Tag: Edo State
Edo Govt. wants FG to rehabilitate Fugar/Agenebode road
Edo Deputy Governor Pius Odubu on Monday appealed to the Federal Government to rehabilitate the Fugar/Agenebode road being threatened by…
Election petition tribunal upholds APC’s Akpatason’s election
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Edo State Election Petition Tribunal on Thursday dismissed the petition filled by the state chapter of the…
Unpaid Salaries: Edo NLC threatens strike
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The leadership of the Edo State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has threatened to embark on…
Industrial court restrains Oshiomhole, others from sacking judiciary workers
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state, has been restrained by the National Industrial Court sitting in Akure, Ondo…
Edo police apprehend killers of Corps Member in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Two members of a suspected armed robbery gang who allegedly killed a member of the National Youth Service…
Pastor, 4 others nabbed for murder, cultism in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A self-acclaimed pastor, Greatman Ita, and four others persons have been arrested by operatives of Edo Police Command,…
Oshiomhole laments dwindling federal allocation
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has disclosed that the last monthly allocation disbursed by the administration of…
Edo police arraign 227 suspects
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin, the Edo State capital, southern Nigeria, have arraigned 12 suspected cult leaders before a…
Police Harass Journalists At Edo Assembly Inauguration
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The inauguration of the 6th Assembly in Edo State on Monday was marred by harassment and intimidation of…
Police harass journalists at Edo Assembly, as PDP presents 3 for Minority Leader
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The inauguration of the 6th Assembly in Edo State on Monday was marred with harassment and intimidation of…
Edo prunes 2015 Budget following economic downturn
Jethro Ibileke/Benin As most states in the country now face the hash reality of the downturn of the economy, Edo…
Oshiomhole inaugurates panel to probe suspended LG boss
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state Tuesday inaugurated an administrative panel of enquiry on the suspension of Etsako…
Oshiomhole appoints former CPS to Igbinedion, 11 Others as Perm Sec
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A former Chief Press Secretary to former Governor Lucky Igbinedion, Mr. Lucky Wasa and 11 other persons were…
Truck laden with adultrated diesel impounded in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Operatives of Edo State Petroleum and Pipeline Monitoring Committee, over the weekend intercepted and impounded a Mecedes Benz…
Edo 2016: Alamaseiyagha campaigns for PDP’s Uzamere
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Ahead of the 2016 governorship election in Edo state, former governor of Bayelsa state, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, has charged…
Edo Bans Revenue Collection Agents
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State Government on Monday has banned agents who collect taxes and levies from artisans, market women and…
Coca-Cola Plant shut over death of worker
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Bottling operations at the Benin Coca-Cola plant of the Nigerian Bottling Company was abruptly halted on Friday by…
Man arrested for siphoning diesel in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A middle-aged man is currently being detained by operatives of Edo State Police Command for allegedly siphoning diesel…
Oshiomhole swears-in LG Chairman then suspends him
Jethro Ibileke/Benin It was a case of hiring and firing on Tuesday in Benin, as Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo…
Edo council chairman dies after protest for his removal
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Chairman of Estako West Local Government Area of Edo State, Hassan Kadiri, has reportedly died from an…
Edo workers issue 3-Day warning strike
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Civil Servants in Edo State have issued a three-day warning strike to the State government over an alleged…
14 JSS Students Arrested Over Cultism
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The renewed war against cultism in Edo State has led to the arrest of 14 Junior Secondary School…
Cultism: 14 JSS Students Arrested In Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The renewed war against cultism in Edo state has led to the arrest of 14 Junior Secondary School…
Police recover APC cards from cultists, transport them from Edo to Abuja
Nigeria Police have transferred the 11 suspected cult group leaders arrested in Edo to Abuja to face prosecution. Some of…
Edo judiciary workers defy sack threat, sustain strike
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Judiciary workers in Edo state who have been on strike for over five months defied a directive…
3 things Nigerians got wrong about Oshiomhole’s wife
By Seun Bisuga As soon as Governor Adams Oshiomhole stepped out with his wife, the social media was awash with…
Kenyans dominate Okpekpe Mountain Race
Athletes from Kenya again dominated the long distance race at the 3rd edition of the IAAF Bronze Medal-categorised annual 10-kilometre…
Buhari, Osinbajo, Tambuwal, Govs Grace Oshiomhole’s Wedding
Jethro Ibileke/Auchi President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, Vice-President-elect, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, state governors and other dignitaries on Friday graced the wedding…
Edo orders striking judiciary workers to resume or be sacked
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The newly constituted Edo State Judicial Service Commission has ordered striking members of the State Judiciary Staff Union…
Edo officials, others may be charged for terrorism
Jethro Ibileke/Benin There are indications from Edo Police Command on Thursday that the four officials of Edo State Government and…