Some student of Idogbo Secondary School, located in the infamous Upper Sakponba in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State have vandalized school properties in an outrage. It was gathered that the students resorted to violence when one of them had an altercation with one of the policemen drafted to the school to maintain law […]
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Flood occasioned by a four-hour downpour killed no fewer than 8000 chickens at a poultry at Igiede Street, off Erediauwa Street, in the Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo on Wednesday morning. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the rain which started at about 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday, did not stop until about […]
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At least 100 students from just one secondary school (Idogbo Secondary School) in Benin, have been trafficked to Libya in the last four months. This was disclosed in Benin on Sunday during an advocacy programme by the Senior Special Assistant to Gov Godwin Obaseki on Human trafficking and illegal migration, Mr Solomon Okoduwa. Okoduwa said […]
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The police in Edo say they have arrested members of a police patrol team allegedly responsible for the killing of a commercial driver on Tuesday morning. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Johnson Kokumo, said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Benin. According to Mr. Kokumo, members […]
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The city of Benin in Edo State was on Tuesday thrown into a state of confusion as there was massive protest over the death of an unidentified taxi driver who was reportedly killed by a policeman. It was reported that the policeman pushed the driver into an oncoming trailer which killed the driver, after he […]
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Goods worth millions of naira was on Thursday destroyed after an inferno razed a popular Kara market in Edo state, destroying over 200 stores. According to reports, the fire, which emanated from an electric fault in one of the restaurants at about 9am, razed down the restaurants and all other shops around. Kara market is […]
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The Falconets on Saturday in Benin defeated visiting Tanzania 3-0 in the first round first leg match of the Africa qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup in France. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that two goals from striker Rasheedat Ajibade and a goal by defender Lilian Rule removed the steam […]
Continue ReadingPhil Hallmark, arguably one of the biggest shopping malls in Benin City, located along Benin-Sapele Road, close to the roundabout, was razed by an inferno that started around 3a.m today. Goods worth millions of naira were said to have been destroyed in the inferno. Although the cause of the inferno is yet to be known, […]
Continue ReadingAs part of efforts to fulfil his campaign promise of creating 200,000 jobs in four years, Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, has promised that his administration would partner Guinness PLC in achieving that feat. Obaseki made the promise on Tuesday in Benin at the commissioning the Company’s N4.8 billion new Spirits production lines. According […]
Continue ReadingTwo hundred and forty-five persons were convicted by two separate Mobile Courts on Saturday in Benin for violation of the state’s Sanitation and Pollution Management Law No 5 of 2010. The two courts sat at Ramat Park and Sapele roads within Benin metropolis. Mr Samson Erhaze, Senior State Counsel, Edo ministry of Justice and Mr […]
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