A member of the Edo State House of Assembly, Sylvanus Eruaga, has asked the Federal High Court, sitting in Benin, to compel INEC to withdraw the certificateof return issued to Seid Oshiomhole as winner of the recently conducted State House Assembly. Eruaga is also seeking an order for a perpetual injunction restraining Oshiomhole from parading […]
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The Edo State command of the Nigeria Police Force says it has discovered the dead body of an armed robbery suspect inside an uncompleted building in Benin, the state capital. This was contained in a statement released by the State police command. The suspect was said to be among armed robbers numbering about 15 who […]
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Kidnappers of the abducted Deputy Superintendent of Police, Godwin Oshiogbuwe, have reportedly killed him in the forest. Oshiogbuwe was abducted on Wednesday by unknown gunmen at Ubiaja, Esan South East local government area of the State. Police sources had it that his body was found in a forest on Ubiaja-Ewohimi-Agbor road by a police tactical […]
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The team from the political desk of United State Consulate currently on a visit to Edo, has described the state as the capital of human trafficking. Chief Dan Orbih, Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edo state chapter, who hosted the team to a closed door meeting in Benin City on Tuesday, quoted the team […]
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A Benin-based pastor, Ekene Samuel, who allegedly specialises in charming his victims with voodoo, has been apprehended by Edo police operatives. He was arrested for allegedly impregnating a 17-year-old girl, Miracle Nwabueze, after using voodoo on her. The 38-year-old pastor who was paraded with one of his church members said to be his collaborator, Mrs. Happy […]
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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has charged state governments in the South-south region to make judicious use of resources to drive socio-economic development. The Governor who made the submission during a visit of executives of the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), lamented that there was little to show that the […]
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Gunmen have attacked the divisional police command at Afuze, headquarters of the Owan-East local government area of Edo, killing the divisional police officer (DPO) and three other officers on duty. The hoodlums also attacked the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the town, and destroyed electoral materials and burning down a police […]
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The Commissioner of Police in Edo state, Mr. Hakeem Odumosu, has said that the 2019 general elections will subject the professionalism and commitment to duty of security agencies to national and international scrutiny. Odumosu said this on Wednesday in Benin at a Peace Accord and stakeholders meeting, ahead of the February general elections. This is even […]
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Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Saturday in Benin held a closed-door meeting with Christian leaders in the state. Oshinbajo who was in Benin for the inauguration of tradermoni and other engagements, held the meeting with the clergymeeting at the Bishop Kelly Pastoral Centre, along Airport Road. He arrived the venue of the meeting […]
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A 35-year-old man simply identified as Uwaila, has been arrested in Benin for reportedly shooting his wife and two sons to death. The incident happened on Sunday morning at Ovbiogie village in Ovia north-east local government area. The suspect who said his wife accused him of having girlfriends, added that his wife threatened to also […]
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