Tag: Edo State
Need for continuity in Edo State
By Sunny Edoja The people of Edo State will go to the polls to choose Adam Oshiomhole’s successor on September…
Ize-Iyamu dissapoints Edo widows
The PDP Edo state governorship candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu campaign team on Monday left over 80 widows hungry and disappointed…
Edo governorship candidate promises 18 mini stadia
The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the Sept. 10 governorship election in Edo, says he will build mini-stadia in…
Edo LG workers protest non-payment of salaries
Edo state Local Government workers on Wednesday protested against the non-payment of their salary arrears. The mass protest grounded commercial…
Council worker slumps, dies during protest in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Tragedy struck in Benin Wednesday when a staff of Esan North East Local Government Council, identified as Peter…
Edo pensioners protest non-payment of gratuities, pension arrears
Hundreds of pensioners on Monday defied the heavy rain and took to the streets of Benin, the Edo capital, to…
Court jails father for raping 17-year-old daughter
An Egor Chief Magistrates’ Court in Benin, Edo, on Friday sentenced 40-year-old Lucky Idahosa to 14 years imprisonment for raping…
Oshiomhole: I have reconciled with my deputy
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State Thursday announced that he has settled the political differences between him and…
Modu Sheriff’s faction elects Iduoriyekemwen Edo guber candidate
Former Majority Leader of Edo State House of Assembly, Matthew Iduoriyekemwen, has emerged the governorship candidate of the Ali Modu…
I’m loyal to PDP, Modu Sheriff, says suspended guber aspirant
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Hon. Matthew Iduoriyekemwen, a Peoples Democratic Party Governorship (PDP) governorship aspirant, for the September 10 Edo State gubernatorial…
Edo PDP suspends guber aspirant
Banji Aluko/Benin City With the deadline for the submission of governorship candidate in Edo State looming, the leadership crisis rocking…
Oshiomhole debunks rumour of aspirant buying permanent voter cards
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo has debunked rumour of purchasing or cloning of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) by an aspirant…
APC delegates accredited for Edo governorship primaries
Accreditation of All Progressives Party(APC) delegates for the primaries to select the governorship candidate of the party ahead of the…
IDPs, vulnerable groups to benefit from World Bank $7m in Edo
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), less privileged and physically challenged are among the vulnerable groups expected to benefit from the World…
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…
Pictures: Shuaibu Amodu laid to rest
The late former Chief Coach of Super Eagles of Nigeria, Shuaibu Amodu was laid to rest amidst tears in Okpella,…
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Keshi’s death shocking, devastating – Edo FA Chair
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Chairman of Edo State Football Association, Mr. Frank Ilaboya, has described the death of former Super Eagles…
How Stephen Keshi died in Benin
Family sources have explained how Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, former Nigerian football captain and coach died. Keshi, 54, died early today…
Teenager drowns catching catfish
Tragedy struck on Wednesday in Benin, Edo state when a 15-year-old boy simply identified as Ikponmwosa, drowned while on a…
NLC Strike: Workers resume fully in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin: Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) appears to be loosing the grip on workers in Edo, as the indefinite strike…
Oshiomhole threatens Edo workers, no work, no pay
Jethro Ibilleke/Benin: Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has directed workers in the state Public Service to shun the strike…
Man steals N7k phone, gets N50k bail
Jethro Ibileke/Benin An Evboriaria Magistrate’s Court, in Benin, Edo state, has admitted a 21-year-old man, Benjamen Obira, to a N50,000…
Hunchback man abducted, murdered in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin have confirmed the abduction of a 37-year-old man with a hunchback, simply identified as…
Edo Guber: Muslims insist on Christian/Muslim ticket
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Ahead of the September gubernatorial election in Edo State, a group, Edo Muslim for Equity and Good Governance…
Edo guber: REC worried over proliferation of arms
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mr. Samuel Olumekun, has expressed…
Hoodlums invade Edo Assembly, as Speaker, deputy are impeached
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Hell was let loose at the Edo State House of Assembly on Tuesday afternoon, as scores of hoodlums…
Oshiomhole’s wage increase a Greek gift – PDP
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has castigated the state governor, Adams Oshiomhole, over the…
Sustain Oba Erediauwa’s legacy, Oshiomhole tells Benin crown prince
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo has condoled with the crowned Prince of Benin Kingdom, Eheneden Erediauwa, on the demise of…
Obaseki condemns assassination attempt on Edo deputy governor
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Chairman Edo state Economic Team, Mr Godwin Obaseki,…