Tag: Edo State
Oshiomhole Donates N2m To Insulted Widow
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo on Monday donated two million naira to a widow he allegedly insulted while on an…
Getting It Right
By Ademola Adegbamigbe Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, on Tuesday 12 November 2013, marked his fifth year in office.…
Oshiomhole lays foundation stone for N7.4bn Shopping Mall
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, southern Nigeria, has laid the foundation stone for a N7.4 billion ($45…
Oshiomhole Has Nothing To Celebrate, Says PDP
Edo State chapter of Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has alleged a total of N400 billion has accrued to the…
Family Confirms Akhigbe’s Death
Former Chief of General Staff, Mike Okhai Akhigbe, is dead, family sources Tuesday morning confirmed to P.M.NEWS. He died last…
Oshiomhole commissions 100 taxis for ex-Okada riders
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of the southern Nigerian state of Edo has commissioned one hundred units of Suzuki cars procured by…
PDP rejects council poll result
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the southern Nigerian state of Edo on Wednesday in Benin, the capital, rejected the…
Oshiomhole accuses police of aiding electoral fraud
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of the southern Nigerian state of Edo has accused the Nigerian police of aiding ballot box snatching,…
Nigerian state makes kidnapping capital offence
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Convicted kidnappers in Edo state, southern Nigeria, will henceforth face the death penalty, Governor Adams Oshiomhole has said.…
Oshiomhole to councils: Stop blocking roads for tax
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of the southern Nigerian state of Edo has warned councils in the state to desist from illegal…
Ozekhome’s kidnapper arrested in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Operatives of Nigeria’s Department of State Security Service, DSS, Edo state Command, Wednesday said they have arrested kidnap…
Court awards Gov. Oshiomhole N25m damage
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin A Nigerian high Court in Benin-City, capital of the southern state of Edo, has awarded Governor Adams Oshiomhole…
Female teenager found dead in hotel room
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin An 18-year-old girl, Chinyere Onorfue, was found in a hotel room in Benin City, capital of Edo state,…
Edo monarch regains freedom from kidnappers
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Kidnappers of Edo traditional ruler, HRH Patrick Igbinudu, the Iyase of Udo community in Ovia South West Local…
SURE-P’s graduate internship fails
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Reports have shown that the Graduate Internship of Nigeria’s Federal Government’s Subsidy Re-investment and Empowerment Programme appears to…
Catholic Priest Shoots Himself To Death
A Catholic priest has accidental shot and killed himself while cleaning his gun. The incident happened to Reverend Father Peter…
Security Lapses At Nigerian Airports
The security breach that occurred at the Benin Airport in Edo State last Saturday has again discredited claims by Nigerian…
Ozekhome, senior Nigerian lawyer, 3 others kidnapped
JETHRO IBILKE/Benin Senior Advocate of Nigeria and human rights lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, has been abducted by suspected kidnappers in Edo…
I’ll Sign More Death Warrants —Oshiomhole
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, southern Nigeria, said he would sign the death warrants of convicts who killed their…
Kidnapped council vice-chairman escapes
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Southern Nigeria’s state of Edo is fast gaining notoriety as kidnappers’ den, following the abduction of the Vice…
Two female teachers, doctor abducted in Benin
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Female teachers in the southern Nigerian state of Edo are fast becoming endangered species, with the fresh abduction…
Ex-Army Private Turns Serial Conman
A dismissed Army private who poses as an Army Major has been arrested by soldiers for conning unsuspecting members of…
3 teachers regain freedom after N5m ransom paid
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Three female primary school teachers abducted by kidnappers at Orhogbua Primary School, Ekehuan, village, Edo state, finally regained…
Nigerian teacher can’t read own document
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The verification of certificates of primary school teachers in the southern Nigerian state of Edo ordered by Governor…
Gully Erosion: Edo To Borrow $100m From Wold Bank
Worried by the huge financial strength needed to tackle the menace of gully erosion in the state, Edo State government…
Nigerian state seeks World Bank loan for erosion control
JETHRO IBILKE/Benin Worried by the huge financial outlay needed to tackle the menace of gully erosion, Edo State government has…
Women’s group protests kidnap of teachers
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The Women Committee of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Edo State chapter, southern Nigeria, has described the abduction…
Kidnappers demand N50m for 3 teachers
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Kidnappers of the three Nigerian primary school teachers who were abducted at Orhogbua Primary School at Ekenhuan village,…
Housewife, lawyer charged with forgery Of Will
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The Police in Benin City, capital of Nigeria’s Edo state, have arraigned 46-year-old lawyer-wife of a millionaire, her…
Bombastic English Made In Edo State!
Edo State, in the middle of Southern Nigeria has refurbished the Queens English. It now has its own version solely…