Tag: Benin Edo state
Over 500 Ogba residents benefit from free medical outreach
The event took place at the Church of God Mission International, Open Gates Province, Ogba, on Saturday, offering a range…
Rema set to host homecoming concert in Benin
Afrobeats star Divine Ikubor, also known as Rema, has announced a homecoming concert in Benin, Edo State.
Journalists urged to take interest in audit reports
By Jethro Ibileke Journalists have been charged to prioritise audit reporting, as a tool to promote accountability in governance. This…
Osun doctor Abass Adeyemi kills cab driver with injection, steals car
Adeyemi who hails from Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State, was alleged to have killed the victim on 3…
Eid-el-Kabir: Ram dealers bemoan low patronage in Benin
The soaring cost was a direct reflection of the economic situation in the country. According to the chairman of the…
21 convicted for not wearing face mask
Twenty-one people, along with 12 others, have been convicted and sentenced by a mobile Court in Benin for not wearing…
Two POS robbers outsmarted by Benin woman
Two suspects who attempted to rob a Point of Sale (POS) operator outsmarted by a woman. They lost their gun…
Red alert in Benin over looming cult war
Edo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Lawal Jimeta, said security agencies are working together to prevent a planned clash by…
In Benin children born of Libyan rape called ‘Arabo’
Whatever their origins, in Nigeria these children born in Libya are nicknamed "Arabo children" -- stigmatised for the circumstances of…
“Federal character cause of systematic collapse of national development”
The Speaker of Edo House of Assembly, Kabiru Adjoto, said on Wednesday that the federal character policy of the Federal…
Army arrests suspected members of Niger Delta Avengers
The Nigerian Army said it has arrested 10 suspected members of the militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, which had…
Police hunt kidnappers of wife, daughter of transporter
The Nigerian Police Command in Edo state on Wednesday confirmed the abduction of the wife and daughter of a transport…
Nigerian causes a stir with a ‘ toy drone ‘
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin A 20 year-old Nigerian, Aghogho Ajine caused a stir in the midwestern city of Benin, when he successfully…
Electricity Workers Clash In Benin
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Members of the Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEC) and the junior workers grouped under…
Traffic wardens boycott work after assault by cop
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Officials of the Edo State Traffic Management Agency Monday abandoned their duty posts Monday to protest an attack…
Abducted SETRACO worker Lebanese, not Israeli
The Nigerian police in Edo state said the expatriate worker of SETRACO construction company kidnapped yesterday was not an Israeli…
Woman bathed with acid by ex-lover
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Medical doctors at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH, are battling to give succour to a middle-aged…
Obasanjo makes case for women
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo Thursday, said in Benin that the achievement of the desired economic and political growth by…
School vandal jailed 18 months
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin An Oredo Magistrate Court sitting in Benin, capital of Nigeria’s Edo state, has sentenced 18 year-old Ogunbajo Olumide…