Tag: Benin
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…