Tag: Benin City
7-Up Manager Dies In Hotel Room
The Human Resources Manager of 7-Up Bottling Company at its Benin City plant, Mr. Sola Mosiko, has collapsed and died…
Edo Govt. Distributes Free Mosquito Nets
Determined to control the spread of malaria in the state, Edo state government has commenced distribution of free treated long…
Special Prayers for Nigeria on 22 September
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Prominent Nigerian leaders, including President Goodluck Jonathan, Senate President David Mark, will on 22 September, 2012, converge at…
Fuel Scarcity Looms In Benin
Petroleum products consumers in Benin City could be in for another round of fuel scarcity as the Nigerian National Petroleum…
Benin Jail Break: We’re Yet To Know What Happened — Prison Boss
Assistant Controller General (Operations) of Nigeria Prisons, Nuhu Zuru, on Wednesday paid a working visit to the federal minimum prisons,…
Tax War: NTA Office, Others Shut
Programme transmission at the Benin Zonal office of Nigeria Television Authority, NTA, has been off air for the past 24…
Guards Foil Theft At Catholic Church
Vigilant security personnel at the St. Augustine’s Catholic Church, Ukhegie, Benin City, Sunday arrested a suspected motorcycle thief in the church premises…
Man Docked For Duping Fiancée
A 23-year old man, Austin Giwa, was on Monday charged before an Egor Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Benin City,…
Oshiomhole To Receive Wrestling Award
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State will be presented with a Good Governance Wrestling Award in Benin City, Edo State…
Collapsed Hospital: Expatriate Found Dead
Edo state government has postponed indefinitely re-construction work on the century-old hospital building in Benin City, southsouth Nigeria. This followed…
Five Trapped In Collapsed Hospital Building
Tragedy struck in Benin City on Monday as five construction workers including an expatriate worker were trapped in the collapsed…
Soldiers Beat Bus Driver To Death
A bus driver, Isaac Onaiwu, was allegedly beaten to death by soldiers from the Nigeria Army School of Supply and…
Soyinka Deplores Oyerinde’s Assassination
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has deplored the killing of the Principal Private Secretary to Edo State Governor, Mr Olaitan…
Review Of Traffic Laws Underway In Edo
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, southsouth Nigeria, has announced a proposed review of existing traffic laws in the state…
Pregnancy Row Rocks Team Nigeria Camp
Reports from Team Nigeria camp in Benin City say one of the female boxers, (name withheld) has been impregnated by…
Declare War On Power, Oba Of Benin Tells Jonathan
In order for foreign investors to take Nigeria seriously, President Goodluck Jonathan have been advised to make power generation a…
Construction Workers Protest Alleged Plan To Sack Them
Hundreds of workers of HITECH Engineering Company on Tuesday took to the streets of Benin City, the Edo state capital,…
Defend Your Right, Edo Police Boss Charges Members Of The Public
Members of the public have been charged to stand for their right whenever they are arrested by men of the…
No Room For ‘Expired’ Politicians –Oshiomhole
No more would ‘expired’ politicians hold Edo State to ransom. This was the declaration of the state governor, Comrade Adams…
32 Athletes To Represent Ben Idahosa Varsity
At least 32 athletes will represent Benson Idahosa University, BIU, Benin-City, Edo State, at the 13thWest African University Games, WAUG,…
Wrestlemania: Superking Set For Oshiomhole Tourney
National Wrestling Alliance of Nigeria, NWAN, heavyweight champion, Innocent ‘Superking’ Okoroji, has vowed to give a good account of himself…
Fake ICPC Official Held With Stolen Car
Afake official of Independent Corrupt Practices and Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has been arrested by the police for being in…
Man Arrested For Threatening Tenant With Pistol
A landlord, who recently returned from the United States with a pistol, has been arrested by the police in Benin…
Belts, Plague Arrive For Oshiomhole Tourney
The Local Organising Committee, LOC, of the Comrade Adams Oshiomhole Intercontinental Wrestling Championship, has taken delivery of 10 championship belts…
Guinness Holds Golf Tourney In Benin
Guinness Cup Golf Tournament 2011 was held at the prestigious Benin Golf Club, Benin City on Saturday, 17 December. The…
International Friendly Match: Botswana Arrive On Thursday
A contingent of 23 players and nine officials of Botswana national football team nicknamed The Zebras will hit Lagos on…
Drivers Protest In Benin
There was mass protest by transport workers in Benin City, the Edo State capital, southsouth Nigeria, today when they took…
Oshiomhole Condoles Aniagolu, Igbokwe
Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has described the passing of Justice Anthony Aniagolu, retired Justice of the Supreme Court…
Girl, 6, Rescued From Kidnappers
Operatives of the State Security Service, SSS, have rescued a 6-year old girl from her abductors after she spent 13…
Deputy Governor’s Father-In-Law Kidnapped
The father-in-law of the Edo State Deputy Governor, Dr. Pius Odubu, has been abducted, P.M.NEWS has learnt. Sources said that…