•Gunmen Unidentified gunmen have reportedly shot dead an 85-year-old community leader, Hon. Reuben Owie, at his residence in Iguosa, near Okhunhun, Benin City, Edo State. Owie, who was the Secretary of Iyowa Community, was reportedly attacked by two gunmen on August 2, 2026, reports Weekend Trust. The spokesperson for the Edo State Police Comm...
•EFCC operatives The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a self-acclaimed spiritualist, Odigie Moses, over alleged sextortion involving $1,100. The anti-graft agency disclosed today that the suspect was arrested in Ekpoma, Edo State, reports The PUNCH. According to the EFCC, Moses allegedly posed as a spiritual healer on Zell...
•Policemen The Edo State Police Command has rescued three students of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, who were abducted by suspected kidnappers, following a joint security operation involving the Police, Nigerian Army, Edo State Security Corps (ESSC), and local hunters. Addressing journalists in Benin City yesterday on behalf of the Com...
•Armed Fulani herdsmen The Edo State Commissioner for Public Safety and Security, Festus Ebea, has alleged that some people are bringing criminal elements from outside the state for kidnapping and other crimes. The commissioner disclosed this yesterday in Benin during the monthly briefing organised by the state’s Ministry for Information and S...
A total of 39 aspirants are to contest at the primary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Edo State. State Chairman of the party, Tony Alile, who stated this in an interview, said the primary would take place in 192 wards across the state, reports The Nation. Alile said there would be no consensus […]
Indications have emerged that major opposition parties in Edo State, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), may not participate in the forthcoming local government elections scheduled for July 11, 2026. According to guidelines released by the Edo State Independent Electoral Commission (EDSIEC), political ...
A group under the aegis of the ADC Grassroots Mobilisation for Change (AGMC) has raised the alarm over repeated attacks on members of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Edo State. The latest incident, according to the group, occurred on Sunday evening at the residence of the party’s National Legal Adviser, Oserheimen Osunbor, in Iruekpen...
•Amaechi Former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has appealed to leaders of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the south-south region to support his presidential ambition. Amaechi spoke when he addressed the ADC South-south leaders meeting held at the residence of Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, reports The Nation. Security was beefed...
Team Edo has officially been crowned overall champion of the second edition of the Niger Delta Games, delivering a historic performance on home soil in Benin City and ending a 24-year wait for regional supremacy. In a fiercely contested medal race that stretched to the final day, the host state surged ahead of Delta and […]
•Olumide Akpata and Peter Obi Barely a day after the attack of some chieftains of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Edo State, including Peter Obi, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Olumide Akpata, has narrated how the incident happened. Akpata, former Edo State governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP), said he ...
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