Edo State
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 […]
Three federal lawmakers of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC in the Senate have defected from their party to opposition parties. The lawmakers include Senators Ahmad Babba Kaita from Katsina North, Lawal Yahaya Gumau from Bauchi South, and Francis Alimikhena representing Edo North. Senators Babba Kaita and Francis Alimikhena defected from APC to the opposition […]
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps NSCDC of the Edo State Command has arrested ten suspects for illegal dealings in petroleum products. The arrest was a renewed vigorous and strategic effort put in place by the state Commandant, Samuel Dan to combat the menace of oil theft, illegal refineries, oil bunkering, and illegal dealings […]
