Tag: Benin City
Igbinedion University honours Elegushi, others
As part of its 17th Convocation ceremony, Nigeria’s premier private university, the Igbinedion University, Benin City, Edo State will confer…
Buhari visits Crown Prince Erediauwa of Benin
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday paid a courtesy visit to Crown Prince Eheneden Erediauwa shortly after his arrival in Benin…
Angry husband sets wife ablaze in Benin
A middle-aged man simply identified as Onya, has been arrested by the police in Benin, Edo State, for allegedly setting…
LAPO empowers 900,000 women in 29 years
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Lift Above Poverty Organization (LAPO), micro finance bank, says it has empowered over 900,000 Nigerian women through…
Police reject bribe from suspected kidnapper
YUSUF MUHAMMED The Police at Iju Ishaga, Divisional headquarters, Lagos state, southwest Nigeria, have rejected a N1.5m bribe offered to…
Court remands fake Edo monarch, brother
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A Senior Magistrate’s Court in Benin, Edo state Wednesday ordered the remand of Prince Rich Arisco-Osemwingie, in prison…
Woman Abducted, Raped, Murdered
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A 23-year-old woman, identified as Joy Ojolede Okoh, has been reportedly abducted, raped and murdered in Benin City…
Policemen, Drivers Clash Over N1,000
Jethro Ibileke/Benin There was pandemonium at New Benin market area of Benin City on Tuesday evening, following a clash between…
Protesting workers shut down hospital in Benin
Hundreds of patients, mostly pregnant women and mothers who turned up at the Specialist Hospital in Benin for medical treatment…
Police confirm explosion at Dennis Osadebey Avenue in Benin
The Edo Police Command has confirmed Saturday’s explosion on Dennis Osadebey Avenue, in Benin City, the Edo capital. Deputy Police…
10 Year-old Girl Crushed To Death In Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A 10 year-old girl was Saturday crushed to death by a hit-and-run driver at Iguosa, a suburb community…
Teacher sentenced to life imprisonment for defiling pupil, 11
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A Benin City High Court has sentenced a 35 year-old teacher, Bright Asiruwa, to life imprisonment for defiling…
Six escape death in flying car accident
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Six unidentified persons narrowly escaped death by the whiskers Monday morning in Benin when the driver of the…
Man butchers four siblings, slaughters two
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A middle-aged man, identified as Mike, has reportedly butchered four children of his neighbour in Okha II community…
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…