Tag: Edo State
Oyerinde: Oshiomhole Seeks DIG’s Dismissal
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Nigeria’s Edo State has called for the immediate dismissal of the Deputy Inspector General of Police…
Oshiomhole Appoints Major Loye perm sec
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Nigeria’s Governor Adams Oshiomhole has appointed the Task Force Chairman on demolition of illegal buildings and structures, Major…
Edo Council Elections Set For April
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Nigeria’s Edo State has announced a date for the council elections, last held about six years ago. The…
Alleged HIV/AIDS Breakthrough: UNIBEN Disowns Don
Authorities of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), have disowned the Dean of School of Basic Medical Sciences of the University,…
Oshiomhole explains sack of perm sec
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Nigeria’s Edo state has come out to explain the reason for sacking Mr Alhassan…
Nigeria’s fire-fighters earn $0.064 incentive
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Poor remuneration, obsolete fire fighting equipment inhibited operations of Nigeria’s Edo State Fire Service last year. Investigations revealed…
Edo state slams US travel advisory
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Nigeria’s Edo state government has condemned the recent travel advisory issued by the United States, urging its citizens…
One dies, 17 vehicles burnt in tanker fire
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin A bus driver was burnt to death and 17 vehicles also burnt as fire from a fallen petrol…
Road Safety During Yuletide
It is time for Christmas and New Year festivities. It is a period when individuals withdraw the money they have…
Crude Oil Theft: Oshiomhole Destroys 11 Oil Tankers
To send a strong warning to pipeline vandals and to discourage crude oil thefts and illegal oil bunkering in the…
Varsity Don: ‘Oshiomhole was my classmate’
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin A University lecturer, Professor Philip Agbebaku has told the Edo Election Petitions Tribunal that Governor Adams Oshiomhole was…
Clash Over Property Tax Law In Benin
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin There was commotion at the ever busy Kings Square in Benin, capital of Nigeria’s Edo state Monday afternoon,…
Festival, A Glorified Inter House Sports
Former Commissioner for Sports in Edo State, Brown Ebewele has described the National Sports Festival, NSF as a glorified Inter…
Oshiomhole opens defence
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Three witnesses Wednesday testified on behalf of Governor Adams Oshiomhole and the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) at…
Team Lagos Can Not Intimidate Edo State
Adeleke Safiat scored four goals, as Edo State ran riot against Team Kaduna State in a female football event of…
Oshiomhole’s certificates mere documents, alleges Airhiavbere
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin All certificates presented to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC by Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to contest the July…
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Oshiomhole dresses up to receive Benin monarch
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Nigeria’s Edo state jettisoned his working class garb Thursday as he came to office…
Governor Oshiomhole appoints Ihonvbere secretary
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Nigeria’s Edo State on Wednesday announced key appointments into his cabinet. Prof Julius Ihonvbere…
Dangote plans $2b fertilizer plant in Edo state
The Dangote Group and Nigeria’s Edo State government have concluded plans to set up one of Africa’s largest fertilizer plants…
Headless body puzzles Nigerian Police
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The police in Benin are working hard to establish the identity of a headless body discovered in the…
Pastor docked over visa scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Monday, 12 November arraigned Pastor Henry Uhunmwagho, 33, before Justice P.I. Ajoku…
Oshiomhole dissolves council caretaker bodies
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Nigeria’s Edo state has finally implemented the resolution passed the State House of Assembly…
Suspects: We were tortured to admit killing Oyerinde
JETHRO IILEKE/Benin There was a twist in the murder case of Olaitan Oyerinde, late Principal/Private Secretary to Governor Adams Oshiomhole…
Balogun, Edo State Police boss bows out
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Edo State Police Commissioner, Olayinka Balogun this morning bowed out of the police service after attaining the retirement…
Edo House sacks council committees
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Edo state House of Assembly has dissolved the 18 local government transition committees with immediate effect. This was…
Iyayi: Nigeria’s civil servants world’s most inefficient
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Nigerian public servants have been described as the most inefficient and ineffective in the world. A former President…
Death Of Nollywood Actor Sparks Protest In Benin
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The death of a Benin-based Nollywood actor and staff of the State Ministry of Arts, Culture Tourism, Brown…
Teachers Attacked For Flogging Oba’s Grand Daughter
There was tension at the Federal Government Girls’ Secondary School in Benin City, Edo State, southsouth Nigeria when teachers of…
Man, 70, jailed for raping girl
JETHRO IBILEKE, Benin An itinerant 70 year-old tailor,Pius Agu, who defiled a five-year old girl (names withheld),was on Wednesday sentenced…
Flood Tragedy: 4 Victims Die At Edo Refugee Camp
One of the camps set up for displaced flood victims in Edo State was on Tuesday thrown into morning following…