Tag: Edo State
Oshiomhole Accuses FG Of Diverting N800m Project Fund
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has accused the Peoples Democratic Party-led Federal Government of diverting N800 million…
PDP has reduced Nigeria to a global laughing stock, says Oshiomhole
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state says the ruling Peoples Democratic Party at the federal level has reduced Nigeria to…
50,000 Eligible Voters To Be Disenfranchised In Edo – INEC
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Close to 50, 000 registered voters in Edo state would be disenfranchised by the Independent National Electoral Commission…
Unknown Gunmen Kill 2 Okomu Oil Workers
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Unknown gunmen have reportedly killed two workers of Okomu Oil Palm Plc, located at Udo in Ovia South…
Edo Deports 36 Illegal Immigrants
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Thirty-six illegal immigrants were yesterday deported by operatives of Nigerian Immigration Services (NIS), Edo state Command. Comptroller of…
Edo flags off N5.7bn Auchi Erosion Control Project
Jethro Ibileke/Auchi Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has flagged off a N5.7billion Auchi Erosion project to tackle the menacing…
Oshiomhole accuses PDP of contract duplication in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state over the weekend accused past governments of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in…
Jonathan’s N1.2bn campaign money divides Edo PDP, youths seal secretariat
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is currently embroiled in fresh crisis over alleged non-disbursement…
Pandemonium In Benin, As Police, Drivers Clash
Jethro Ibileke/Benin There was pandemonium at New Benin market area of Benin City in the early hours of Tuesday evening,…
PDP founding member, Jonathan’s women coordinator, others switch to APC
The gale of defection hitting the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), across the nation on Wednesday swept through Edo state with…
Anenih Will Fail Again In Edo, Says Oshiomhole
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, southern Nigeria, says Chief Anthony Anenih has a long history of frustrating the will…
Oshiomhole appoints 4 commissioners, drops 2
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has dropped two of his Commissioners. Those dropped are Orobosa Omo-Ojo, former Commissioner for…
Plot to postpone polls will end in futility, says Oshiomhole
Edo state governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole says the subterranean plot by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP-led federal government to postpone…
983 Stolen PVCs Recovered In Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Resident Electoral Commissioner for Edo state, Mr. Mike Igini, has announced the recovery of 983 Permanent Voter’s…
Bird Flu Kills 420 Poultry Birds In Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin An outbreak of Avian Influenza Virus which causes Avian Influenza disease in birds, popularly known as Bird Flu,…
Petrol Price: Oando Filling Station Sealed Over Non Compliance
Jethro Ibileke/Benin An Oando filling station in Benin, on Monday, came under the sledge hammer of Edo State Petroleum Monitoring…
Accident involving PDP and APC vehicles kills one, injures 12
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Edo state chapter, Saturday lost his life in a ghastly…
Man Kills Brother Over Soup
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin have arrested a 57-year-old man, Sunday Osemwekhe, for allegedly killing his half-brother with machete…
Man, 57, kills sibling over owoh soup in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin have arrested a 57 year-old man, Sunday Osemwekhe, for allegedly killing his half-brother with…
Edo Govt expels Igbinedion Varsity students
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State on Wednesday issued an executive order stopping the nursing students of Nigeria’s…
Esan North/South East Federal Constituency: ‘”Clash Of The Titans”
From the defunct Agbazilo Local Government Area in the north central part of Edo state emerged Esan North/South East Local…
PDP’s only resolve is to steal, says Oshiomhole
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo has urged voters to elect the All Progressives Congress (APC) at all levels because the…
Edo police command threatens to arrest, prosecute cult group leaders
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State Police Commissioner, Foluso Adebanjo, has threatened to henceforth arrest and prosecute leaders of the…
Edo must cut costs to survive tough 2015, says Oshiomhole
Jethro Ibileke/Benin As the effects of the crash in crude oil prices in the international market continues to bite…
Cult rivalry claimed 36 lives in December 2014
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Investigations by journalists in Benin have revealed that no fewer than 36 cult rivalry-related deaths were recorded in…
Landlord, 85, defiles 7 year-old girl
Peter Eliaho, an 85-year old landlord, has been arrested by the police in Benin for allegedly defiling a seven year…
Yuletide: Nine killed, 76 injured in 21 auto crashes in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Nine persons were killed and 76 person sustained varying degrees of injuries in 21 auto crashes recorded in…
Police arrest 3 robbers in Edo
The Edo Police Command on Friday said it has arrested three armed robbery suspects along Uwa Street, in the Oredo…
Oshiomhole recalls Ihonvbere, accepts Commissioner’s resignation
Former Secretary to Edo State Government, Professor Julius Ihonvbere, has been recalled back to his duty post by the State…
Edo Sports Commissioner to sack female players for protesting 2-year unpaid salaries
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Chris Okaeben, has threatened to sack players of state-owned female football…