Tag: Edo State
1,200 Christmas Chickens Killed In Auto Crash
Jethro Ibileke/Benin About 1, 200 Christmas chickens valued at about N4.8m, perished in an early morning auto crash which occurred…
PDP’s 16 Years Rule, Colossal waste – Tinubu
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos state and national leader of the All Progressives Congress…
Tinubu to inaugurate road, hospital in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin As part of activities commemorating the sixth anniversary of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole as governor of Edo State, former…
Edo Assembly Pardons Two Renegade PDP Lawmakers, Rejects LG Autonomy Bill
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Two lawmakers on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Edo state who were suspended by…
PDP needs time to rest off governance – Oshiomhole
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led government needs to take…
Gunmen kill Edo Community leader
A Sixty-six-year old community head in Ugbowo area of Benin City in Edo was on Saturday night killed by gunmen…
Edo Accident Claims 11 Lives
Jethro Ibileke/Benin No fewer than 11 persons, including a 10 females and one male, were killed in a multiple automobile…
Rep Minority Whip Picks Edo South Senate Ticket
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Minority Whip in the House of Representatives, Hon. Samson Osagie on Monday emerged candidate of the All…
Edo PDP Assembly Primaries: 3 Incumbent Lawmakers Voted Out
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Three incumbent Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers in Edo state, Emmanuel Okoduwa, Kingsley Ehigiamusoe and Abdulrazak Momoh, on…
One Killed, Houses Razed In Edo Communal Clash
Jethro Ibileke/Benin An alleged leadership tussle at Aruogba community, in Oredo Local Government area of Edo State, on Saturday, resulted…
PDP chieftain arraigned for destroying Edo lawmakers residence
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mr Odion Olaye has been arrainged before an Oredo Magistrate Court over…
3 Female Cops Beaten, Stripped Naked
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Three female police officers attached to Oregbeni Police Division in Benin, Edo State, southern Nigeria, were Tuesday beaten…
3 Female Police Officers Beaten, Stripped Naked In Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Three female police officers attached to Oregbeni police division in Benin, Edo state were Tuesday beaten black and…
Oshiomhole accuses PDP of importing mercenaries to register in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Edo State chapter, has been accused of importing mercenaries to register in their…
PDP Planning To Rig 2015 Election —Oshiomhole
Eromosele Ebhomele With the 2015 general elections just months away, Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo Stae, southern Nigeria, has alerted…
CVR: Edo APC Calls For Extension Of Exercise
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The All Progressives Congress (APC), Edo State chapter, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to…
4, 658 PVCs Stolen In Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin No less than 4,658 Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs), were snatched at different points in Edo state during the…
302 aspirants vie for 36 national, state assembly seats in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Ahead of the 2015 general elections in Edo state, a combined figure of about 302 aspirants have so…
PDP Congress: Defectors Threaten To Leave Over Manipulation of List
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Following barrages of complaints that trailed the ward congress of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, conducted last Saturday,…
In Pictures: Oshiomhole pays last tribute to Late Aliu
Governor Adams Oshiomhole and members of the Edo State House of Assembly were this morning thrown into mourning, following the…
Edo Assembly Loses Member To Death
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Members of the Edo State House of Assembly were this morning thrown into mourning, following the death…
Edo Immortalizes Admiral Akhigbe
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State unveiled the statue of the former Chief of General Staff, late Vice…
Protesting Workers Shut Edo Govt House Over Unpaid Salaries
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Activities at the Edo State Government House were put on hold on Wednesday by protesting workers of the…
2015: Security agencies sue for peace among political parties
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Worried about the rising political tension in the Edo state, heads of security agencies in the state on…
Edo PDP Chieftain Fingers Oshiomhole In An Alleged Bomb Attack
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Edo State chapter, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, Sunday alleged that materials…
PDP sowing falsehood, fear in Edo State
The claim of a bomb attack and subsequent reckless press statement by a self-styled “Pastor”, Mr Osagie Ize-Iyamu, is another…
EFCC releases detained Edo APC lawmakers
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has released the three principal officers of the Edo State…
I’m not vying for APC presidential ticket – Oshiomhole
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Contrary to what Edo state information and orientation commissioner, Mr. Louis Odio said on Wednesday, the state Governor,…
Protest In Benin, As EFCC Detains Edo Speaker, Majority Leader, Chief Whip
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Hundreds of All Progressives Congress (APC) members and sympathisers, this morning protested round the streets of Benin to…
EFCC Detains Edo Speaker, Majority Leader
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has detained three APC members of Edo State House of Assembly.…