Tag: Edo State
Suspended Edo PDP Lawmaker Attacked By Unknown Hoodlums
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin A PDP lawmaker in Benin, Edo State, Hon. Rasak Momoh, was last night attacked by unknown persons at…
Oshiomhole preaches sacrifice as Muslims celebrate Eid-el-Kabir
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo, has urged Muslims community in the state to imbibe the lessons of sacrifice as they…
Edo prison inmates acquire computer engineering skill
Jethro Ibileke/Benin No fewer than 23 inmates of the Nigeria Prison Service (NPS), were Thursday empowered with computer engineering skills…
Jonathan empowers Edo residents with sewing machines, clippers
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Over 120 residents of Agenebode, administrative headquarters of Etsako East local government area of Edo State, have been…
Another Church Building Collapses In Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Less than two week after a church building collapsed in Benin, capital oof Edo State, another church building…
Edo commissions rebuilds army children’s school
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Wife of the Chief of Army Staff and President, Nigerian Army officers’ Wives Association (NAOWA), Mrs. Felly Minimah,…
Man, 60, rapes 9 year old girl
The Edo State Police Command on Tuesday paraded Friday Akpan, 60, for allegedly raping his boss’ nine-year old daughter. The…
Edo budgets N157bn For 2015 fiscal year
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state on Tuesday presented a budget estimate of N156.551 billion for the…
Oshiomhole dismisses allegation of financial recklessness
The Edo Government has dismissed an allegation of financial recklessness made by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). It said that…
Man Goes Crazy, Hacks 4 Siblings
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A middle-aged man, simply identified as Mike, has reportedly butchered four children of his neighbour in Okha II…
23,000 benefit from Edo lawmaker’s free mobile medical service
Mrs Elizabeth Ativie, member of the Edo House of Assembly, said on Tuesday that 23,000 persons benefitted from her mobile…
Lawyers, Edo traffic officials clash In Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Officials of the Edo state War Against Indiscipline (WAI), on Monday clashed with some lawyers in Benin, the…
Oshiomhole, an asset to Nigeria – Reps
The Chairman, House Committee on Education, Hon. Aminu Suleiman, has described the contributions of Edo state governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole,…
Trailer driver shot dead in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A 25-year old articulated lorry driver identified as Anthony but popularly known as Oshiomhole, was Monday morning shot…
Oyegun: Political John The Baptist Of Our Day – Okorocha
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Imo state governor and Chairman of Progressives Governors’ Forum, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has described Chief John Odigie Oyegun…
Voters Registration: Edo monarch alleges plot to disenfranchise Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Ahead of the commencement of voter’s registration exercise and distribution of voters’ permanent cards in Edo state later…
Edo police kill notorious armed robber, smash syndicate
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A notorious armed robber identified as Samson Ahigbe, was Wednesday shot dead by operatives of the Edo state…
Edo APC stronger after purge, says Oshiomhole
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has described the defection of some prominent members of the All Progressives…
Job Creaton: NABTEB To Partner Secretary Schools On Skill Acquisition
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Prompted by the urgent need to prepare and empower secondary school leavers for the harsh economic realities in…
Insurgency has boosted Air Force capacity – CAS
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosun, has disclosed that Nigerian Air Force has actually benefitted…
Edo Inaugurates Ebola Control Committee
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State Rapid Response Committee on Ebola outbreak was inaugurated Monday morning by the State Commissioner for Health.…
I’ve slept with several dogs, bitten by two – Teenage boy
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Osagiator Ighodaro, the 19-year old boy who was arrested for sleeping with a dog at Iguosa village, a…
Robbers Stab Couple To Death In Benin
By Jethro Ibileke/Benin Unknown assailants suspected to armed robbers in the early hours of Thursday attacked a couple in Benin…
Teenager caught sleeping with dog in Benin
By Jethro Ibileke/Benin A 19-year old boy (name withheld), was Tuesday arrested at Iguosa, a suburb community in Benin City,…
Udo man died of Peptic Ulcer, not Ebola – Edo Govt.
By JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Medical test conducted on the man who died last Sunday at Udo in Ovia South West local…
Ebola: Man’s death causes panic in Edo community
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The death of a middle aged man suspected to have been infected with Ebola virus has caused panic…
Edo to redeploy teachers to rural schools
The State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) in Edo on Thursday said it had concluded plan to redeployed teachers to…
We will recapture Rivers, Edo – PDP
Joe Onyewelu, the South-South Zonal Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has said that the party will recapture Rivers…
Edo assembly members criticise media for addressing them as APC legislators
Members of Edo State House of Assembly elected on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) have criticsed the media,…
Edo PDP led assembly directs release of LG allocations
The PDP legislators in Edo Assembly, have passed a resolution directing Lucky James, Commissioner for Local Government to release allocations…