Tag: Edo State
CRPP condemns Edo PDP Chairman, senators for opposing N14.7bn World Bank loan
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The chairman of Edo state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Dan Orbih, has been thoroughly…
Pregnant woman, 14 others injured as policemen, soldiers clash in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin No fewer than 15 persons, including a pregnant woman, sustained various degree of injuries on Friday evening during…
Reps. to examine Edo State’s $75m credit request from World Bank
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Wednesday, raised a seven-man ad hoc committee to examine the…
4 policemen arrested over death of Edo car dealer
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Four operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) unit of the Lagos State Police Command are currently…
Resign now, Edo APC Working Committee tells its Chairman
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Certainly these are not the best of time for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) both at the…
Edo state hunts for talent in reality show
Daniel Eromosele, Senior Special Assistant on Culture and Tourism to Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo, said the State established a…
Edo PDP in crisis as leaders demand dissolution of State Exco
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Disillusioned leaders of state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo North under the aegis of…
Oshiomhole wants workers salaries increased
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo on Friday in Abuja advocated for upward review of workers’ salaries to reflect socio-economic realities…
Kidnappers of Oshiomhole’s cousin arrested
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A crack team of Edo State Police Command have arrested two persons suspected to be kidnappers of a…
Edo records 131 fire incidents in 6 months
The Public Relations Officer of Edo Fire Service Department, Franklin Agbolahor, on Tuesday said the department recorded 131 fire outbreaks…
Edo community protests 5-month blackout
Jethro Ibileke/Benin For allegedly being in total blackout for the past five months, residents of Iwogban community in Ikpoba-Okha local…
Edo judiciary workers suspend strike
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The leadership of Edo State chapter of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), Monday announced the suspension…
Multiple road accident claim 5 lives in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Multiple road accident which occurred along the Benin-Auchi-Abuja highway in the evening of Saturday has reportedly killed five…
Tragedy at furneral: Trigger-happy cop kills 2 nursing mothers in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin It was double tragedy last Saturday at a burial ceremony in Ivhiokhile quarters in Fugar, the administrative headquarters…
Tanker driver, FRSC truck burnt in Edo auto crash
A towing truck belonging to the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Edo and two other vehicles were burnt in…
Edo APC loses assembly seat to PDP
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Friday, lost Estako West II constituency to the…
Army deserter arrested for armed robbery in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin An army deserter, simply identified as Lance Corporal Adegoke, has been arrested for armed robbery in Benin, Edo…
Bribery allegation: Edo APC defends Oyegun
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has dismissed allegation of bribery allegedly levelled against…
Rescue Ogba zoo from land speculators, management begs Oshiomhole
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The management of Ogba Zoological Garden and Natural Park in Benin, Edo State, on Tuesday raised the…
2016 Edo Guber: I’ll anoint next governor, says Lucky Igbinedion
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Former governor of Edo state, Lucky Igbinedion on Sunday broke his long silence in the politics of the…
Edo Govt. wants FG to rehabilitate Fugar/Agenebode road
Edo Deputy Governor Pius Odubu on Monday appealed to the Federal Government to rehabilitate the Fugar/Agenebode road being threatened by…
Election petition tribunal upholds APC’s Akpatason’s election
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Edo State Election Petition Tribunal on Thursday dismissed the petition filled by the state chapter of the…
Unpaid Salaries: Edo NLC threatens strike
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The leadership of the Edo State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has threatened to embark on…
Industrial court restrains Oshiomhole, others from sacking judiciary workers
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state, has been restrained by the National Industrial Court sitting in Akure, Ondo…
Edo police apprehend killers of Corps Member in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Two members of a suspected armed robbery gang who allegedly killed a member of the National Youth Service…
Pastor, 4 others nabbed for murder, cultism in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A self-acclaimed pastor, Greatman Ita, and four others persons have been arrested by operatives of Edo Police Command,…
Oshiomhole laments dwindling federal allocation
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has disclosed that the last monthly allocation disbursed by the administration of…
Edo police arraign 227 suspects
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin, the Edo State capital, southern Nigeria, have arraigned 12 suspected cult leaders before a…
Police Harass Journalists At Edo Assembly Inauguration
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The inauguration of the 6th Assembly in Edo State on Monday was marred by harassment and intimidation of…
Police harass journalists at Edo Assembly, as PDP presents 3 for Minority Leader
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The inauguration of the 6th Assembly in Edo State on Monday was marred with harassment and intimidation of…