•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...
•Policemen The Edo State Police Command has recovered N300,000 extorted from a furniture maker by the officers attached to the Oba Market Area Command, Benin City. This was contained in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Moses Yamu, today. Yamu said that officers involved have been detained and would face [&hell...
Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State yesterday defied a heavy downpour to participate in the party’s ward congresses, electing new executives and delegates across all 192 wards. At Oredo Wards I, II, and III in Benin City, where journalists monitored proceedings, the exercise was marked by enthusiasm, orderliness, and a l...
Eighteen-year-old Faith Joseph, on Thursday, narrated how she refused to engage in prostitution in Mali after traffickers tricked her into believing that she was going to work in a supermarket in Lagos. Faith said she was working as a maid in Afuze, Owan East Local Government Area of Edo State, when she was offered a […]
•Prince Kassim Afegbua The Edo State House of Assembly has confirmed eight nominees for appointment as commissioners. Those confirmed are Prince Kassim Afegbua, Nosa Adams, Yakubu Oshiorenua, Felix Akhabue, Prof. Omorodion Ignatius, Ohimai Ehijimetor, Eugenia Abdallah and Godwin Afekokhe Eshieshi. The confirmation followed a request from Gover...
•Hoodlums and Governor Okpebholo Violence erupted during today’s by elections in Edo State as reports emerged of thugs and uniformed members of Edo State’s vigilante network storming polling units in several local government areas, disrupting voting and intimidating voters. In reaction, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State has calle...
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