•Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State The Edo State government has postponed resumption of all public and private schools in Edo Central Senatorial District for the second term academic session. The postponement followed last week’s violent protest in Ekpoma, Esan West local government area, over incessant kidnappings in the locality. Severa...
•Doctors protesting Doctors in Edo State have halted medical services across parts of the 18 local government areas as they continue their strike action over the abduction of one of their colleagues, Dr Ibrahim Babatunde. Despite assurances from security agencies that efforts to secure his release are ongoing, the doctors said they could no lo...
•Doctors protest The Edo State Chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has announced withdrawal of its services across the State’s hospitals with effective from tomorrow, Saturday, January 10, 2026. This is even as the union demanded the release of two of its members: Dr. Abu Ibrahim Babatunde, and Dr. Stephen Osamaye, who were abduct...
•Explosion Multiple explosions on Wednesday rocked Auchi, the administrative headquarters of Etsako West Local Government Area in Edo. Multiple explosions occurred in three different areas of Auchi at about 6:30 p.m. yesterday, reports NAN. It was observed that the first blast occurred along Igbei Road, the second at the Igbo Shade area near a...
•Kassim Afegbua Edo State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Prince Kassim Afegbua, has denied rumours circulating on social media that he is critically ill and bedridden. The claim was made by a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and online commentator, Albert Obazee, who alleged that Afegbua was seriously sick and receiving...
•Philip Shaibu and Omobayo Marvellous at the former deputy governors event There was a little tension as Philip Shaibu and Omobayo Godwins clashed over who should represent Edo State at the Former Deputy Governors’ Forum during its fourth annual national conference. The drama began when Omobayo was introduced as the former deputy governor at t...
Following a nationwide investigation, operatives of the Anambra State Police Command attached to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) Gender Section, successfully rescued two missing children, namely: Sunday Aliya (14 years) and Ebenezer Emmanuel (12 years), after nine months of intensive and intelligence-led investigation that e...
There is a crisis in Owan East Local Government Area chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the continuous domination of a section of local government known as Axis One in the rotation of the chairmanship of the local government against the Axis Two who said they have only had three shots in the […]
•Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State The Edo State local government by-election to fill vacant councillorship positions was held yesterday in 15 of the 18 local government areas across the state. The election was conducted by the Edo State Independent Electoral Commission (EDSIEC), despite an ex parte order earlier issued by the High Court ...
•Governor Monday Okpebholo An Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City has restrained the Edo State Independent Electoral Commission (EDSIEC) and the state government from going ahead with planned local government by-elections across 59 wards in the state. Justice Mary E. Itsueli, sitting as a vacation judge, granted the order on Tuesday, Se...
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