Tag: Edo State
PDP’s eight-year rule in Edo was unsatisfactory – Owie
A former Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate and member of the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State, Roland Owie,…
N11.3m Fraud: Court adjourns ex-Akoko Edo council boss’ trial
The trial of former Chairman, Akoko Edo Local Government Area, Edo State, Hon. Akerejola Joseph Folorunsho and five others slated…
Edo Guber: Things fall apart in PDP as aspirants fight dirty
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Ahead of the September 10 governorship election in Edo state, war of words appear to be causing a…
Tenure expiration: Edo Assembly directs 17 LG Chairmen to hand over
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Chairmen of 17 of the 18 local government areas of Edo state have been directed to hand over…
Edo council chairman reinstated two weeks to end of tenure
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Justice Esohe Ikpomwen of a Benin City High Court on Thursday held that Mr. Osaro Obaze, remains the…
Oshiomhole builds school for IDPs in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Edo state government has built four blocks of classrooms for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at their…
Driver robs passenger to pay child’s hospital bill
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin, have paraded a commercial cab driver, Clement Ogunsola, who was arrested for armed robbery.…
Assault: Mrs Ejemai to sue Edo govt N100mn for loss of pregnancy
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A housewife, Mrs. Oghosa Ejemai, who allegedly lost her seven-week-old pregnancy following an attack by officials of the…
Edo lawmaker’s mother kidnapped
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Unknown gunmen have reportedly kidnapped Madam Abibat Adjoto, mother of a lawmaker in the Edo State House of…
Edo: APC guber aspirant vows to probe Oshiomhole, others, if elected governor
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Ahead of the September 10 governorship election in Edo, an aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives…
I don’t want to die in prison, dismissed cop begs court
Jethro Ibileke/Benie urt A dismissed policeman who was arrested and detained along with three other policemen for allegedly torturing and…
Ogiemwonyi woos delegates ahead of APC primary
A contender for Edo state governorship slot on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Engr. Chris Ogiemwonyi has…
Dan Orbih reelected Edo PDP chairman
Mr Dan Orbih, was on Monday re-elected as Edo Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). There was really no…
Fulfil your promises then we’ll back Obaseki, Communities tell Oshiomhole
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Ahead of the delegate election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo state, holding in June…
Edo abolishes Customary Court of Appeal
Edo State Government has finally abolished the Customary Court of Appeal in the state with the swearing-in on Friday, of…
Edo Guber: Plan to stop some APC aspirants uncovered
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A group, Edo Professionals for Better Tomorrow on Thursday said it has uncovered a plot to stop…
Drama as Edo Assembly plenary ends in shouting match
…I was caught unaware – Speaker Jethro Ibileke/Benin There was mild drama at the Edo State House of Assembly in…
Edo PDP holds peaceful ward congresses
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edo state chapter on Saturday joined other chapters of the party across the…
Edo guber: Group mobilise support for Obaseki
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Ahead of this year’s gubernatorial election in Edo state, political pressure group, Edo Accord Initiatives (EAI) is taking…
Iara Oshiomhole raises N137m for ‘Special Nigerian Children’
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Mrs. Iara Oshiomhole, wife of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, Governor of Edo state, has described Nigerian children as special…
Five injured, properties worth millions destroyed in Edo communal clash
Jethro Ibileke/Benin No fewer than five persons have been seriously injured and properties worth millions of naira destroyed in a…
Tight security as UTME begins in Edo
jamb The 2016 University and Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME), began on Saturday across 19 centres in Edo, including Benin city,…
Immunise babies to secure future, Oshiomhole tells parents
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has appealed to parents and guardians in the state to make it a habit…
INEC releases timetable for Edo, Ondo guber elections
mahmood The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the timetable for the conduct of Edo and Ondo states governorship…
PDP NWC approves March 14 for Edo congress
The National Working Committee (NWC), of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has approved March 14 for conduct of the party’s…
Child thief dressed as woman arrested in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin, Edo state, have arrested and detained a middle-aged man (names withheld), for…
Job creation: Chinese firm employs 500 in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin In a bid to improve employment generation in Edo state, a ceramics factory operated by a Chinese firm,…
Regenerating Edo State under Osaro Onaiwu
By Iyoha John Darlington Extensive research, analysis and an in-depth study of Greco-Roman history have shown that civilizations could die…
Edo guber: APC to use 2014 delegates list for congress
Jethro Ibileke/Benin To ensure a free, fair and credible primary election where it’s flagbearer for the forthcoming governorship election in…
23 renounce cultism, 2 arrested in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin About 23 members of various secret cult groups in Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Edo state, have publicly…