Tag: Edo State
Edo 2016: Group warns against heating up the polity
Jethro Ibileke/Benin As the march towards the 2016 governorship election in Edo State continues to gather momentum, a pressure group,…
Come to Edo State, Speaker urges investors
Mr Victor Edoror, the Speaker of Edo House of Assembly (EDHA), on Thursday advised investors to take advantage of the…
Herdsmen v Vigilante: One shot dead, another injured in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State Police Commissioner, Mr. Chris Ezike, on Thursday confirmed that a shoot-out between Fulani Herdsmen and members…
N113m: Court acquits ex-SSG of corruption charges
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A High Court in Benin, capital of Edo state, presided over by Justice Esther Edigin, on Thursday struck…
Edo Police boss calls for ‘carrot approach’ in tackling cultism
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State Commissioner of Police, Chris Ezike, has said that using the carrot approach in the fight against…
IFAD empowers 221,751 farmers in Edo
Peter Aikhuomobhogbe, Coordinator International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), said on Sunday that the programme had empowered 221,751 farmers in…
Oshiomhole is biggest thief in Benin, says Lucky Igbinedion
A former Governor of Edo State, Mr Lucky Igbinedion said Governor Adams Oshiomhole lives in a glasshouse, accusing him of…
Edo yet to receive $75m World Bank loan, says Oshiomhole
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo on Friday said the State was yet to receive the $75million World Bank loan recently…
Ambrose Alli University not yet a university – Oshiomhole
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has confessed that the state-owned Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, is yet…
Edo: Double tragedy as man commits suicide, teenager crushed by truck
Jethro Ibileke/Benin There was double tragedy in Benin, capital of Edo state, on Tuesday as a man, Christopher Duffoir, allegedly…
Oshiomhole threatens to expose fraud perpetrated under Lucky Igbinedion
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State on Wednesday threatened to convey all files containing alleged cases of fraud…
Chief Judge frees trado-doctor, 3 other inmates in Edo
The Chief Judge of Edo State, Justice Cromwell Idahosa, on Friday ordered the release of four prison inmates. Idahosa gave…
Edo police warns students against alleged planned violent protest
Jethro Ibileke/Benin To forestall a possible breakdown of law and order and possible breach of public peace, the Edo State…
Igbinedion: PDP scribe slams Oshiomhole’s probe
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chris Nehikhare Wednesday said moves by the state…
Oshiomhole orders probe of Igbinedion over $31m theft
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Respite appears to be far from the former governor of Edo State, Chief Lucky Igbinedion over alleged corruption…
Two policemen, 4 others feared dead in Edo bank robbery
Jethro Ibileke/Benin No fewer than six persons, including two policemen and a private security man were reportedly killed on Tuesday…
Six Months Arrears: Edo pensioners protest in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Hundreds of local government pensioners in Edo state on Tuesday took to the streets of Benin City, to…
Court convicts 95 sanitation offenders
Two Mobile Courts sitting in Benin on Saturday convicted 95 people for various sanitation offences in the state monthly environmental…
21,105 cases pending in Edo Courts – Chief Judge
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Chief Judge of Edo State, Justice Cromwell Idahosa Friday disclosed that no fewer than 21,105 civil and…
Edo plans teacher posting reforms to stop cheating
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo state government has concluded plans to carry out reforms on the recruitment, deployment, promotion and posting of…
Woman, 62, in police net for posing as reproductive doctor
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A 62-year old woman, Celina Etomi, who allegedly posed as a medical doctor, has been arrested and detained…
Employment scam: Man dupes 5 persons of N1.1m
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin, capital of Edo state, has arraigned one Olusanmi Kolawole before an Egor Magistrates’ Court,…
Court convicts 49 traffic offenders in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr. Oluwasusi Familoni, has disclosed that no…
Criticism, opposition won’t stop collection of land use charge – Oshiomhole
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has insisted that no amount of criticism would stop the collection of…
Why we suspended LG chiefs – Oshiomhole
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has denied insinuations that the sack of four local government chairmen in…
Edo 2016: In quest for free & fair party gubernatorial primaries, By Iyoha Darlington
By Iyoha John Darlington You will agree with me that over half of Nigeria’s qualified voters, are disenfranchised and live…
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Odia Ofeimun: I will be the Governor of Edo State
By Odia Ofeimun I want to be Governor of Edo state in 2016. My purpose is to realize a collective…
3 kidnap victims rescued by hunters, police in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Three inter-state passengers who were abducted on Monday by suspected kidnappers along the Benin-Lagos express way have been…
Abducted AAU lecturer murdered by his abductors – Police
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin on Friday disclosed that Dr. Paul Erie, an Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics of…
Oshiomhole commiserates with deputy gov over mom’s death
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has commiserated with his deputy, Dr Pius Odubu on the death of his mother,…