Tag: Edo State
Edo Inaugurates Ebola Control Committee
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State Rapid Response Committee on Ebola outbreak was inaugurated Monday morning by the State Commissioner for Health.…
I’ve slept with several dogs, bitten by two – Teenage boy
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Osagiator Ighodaro, the 19-year old boy who was arrested for sleeping with a dog at Iguosa village, a…
Robbers Stab Couple To Death In Benin
By Jethro Ibileke/Benin Unknown assailants suspected to armed robbers in the early hours of Thursday attacked a couple in Benin…
Teenager caught sleeping with dog in Benin
By Jethro Ibileke/Benin A 19-year old boy (name withheld), was Tuesday arrested at Iguosa, a suburb community in Benin City,…
Udo man died of Peptic Ulcer, not Ebola – Edo Govt.
By JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Medical test conducted on the man who died last Sunday at Udo in Ovia South West local…
Ebola: Man’s death causes panic in Edo community
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The death of a middle aged man suspected to have been infected with Ebola virus has caused panic…
Edo to redeploy teachers to rural schools
The State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) in Edo on Thursday said it had concluded plan to redeployed teachers to…
We will recapture Rivers, Edo – PDP
Joe Onyewelu, the South-South Zonal Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has said that the party will recapture Rivers…
Edo assembly members criticise media for addressing them as APC legislators
Members of Edo State House of Assembly elected on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) have criticsed the media,…
Edo PDP led assembly directs release of LG allocations
The PDP legislators in Edo Assembly, have passed a resolution directing Lucky James, Commissioner for Local Government to release allocations…
Flood kills 3 persons, renders many homeless in Edo
No fewer than three persons were confirmed dead following a torrential rain on Sunday in Igarra, headquarters of Akoko Edo…
Appeal Court bars Edo PDP lawmakers
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The hope of the four suspended peoples Democratic Party, PDP, lawmakers to upturn an order by a Benin…
Flood Renders 50 Families Homeless
Flood waters that overflowed a drainage system have displaced more than 50 families in Orihionmwon Local Government Area of Edo…
PDP plotting to destabilise Edo for 2015 elections- Oshiomhole
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, governor of Edo State has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of attempting to intimidate…
Court remands homosexual in prison custody
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A 27-year old man, Saturday Aigbedion, has been remanded in prison custody by an Oredo Magistrates’ Court in…
Nigerian Lawmakers Break Assembly Door
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The factional PDP lawmakers in the Edo State House of Assembly gained entrance into the Anthony Enahoro Assembly…
Bullet charm fails as Man kills friend
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Tragedy struck in Benin on Saturday 5 July when a 25-year old man identified as Osamame Isekhuere (alias…
Oshiomhole, APC scared over defection – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) claims that Adams Oshiomhole, governor of Edo State and main opposition party, All Progressives Congress…
Pandemonium as armed policemen invade Edo Assembly
Jethro Ibileke/Benin About 50 fully armed policemen from the Police Mobile Force unit of the Nigerian Police Friday stormed the…
Police Corporal Lynched By Driver
A driver has lynched a Police Corporal in Benin City, the Edo State capital, southern Nigeria. The incident happened on…
NOUN Students Protest Fees Hike
Harrison Iyoha Students of the National Open University Of Nigeria, NOUN, Benin Study Centre, this week, took to the streets…
Gunmen In Military Uniform Kill Policemen
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Unidenfied gunmen dressed in military uniform have shot and killed two policemen and two civilians at Ikirun-Oke, near…
Gunmen kill 2 policemen, injure 3 others
The Edo Police Command said on Wednesday that unknown gunmen had killed two policemen and injured three others on Ikiran-Oke…
Edo Lawmakers Hold Session Under Umbrella
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The crisis rocking Edo State House of Assembly degenerated to a ridiculous dimension this morning as the members…
Gunmen Attack Convoy of Edo Deputy Speaker, Lawmakers
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The crisis rocking the Edo State House of Assembly assumed a dangerous dimension Sunday with an alleged attack…
Oba Of Benin takes delivery of ‘Bronze Casts’ looted in 1897
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The palace of the Oba of Benin, Oba Erediauwa, has taken delivery of two bronze works looted by…
Pregnant Woman Commits Suicide
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A middle aged mother of one identified as Ometere Aduga, a 300-level medical student drop-out, has reportedly committed…
Woman Burns Ex-Lover To Death
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin, the Edo State capital, southern Nigeria, have arrested and detained a 35-year-old woman, Esohe…
Edo set to recruit 3,000 into civil service
The Edo government on Tuesday said it had concluded arrangements to employ no fewer than 3,000 qualified persons into the…
‘Glo Delivers Seamless Services On Our Campus’
Students of the Edo State College of Agriculture have commended Globacom for providing excellent services on their campus located at…