Tag: Edo State
Anenih Will Fail Again In Edo, Says Oshiomhole
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, southern Nigeria, says Chief Anthony Anenih has a long history of frustrating the will…
Oshiomhole appoints 4 commissioners, drops 2
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has dropped two of his Commissioners. Those dropped are Orobosa Omo-Ojo, former Commissioner for…
Plot to postpone polls will end in futility, says Oshiomhole
Edo state governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole says the subterranean plot by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP-led federal government to postpone…
983 Stolen PVCs Recovered In Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Resident Electoral Commissioner for Edo state, Mr. Mike Igini, has announced the recovery of 983 Permanent Voter’s…
Bird Flu Kills 420 Poultry Birds In Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin An outbreak of Avian Influenza Virus which causes Avian Influenza disease in birds, popularly known as Bird Flu,…
Petrol Price: Oando Filling Station Sealed Over Non Compliance
Jethro Ibileke/Benin An Oando filling station in Benin, on Monday, came under the sledge hammer of Edo State Petroleum Monitoring…
Accident involving PDP and APC vehicles kills one, injures 12
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Edo state chapter, Saturday lost his life in a ghastly…
Man Kills Brother Over Soup
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin have arrested a 57-year-old man, Sunday Osemwekhe, for allegedly killing his half-brother with machete…
Man, 57, kills sibling over owoh soup in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin have arrested a 57 year-old man, Sunday Osemwekhe, for allegedly killing his half-brother with…
Edo Govt expels Igbinedion Varsity students
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State on Wednesday issued an executive order stopping the nursing students of Nigeria’s…
Esan North/South East Federal Constituency: ‘”Clash Of The Titans”
From the defunct Agbazilo Local Government Area in the north central part of Edo state emerged Esan North/South East Local…
PDP’s only resolve is to steal, says Oshiomhole
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo has urged voters to elect the All Progressives Congress (APC) at all levels because the…
Edo police command threatens to arrest, prosecute cult group leaders
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State Police Commissioner, Foluso Adebanjo, has threatened to henceforth arrest and prosecute leaders of the…
Edo must cut costs to survive tough 2015, says Oshiomhole
Jethro Ibileke/Benin As the effects of the crash in crude oil prices in the international market continues to bite…
Cult rivalry claimed 36 lives in December 2014
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Investigations by journalists in Benin have revealed that no fewer than 36 cult rivalry-related deaths were recorded in…
Landlord, 85, defiles 7 year-old girl
Peter Eliaho, an 85-year old landlord, has been arrested by the police in Benin for allegedly defiling a seven year…
Yuletide: Nine killed, 76 injured in 21 auto crashes in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Nine persons were killed and 76 person sustained varying degrees of injuries in 21 auto crashes recorded in…
Police arrest 3 robbers in Edo
The Edo Police Command on Friday said it has arrested three armed robbery suspects along Uwa Street, in the Oredo…
Oshiomhole recalls Ihonvbere, accepts Commissioner’s resignation
Former Secretary to Edo State Government, Professor Julius Ihonvbere, has been recalled back to his duty post by the State…
Edo Sports Commissioner to sack female players for protesting 2-year unpaid salaries
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Chris Okaeben, has threatened to sack players of state-owned female football…
1,200 Christmas Chickens Killed In Auto Crash
Jethro Ibileke/Benin About 1, 200 Christmas chickens valued at about N4.8m, perished in an early morning auto crash which occurred…
PDP’s 16 Years Rule, Colossal waste – Tinubu
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos state and national leader of the All Progressives Congress…
Tinubu to inaugurate road, hospital in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin As part of activities commemorating the sixth anniversary of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole as governor of Edo State, former…
Edo Assembly Pardons Two Renegade PDP Lawmakers, Rejects LG Autonomy Bill
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Two lawmakers on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Edo state who were suspended by…
PDP needs time to rest off governance – Oshiomhole
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led government needs to take…
Gunmen kill Edo Community leader
A Sixty-six-year old community head in Ugbowo area of Benin City in Edo was on Saturday night killed by gunmen…
Edo Accident Claims 11 Lives
Jethro Ibileke/Benin No fewer than 11 persons, including a 10 females and one male, were killed in a multiple automobile…
Rep Minority Whip Picks Edo South Senate Ticket
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Minority Whip in the House of Representatives, Hon. Samson Osagie on Monday emerged candidate of the All…
Edo PDP Assembly Primaries: 3 Incumbent Lawmakers Voted Out
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Three incumbent Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers in Edo state, Emmanuel Okoduwa, Kingsley Ehigiamusoe and Abdulrazak Momoh, on…
One Killed, Houses Razed In Edo Communal Clash
Jethro Ibileke/Benin An alleged leadership tussle at Aruogba community, in Oredo Local Government area of Edo State, on Saturday, resulted…