Tag: Benin
Retired headmistress, 65, shot dead by teenage cultist in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A 65-year-old retired headmistress, Mrs. Clara Uwaifo, has been reportedly shot dead by a suspected teenage cultist in…
Ooni of Ife marries new wife in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The mutual relationship between the Ife and Benin Kingdom was rekindled on Saturday when the Ooni of Ife,…
Political scientist arrested for car theft in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin on Friday paraded a five-man car snatching gang, including a graduate of Political Science…
Bakery worker jailed for assault in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin An Egor Chief Magistrate’s court in Benin, Edo state, on Tuesday, March 8, sentenced a 25-year-old bakery worker,…
Mobile court convicts 9 traffic offenders in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A mobile court set up to try road traffic offenders in Benin city, capital of Edo state, on…
75-year-old pensioner slumps, dies during screening in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin There was pandemonium in Benin on Tuesday, as a 75-year-old pensioner, Sunday Oboite, collapsed and died while waiting…
Police recover truckload of PMS, arrested suspects in Benin
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Nemesis has caught up with some criminals who hijacked a truck laden with substances and diverted them to…
Child thief dressed as woman arrested in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin, Edo state, have arrested and detained a middle-aged man (names withheld), for…
Suspected child thief dressed as woman arrested in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin, Edo state, have arrested and detained a middle-aged man (names withheld), for…
Benin multiple explosions not caused by bomb – Army
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Military authorities in Benin have clarified that the multiple explosions that occurred on Tuesday were caused by improvised…
Anxiety, tension grip Benin as multiple explosions rip 4 buildings apart
Jethro Ibileke/Benin There was palpable fear, anxiety and tension in Benin City, capital of Edo state on Tuesday afternoon, as…
Abducted oil workers rescued in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Three oil workers who were reportedly abducted along Benin/Akure road on Tuesday, have been rescued unhurt by operatives…
46 suspected cultists arrested in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Forty-six members of seven cult groups who have been on the rampage in Benin City, capital of…
Oil workers abducted in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Wednesday abducted four workers of an oil company (name withheld), along Benin/Akure…
Extra judicial killing: Cop jailed for life
Jethro Ibileke/Benin An operative of the Edo State Command of the Nigerian Police, Corporal Amadin Idahosa, was Monday sentenced to…
Court orders arrest of Rep member
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A Benin High Court, presided over by Justice Esther Ikponmwmen Thursday issued a bench warrant for the arrest…
Fire destroys timber market in Benin
An early morning fire outbreak has destroyed parts of the `Pipeline Timber Market’ in Benin, NAN reports. An eyewitness, Mr…
Oshiomhole budgets N111.5bn for 2016 fiscal year
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomhole on Monday presented the state’s 2016 budget of N111.5 billion to the state…
Confusion in Benin, as 2 bodies disappear from mortuary
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A possible breakdown of law and order at the Benin City Central Hospital, was averted by the police…
Orgy of violence leaves 10 persons dead in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin An orgy of violence enveloped Benin City, the capital of Edo State during the week, leaving no fewer…
Customs destroy N11.5m worth of frozen products in Benin
The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operation Unit, Zone C, says it has destroyed 1, 365 cartons of imported frozen…
Man, 35, bags seven years imprisonment for rape
A 35-year-old man, Stanley Edomwonyi, was on Wednesday in Benin sentenced to seven years imprisonment for raping a nine-year-old girl.…
60 IDPs write NABTEB exams in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin [email protected] At least 60 internally displaced persons from the Boko Haram insurgency are currently participating in this year’s…
Man, 23, goes berserk, slaughters grandma, injures aunt over rent collection
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Benin City, capital of Edo state was again thrown into another tragic mood on Friday when a 23-year-old…
20 injured in violent clash between rival revenue collector groups in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin About 20 people, including market women have been reportedly injured in Benin in a violent clash between two…
Six Months Arrears: Edo pensioners protest in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Hundreds of local government pensioners in Edo state on Tuesday took to the streets of Benin City, to…
Court convicts 95 sanitation offenders
Two Mobile Courts sitting in Benin on Saturday convicted 95 people for various sanitation offences in the state monthly environmental…
Woman stabs native doctor to death
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A Benin-based native doctor simply identified as Owe, has been reportedly stabbed to death by a woman during…
Oyakhilome splashes N1bn on Benson Idahosa University
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Founder and President of Believers Loveworld Ministry, otherwise known as Christ Embassy, Rev.(Dr.) Chris Oyakhilome, on Friday…
Edo PDP chairman survives auto crash
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edo State chapter, Mr. Dan Orbih narrowly escaped death on Tuesday,…