Tag: Edo State
4 flood displaced persons die at shelter
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin One of the refuge camps for displaced flood victims in Edo State was on Tuesday thrown into mourning…
Tight security at Edo Election Tribunal
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal began sitting this morning amidst tight security in Benin. The tribunal heard…
Niger River Floods Nigerian communities
JETHRO IBIlEKE/Benin Chairman of Daar Communications, Chief Raymond Dokpesi and Edo State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Mr. Donald Boih,…
Chevron’s Agba quits Oshiomhole’s cabinet
Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, Monday accepted the resignation of Prince Clement Agba, the state Commissioner for Environment and…
Gunmen Kill Driver, Abduct 2 kids
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Dare-devil gunmen suspected to be kidnappers this morning in Benin struck at the home of a Nigerian businessman…
Edo deputy governor’s aide regains freedom
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Kelly Odaro, the Chief Press Secretary to Edo State Deputy Governor, Pius Odubu, who was kidnapped last Saturday…
Punctuality earns Edo school boy laptop computer
A 12-year-old Junior Secondary School student, Godbless Raphael, on Tuesday won the Edo Governor’s award for being the first to…
Pa Igbinedion’s Birthday Tragedy: 4 Lecturers Die In Auto Crash
The 78th birthday anniversary celebration of business magnate and father of Lucky Igbinedion, former governor of Edo State, Chief Gabriel…
AGN Election To Take New Pattern
Following the crisis that marred the national election of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) in Benin, Edo State, earlier…
PDP denies pact with Governor Oshiomhole
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edo State chapter on Sunday denied going into secret pact with Governor Adams…
36 Jailed For Flouting Edo Traffic Law
At least 36 persons have been convicted by the Ikpoba-Okha and Oredo Mobile Magistrate’s courts in Edo State, southsouth Nigeria,…
Auto crash on Benin-Abuja Road kills 13
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Thirteen of the 21 passengers trapped in the motor accident that occurred along Benin-Abuja Road have been confirmed…
Violence mars Nigeria’s journalists union election
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The election of executive officers of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Edo state chapter, planned for Wednesday,…
OPC Man Escapes From Ritualists
A 50-year-old security guard and member of the O’odua People’s Congress, OPC, has escaped from ritualists’ den in Edo State,…
Olaitan’s Murder: Court To Rule On Ugolor’s Rights
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Justice Esther Edigin of Benin High Court on Thursday reserved judgment till September 6, 2012, in the application…
Crisis as Edo doctors elect 2 chairmen
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Crisis appears to be brewing in the Edo State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), following the…
Gunmen storm Nigerian prison, 12 escape
Jethro Ibileke/ Benin Gunmen have stormed the Oko Minimum Prison on the outskirts of Benin City, west of Nigeria. They…
Olaitan: 154 Civil Groups Protest Activist’s Detention
Civil society organizations numbering up to 154 and individuals drawn from the six geo-political zones of the country have expressed…
Accident rescues kidnap victim
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin It was one of those mysteries of life: a person is kidnapped; somewhere along the line the kidnap…
Nigeria’s unionists disrupt power supply to 4 states
Nigeria’s Power Ministry has reported the disruption of electricity supply to four states, Delta, Edo, Ekiti and Ondo as junior…
Body of missing INEC staff found
The body of the missing INEC ad-hoc staff involved in a boat mishap during the July 14 governorship election in…
Cult War leaves 2 Nigerian students dead
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Renewed violent clash between two cult groups, Vikings and Black Axe at the Edo State owned Ambrose Alli…
PDP Begins Legal Battle Against Oshiomhole
There were indications on Friday that candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 14 July governorship election in…
Taskforce Shuts 7 Fuel Stations
The Edo State Petroleum Monitoring Committee has sealed up seven petrol stations in Benin City, the state capital, southsouth Nigeria,…
Edo LG Workers Threaten Strike Over Salaries
The relationship between local government councils in Edo State and their workers may witness serious crisis if urgent action is not…
Oshiomhole: Why I’m in politics
I’m In Politics To Nurture New Leaders– Oshiomhole JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has disclosed that he…
All Set For Edo Polls
Anxiety and tension have enveloped Benin City, capital of Edo State, Southsouth Nigeria, and other major towns as armed soldiers…
INEC receives materials for Edo state election
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Sensitive materials for the conduct of the Edo state governorship election on Saturday, arrived Benin City office of…
Workers’ Union Divided Over Oshiomhole, Airhiavbere
Two days to Edo state governorship election, members of the workers’ union of Edo state-owned Edo Line are at loggerheads…
4 Arrested over murder of Oshiomhole’s aide
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Four persons have been arrested by the Edo state Police Command in connection with the murder of Olaitan…