The Edo State Police Command has confirmed the shooting of five persons in a renewed cult rivalry on Tuesday night at Ekpoma, administrative headquarters of Esan West Local Government Area of the State. It would be recalled that the victims, four males and one female who were students of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, were […]
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The dust raised by the constitution of the Edo State Board of Oil and Gas Producing Areas Development Commission (EDOSOPADEC), by the State Government, is causing more ripples, as communities in Ugu ward in Orhionmwon Local Government Area of the State have decried alleged malicious neglect in the composition. The communities, in a petition they […]
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There are indications that students of public schools in Edo State who just resumed after the long vacation, would begin another indefinite vacation, following the notification of an indefinite strike served on the state government, over its failure to meet up with the demands of the State Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT). […]
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Flood submerged no less than 1,000 residential houses in Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo following Monday’s heavy down pour in the area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that hectares of farmland with cash crops and property worth millions of naira were also destroyed. The affected produce included cassava, yam, maize, groundnuts, […]
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The Chairman of the all Progressives Congress (APC), in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State, Mr. Henry Ashofor, has reportedly regained freedom from his abductors after spending three nights in captivity. He was released by his abductors on Tuesday evening after an undisclosed sum was paid. It would be recalled that his abductors had […]
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Edo State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anthony Okoh, has called for the enforcement of eye, blood pressure and blood-sugar-level tests for commercial, trucks and other logistics drivers in the country by their employers. Okoh made the call on Wednesday in Benin, during the 2018 Guinness Nigeria Plc, Transport/Safety week, with the […]
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Jethro Ibileke/Benin Ahead of the 2019 general election, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has been warned to stay clear of the internal political affairs and decision-making process of the party in Edo South Senatorial District, or risk loosing their love and respect for him, which he enjoys through […]
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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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Jethro Ibileke Benin A dismissed police corporal, Michael Eriarebhe, was Monday paraded for armed robbery by the Edo State Police Command. Eriarebhe who hailed from Igueben local government area if the State, was among 20 suspects who were arrested and paraded for various criminal offences ranging from armed robbery, kidnapping, cultism and others. He was […]
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Jethro Ibileke/Benin A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Edo State, Mr. Ken Ihensekhien, has denied having hands in the attack by some angry youths on Governor Godwin Obaseki last Tuesday, during which he (Obaseki) was pelted with serchets of water. Recall that Governor Obaseki narrowly escaped an attack by some unidentified youths […]
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