•Youth riot Hell was let loose yesterday in Isibor Community, situated along the ever-busy Benin-Ugbowo-Lagos Expressway, Ovia North-East Local Government Area in Edo, as two persons were shot following a violent protest by some irate youths in the area. It was learnt that the two victims of the protest allegedly staged by internet fraudsters,...
The Court of Appeal has reserved judgments in three appeals and a cross appeal filed in relations to the dispute over the governorship election held in Edo State on September 21, 2024, in which the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner. A three-member pan...
•Cultists Edo State government has warned and begun consultations for legal action against the Neo Black Movement, also known as Black Axe, over the spate of killings and cult-related violence in the state. This is contained in a statement today in Benin by Fred Itua, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the governor. Itua explained […]
When farmers are afraid to go to their farms, hunger beÂcomes inevitable. Across many rural communiÂties in Delta and Edo States, this grim reality is no longer a mere prediction, it is already unfolding, reports Daily Independent. The suspected presence of herdsmen in vast stretches of farmlands has led to a growing wave of fear, […]
•Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State Edo State governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, said kidnappers caught in the state will face the death penalty, specifically by hanging, expressing readiness to sign the death warrants of convicts. Governor Okpebholo disclosed this at the stakeholders’ session at the Uromi Town Hall, where he had an inter...
•Governors Abba Kabir Yusuf (Kano) and Monday Okpebholo (Edo) A high-powered committee constituted by Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, led by his Deputy, Aminu Abdulsalam Gwarzo, today, departed for Edo State to investigate the recent killings in Uromi Village. The tragic incident, which occurred last month, has heightened tensions in th...
•Chief Executive Officer and Programme Director of the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative, Engr Michael Oluwagbemi The Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative blamed last October’s car explosion in Edo State on economic saboteurs engaged in illegal fabrication of CNG cylinders. The Project Director, Michael Oluwagbemi, made ...
•Governor Monday Okpebholo The Edo State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja has refused the petition by the Accord Party (AP) seeking a fresh governorship election in the state for failing to conform with the Electoral Act. A three-member panel of justices presided by Justice Wilfred Kpochi dismissed the petition for failing to ...
•Senator Seriake Dickson The Senator representing Bayelsa West Senatorial district, Senator Seriake Dickson, has condemned the killing of 16 northern travellers in Edo State. The former Bayelsa State governor expressed his resentment in a very strong worded statement obtained from his verifiable Facebook account that he personally signed. Sena...
•Edo State governor, Monday Okpebholo The Edo State Governorship Tribunal sitting in Abuja, has dismissed the petition instituted by the Action Alliance (AA) and one Adekunle Omoaje, against Governor Monday Okpebholo and the All Progressives Congress (APC), for lacking in merit and being frivolous. The Tribunal held that Adekunle Omoaje, who f...
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