Tag: Benin
Fuel Scarcity: Passengers agonise as commuter buses disappear in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin As the fuel situation in Benin and other major towns in Edo state remains critical, few commuter buses…
Waste collectors protest intimidation by govt officials in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Independent waste collectors in Benin City, Edo state, on Tuesday marched through several streets of the metropolis, to…
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…