Jethro Ibileke/Benin Any building used by criminals to harbour kidnap victims in Edo State will now be demolished. This was part of the resolution reached at the end the State Security Council presided over by Governor Adams Oshiomhole, yesterday. Addressing reporters on behalf of the Council at the end of the meeting yesterday, the state [...]
An Abudu High Court, Edo State, southsouth Nigeria has sentenced a middle aged man, Sunday Ilawe, to death by hanging on one count charge of murder. Ilawe was found guilty of stabbing his neighbour, Blessing Ehigie on his neck and stomach which led to his death. The incident occurred on 13 October, 2004, at Egua-Evbu [...]
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State southsouth Nigeria, has approved the removal of the state Commissioner for the Ministry of Secondary, Technical and Higher Education, Mr Ekpenisi Omorotionmwan. Also, the Governor approved the dissolution of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB). In a government special announcement signed by Prof Julius Ihonvbere, Secretary to the [...]
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin An official of the Edo State Independent Electoral Commission, EDSIEC, has described the assessment of some observers of the April 20, 2013 local government elections in the state as unfortunate going by the reports they have been publishing about the election, alleging that the observers actually demanded for money from Chairman of the [...]
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin East African athletes have again confirmed their dominance of long distance race in the continent, as Kenya’s Moses Masai Saturday won the first ever International Amateur Athletics Federation IAAF-certified road race in Nigeria held, at Okpekpe, Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State. The road race which attracted seven hundred top athletes [...]
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has slammed the PDP for seeking to disparage and distract Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, at a time the party (PDP) itself is in dire need of attention to prevent it from imploding. In a statement issued in Lagos on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai [...]
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Governor of Edo state, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, Monday sounded a stern warning to 79 year old Chief Gabriel Igbinedion to tread softly, reminding him that he was not bigger than the law. The warning confirms the love lost between the governor and the the Benin high chief and father of former governor of [...]
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