ademola Adeleke claimed that his emergence as Governor-Elect was due to the collective resolve of the people, describing it […]
