Tag: Edo State
Flood kills 3 persons, renders many homeless in Edo
No fewer than three persons were confirmed dead following a torrential rain on Sunday in Igarra, headquarters of Akoko Edo…
Appeal Court bars Edo PDP lawmakers
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The hope of the four suspended peoples Democratic Party, PDP, lawmakers to upturn an order by a Benin…
Flood Renders 50 Families Homeless
Flood waters that overflowed a drainage system have displaced more than 50 families in Orihionmwon Local Government Area of Edo…
PDP plotting to destabilise Edo for 2015 elections- Oshiomhole
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, governor of Edo State has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of attempting to intimidate…
Court remands homosexual in prison custody
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A 27-year old man, Saturday Aigbedion, has been remanded in prison custody by an Oredo Magistrates’ Court in…
Nigerian Lawmakers Break Assembly Door
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The factional PDP lawmakers in the Edo State House of Assembly gained entrance into the Anthony Enahoro Assembly…
Bullet charm fails as Man kills friend
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Tragedy struck in Benin on Saturday 5 July when a 25-year old man identified as Osamame Isekhuere (alias…
Oshiomhole, APC scared over defection – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) claims that Adams Oshiomhole, governor of Edo State and main opposition party, All Progressives Congress…
Pandemonium as armed policemen invade Edo Assembly
Jethro Ibileke/Benin About 50 fully armed policemen from the Police Mobile Force unit of the Nigerian Police Friday stormed the…
Police Corporal Lynched By Driver
A driver has lynched a Police Corporal in Benin City, the Edo State capital, southern Nigeria. The incident happened on…
NOUN Students Protest Fees Hike
Harrison Iyoha Students of the National Open University Of Nigeria, NOUN, Benin Study Centre, this week, took to the streets…
Gunmen In Military Uniform Kill Policemen
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Unidenfied gunmen dressed in military uniform have shot and killed two policemen and two civilians at Ikirun-Oke, near…
Gunmen kill 2 policemen, injure 3 others
The Edo Police Command said on Wednesday that unknown gunmen had killed two policemen and injured three others on Ikiran-Oke…
Edo Lawmakers Hold Session Under Umbrella
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The crisis rocking Edo State House of Assembly degenerated to a ridiculous dimension this morning as the members…
Gunmen Attack Convoy of Edo Deputy Speaker, Lawmakers
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The crisis rocking the Edo State House of Assembly assumed a dangerous dimension Sunday with an alleged attack…
Oba Of Benin takes delivery of ‘Bronze Casts’ looted in 1897
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The palace of the Oba of Benin, Oba Erediauwa, has taken delivery of two bronze works looted by…
Pregnant Woman Commits Suicide
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A middle aged mother of one identified as Ometere Aduga, a 300-level medical student drop-out, has reportedly committed…
Woman Burns Ex-Lover To Death
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin, the Edo State capital, southern Nigeria, have arrested and detained a 35-year-old woman, Esohe…
Edo set to recruit 3,000 into civil service
The Edo government on Tuesday said it had concluded arrangements to employ no fewer than 3,000 qualified persons into the…
‘Glo Delivers Seamless Services On Our Campus’
Students of the Edo State College of Agriculture have commended Globacom for providing excellent services on their campus located at…
Tension In Benin As Edo Lawmakers Resume Hostilities
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Tension rose this morning at the King’s Square premises of Edo State House of Assembly as hundreds of…
6 Shot Dead As Kidnappers, Police Engage In Gun Battle
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Six suspected kidnappers were killed on Sunday during a gun battle with the operatives of Edo State Police…
Users lament lack of books in Edo library
Readers and users of the Edo Library in Benin have lamented the poor infrastructure and outdated books stocked in the…
Fulani cattle rearers rape woman to death
Jethro Ibileke/Benin An unidentified middle-aged woman has been reportedly attacked and raped to death by suspected Fulani cattle rearers in…
Four dead in auto accident
The Edo sector command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Friday confirmed the death of four persons in…
Gov Oshiomhole Orders Demolition Of Kidnappers’ Den
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, southern Nigeria, has ordered the demolition of a block of four flats…
14 die in Edo auto crash
No fewer than 14 persons on Thursday lost their lives in an auto crash on the Benin-Okene Highway. NAN reported…
Avoid partisan politics, PDP urges monarchs
Chief Dan Orbih, Chairman PDP Edo state, has advised traditional rulers in the state to refrain from partisan politics. He…
Proprietor’s son remanded over assault of female students
An Egor Magistrates’ Court in Benin on Friday remanded in prison custody, a 47-year old son of a school proprietor…
Motor Accident kills 15
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A ghastly motor accident that occurred on Ewu Hill at the Benin/Auchi Road in Edo state has reportedly…