Tag: Edo State
Easter: Foundation offers free medical services to rural communities in Edo
The Aaron Ponuwei Ebelo Foundation was established in 2024 by the children of late Chief Aaron Ponuwei Ebelo, in memory…
EFCC grabs 36 suspected internet fraudsters
According to the statement, 17 of the suspected internet fraudsters were arrested by the EFCC operatives of in Uyo, Akwa…
Uromi killings: Kano Deputy Governor leads delegation to Edo
A fortnight ago, Edo state Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo and his entourage was in Kano during which he had a…
Barbaric mass burning of innocents in Edo
Yan banga groups originally come from traditional Hausa hunters' associations and draw upon the skills and rituals commonly associated with…
Killings: PDP calls on Tinubu to declare state of emergency in Edo
"With seven people burnt alive in just one day and several other killings numbering over 100 in the past few…
Lassa Fever death toll hits 15 in Edo
As at today, Edo State has recorded over 1000 cases of Lassa Fever in the State, from these cases we…
Protest trails gruesome murder of hearing-impaired Edo man, Efe Ogbeide
The victim was said to have been gruesomely murdered at a construction site where he was supervising a building project…
12 burnt to death in tragic Edo road crash
"The crash happened in the early morning hours, and it is likely that the bus driver, coming from Abuja, fell…
Edo: Many feared killed in clash between cocoa farmers, alleged produce thieves
A competent source in the locality who pleaded anonymity, told told journalists that the crisis started on Thursday when an…
Court jails 11 internet fraudsters in Benin City
They all pleaded “guilty” to the charges when they were read to them, prompting prosecution counsel, F.A Jirbo, I.K Agwai…
Fear grips residents of Edo community as kidnapping escalates
It was gathered that the latest incident occurred on Sunday, 16 February, 2025, when some armed men stormed a house…
Mysterious fire razes Edo school, destroys block of classrooms
The Executive Chairman of Edo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Mrs. Onomen Goodness Briggs, disclosed the incident in a…
Okpebholo: Useni left indelible mark on lives of Edo/Delta people
Okpebholo noted that the late Army General served Bendel State (now Edo and Delta States) with distinction and dedication, leaving…
Kogi, Edo get new Commissioner of Police
Ani said the new CPs would replace the current CPs of the two states due for retirement in January. He…
2024: 188 road crashes claim 90 lives in Edo
A breakdown of the figures shows that the month of January 2024 recorded more casualties than every other months, accounting…
Tension rises in Edo over impeachment of two more LG Chairmen
Several people were reportedly injured in Uhunmwonde, as gunmen reportedly attacked bystanders, injuring many of them in the process. The…
Edo: Suspected Internet fraudsters shoot ‘Aza Man’ over N94m scam proceeds
The incident reportedly occurred on Sunday at Okhoro road in Egor Local Government of Edo. The victim was said to…
Edo: Abducted Catholic priest released in Kogi
Fr. Thomas Oyode was kidnapped on the 27 October 2024, when the gunmen attacked the Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary while…
16-year-old girl arrested over mysterious death of 5 people in Edo
By Jethro Ibileke A 16-year-old girl, Aisha Suleiman, has been arrested over death of five people found dead in a…
Edo Community invokes Ayelala, Sango deities to curse Police Station burglars
One elder, Pa. Sunday Iyoha, condemned the vandalism of the police station, which was intended to address local insecurity.
Anxiety as ravaging flood washes corpses from graves, cold kills people in Edo
Odemokpai who disclosed that the local government Councils "are doing something at the moment", however called on the National Emergency…
Edo under siege: The untold stories behind the rise in kidnappings, robberies
On 2 October, three individuals, including a couple, Mr and Mrs Inebo, were kidnapped in Fugar, Etsako Central Local Government…
“Next governor of my mother’s homeland” – Davido endorses PDP’s Ighodalo
Monday Okpebholo is the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), while Olumide Akpata is the representative of the…
Obaseki disagrees with IGP over suspension of security outfit
Edo State Government has disagreed with the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun for announcing the suspension of the…
Teenage native doctor shoots, kills bulletproof charm customer in Edo
According to a statement by the State Police Command spokesman, SP Moses Joel Yamu, the victim, Alex Ezekiel, approached the…
Rema’s Dome: Obaseki names Edo arena after Rema
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has revealed that the 6,000-capacity Edo Arena would be named after afrobeats global star, Rema.
Edo records 3 cases of Monkeypox
The Director of Public Health in the State Ministry of Health, Dr Stephenson Ojeifo, announced this in a statement on…
#EndBadGovernance: Protesters to be restricted to approved locations in Edo
Adegboye said the decision was reached at a state security meeting attended by Governor Godwin Obaseki, heads of security agencies…
World Day Against Human Trafficking: NAPTIP, others, stage roadwalk in Benin
The Coordinator of Benin Zonal Command of NAPTIP, Mr Ganiu Aganran, noted that the theme of the 2024 World Day…
100-year-old trees fall on traders, kill four, injure others in Edo
An eyewitness who spoke on phone with journalists in Benin, said the heavy breeze that accompanied the rain uprooted the…