Tag: Edo State
Pandemonium in Edo following discovery of grave inside classroom
Jethro Ibileke/Benin There was pandemonium at Iguodala Primary School, in Uhunduhun community of Oredo local government area of Edo State,…
Edo commissioner appeals for protection of schools
The Edo Government has appealed to community leaders in the state to protect public schools in their domains. The state…
May Day: Workers will have better life under Buhari – Oshiomhole
Jethro Ibileke/Benin As the nation eagerly awaits the swearing-in of General Muhammadu Buhari as president of the country, Governor Adams…
Stay in PDP, build formidable opposition, APC tells intending decampees
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has admonished members of the state chapter of Peoples…
3 die in ghastly crash in Edo state
*Occupants of one of the vehicles going to Ekpoma for burial Jethro Ibileke/ Benin No fewer than three persons died…
Edo NLC run parallel congress, elect 2 chairmen
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The crisis rocking Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, deepened on Thursday, following the emergence of two factional chairmen at…
Corps Members Arrested For Selling Ballot Paper
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Three members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, who served as adhoc staff during the 11 April…
3 NYSC members arrested for selling ballot papers in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Three members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, who served as ad hoc staff during the…
APC wins rescheduled State Assembly election in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the Orhionmwon Constituency II for Edo State House of…
Oshiomhole expresses fulfilment with Nigeria’s democracy
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Following the positive outcome of the State Assembly election and the general elections for the All Progressives Congress…
Edo PDP opts out of rescheduled election, heads to tribunal
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Edo State chapter, on Friday announced its withdrawal from the rescheduled election in…
Oshiomhole holds 10-km “Thank You” road show
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Following the sterling performance put up by the All Progressives Congress, APC, at the State Assembly election which…
APC loses Edo rescheduled senatorial election, clears state assembly
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Minority Whip of Federal House of Representatives, Samson Osagie, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has lost…
Oshiomhole Blasts INEC Over Card Reader Failure
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was Saturday criticised severely by Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State over…
Edo pays N490m compensation to victims of Auchi erosion
The Edo Government on Thursday commenced the payment of N490 million as compensation to 121 residents, who were affected in…
PDP Gov. aspirant, others switch to APC in Edo
Former Deputy Minority Whip of the House of Representatives and one-time governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo…
Why I dumped PDP, ex-Gov Osunbor
A former Governor of Edo State, Prof Oserheimen Osunbor said he decided to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for…
Ex Gov. Osunbor, Gen. Ikponmwen Dump PDP For APC In Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Tuesday became the latest casualty to the gale…
INEC Sacks 2 Electoral Officers In Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has sacked two Electoral Officers attached to Oredo and Orhiomwon local government…
INEC reschedules cancelled Edo NASS election
The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Edo, Mike Igini, said on Monday that the National Assembly election for Orhionmwon which was…
INEC to punish compromised officers after hitches
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Concerned over reported cases of hitches experienced during the 28 March Presidential and National Assembly election in Edo…
House of Assembly Election: Benin Leaders Rally Support For APC
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Apparently disturbed by the outcome of the 28 March presidential and national assembly elections in the state, traditional…
Airhiavbere, 3000 others dump PDP for APC in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s gubernatorial candidate in 2012 governorship election in Edo state, Major-General Charles Airhiavbere, has…
Edo Police Parade Owo Bank Robbery Suspect
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin have paraded a 35-year-old man, Etopa Sadiq, in connection with the violent bank robbery…
Electoral Offences: 8 In Police Net In Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo state commissioner for police, Samuel Adegbuyi Wednesday in Benin, disclosed that eight suspects were arrested during the…
Edo declares public holiday to celebrate Buhari
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State Government has declared a work-free day in the state on Wednesday, 1 April, 2015, to celebrate…
Anxiety over disappearance of Edo APC deputy chairman
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The family of Edo State Deputy Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Usman Mogaji, have raised the…
Polls: Oshiomhole petitions army over illegal deployment of soldiers
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has threatened to drag authorities of the Nigerian Army before the International…
Army in 24-hr lockdown of Oshiomhole’s Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo North, where Governor Adams Oshiomhole hails from, was under 24-hour Army lockdown, Saturday, as all the entry…
Impressive turn out, delayed accreditation
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Thousands of electorate who turned out on Saturday to vote candidates of their choice in the Presidential and…