Gunmen have reportedly killed three staff members of Okomu Oil Palm Company PLC while working on the company’s plantation in Benin, Edo State. It was gathered...
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have rearrested a 58-year-old inmate, Jacob Alonge, who was serving a 21-year jail term, but escaped from the Benin...
The police in Edo State have arrested five women, Iziegbe Ogbodu (39), Jennifer Eboigbe (30), Naomi Ekhonetomwan (17), Lucky Endurance (16) and Blessing Lucky (15), over...
Men of the Edo State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) have arrested a motorist, Lucky Omomeyen, for allegedly running away with an...
Ahead of the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, the state chapter of the Nigeria Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has called for fair...
Luka Osagie is the chairman Association of Yam Farmers, Edo State chapter. In this interview, he speaks on why government should assist yam farmers with grants...
Ahead of the September 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo State, political parties and their candidates have intensified campaigns across the nooks and crannies of the...
Edo State police commissioner, Funsho Adegboye, issued a stern warning to residents against the dangerous practice of scooping fuel from a truck that recently overturned while...
Ahead of the September 21, governorship election in Edo State, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) the State, Hon. Charles Idahosa, has resigned his...
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has approved N70,000 minimum wage for civil servants in the state. Speaking during the commissioning of the Nigeria Labour Congress...
The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has suspended six traditional functionaries for allegedly engagement in”sacrilegious show of shame and falsehood against the Benin Custom.” They...
The Registrar, Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN), Dr Fatima Kyari, has disclosed that only 58,000 doctors have renewed their annual practicing licence in year...
The Edo State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of two suspects, Brown John (26) and Ayodele Aziz (30), who stormed a Deeper Life Bible Church...
The Chief Judge (CJ) of Edo State, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, has set free an awaiting trial inmate, Saliu Akande, charged with rape after he spent four...
The Onojie of Uromi, Anslem Edenojie, has demanded N100 million from the Justice Alero Edodo-Eruaga-led Edo State Private Property Protection Committee as homage for five parcels...
Justice R Irele-Ifijeh of the Edo State High Court has sentenced three men, Solomon Abuede, James Monday and Kelvin Edward, to death by hanging for armed...
Police in Edo State have arrested three men, Emeka Samuel (23), Michael Peter (25) Noah Joseph (30), for allegedly stealing 180 litres of diesel valued at...
The Chief Judge (CJ) of Edo State, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, has set free four awaiting trial inmates, Benedict Oko (27), Obasogie Caleb (27), Emmanuel Marcus (35)...
An unidentified cable vandal has been electrocuted in Edo state while repeatedly attempting to vandalise a transformer belonging to the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) along...
The Edo State Police Command has arrested an officer, PC Prince Chima, for allegedly threatening a civilian with AK-47 riffle in Benin City, Edo state capital....
The residents of Ughiole and Ubiane communities in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State have petitioned the House of Representatives over power outages in...
The Chief Imam of Benin, Sheik Abdulfatai Enabulele, has charged the Muslim faithful to sustain the lessons of Ramadan and show love to their neighbours. Sheik...
Mr Owegie Christopher assaulted Dr Osaretin Asemota, a medical doctor at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), due to the death of his wife. Christopher...
The people of Oke-Oroma community in Ikpoba-Okha LGA of Edo State have appealed to the state government; the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II; the police...
The Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, has asked God Almighty and his ancestors to heal Nigeria as Christians celebrate Easter....
Men of the Edo State Police Command have arrested a man, Godstime Promise, for allegedly stealing N850,000 from a POS operator, Iyebor Glorial, at gunpoint in...
The police have arrested one suspected cultist identified as Aiveihenyo Anderson (46) for allegedly being in possession of firearms in Edo State. The suspect, it was...
A socio-cultural group based in Benin city, the Edo’Okpa Youth Movement, has commended the Federal Government for approving the immediate funding of 30km dualization of three...
The Edo State Chapter of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDELA), said it is currently rehabilitating 12 drug dependent persons arrested by the agency in...
The police operatives in collaboration with the military and vigilantes have rescued 20 kidnapped victims in Edo State. It was gathered that hoodlums suspected to be...
A suspected kidnapper identified as Biakewe has been lynched by a mob for allegedly kidnaping market women in Edo State. It was learnt that the suspect...
The Edo Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday denied a media report credited to it commander, Alumona Callys Obioma, as saying...
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested one Godslove Saraki and Henry Osaigbovo, over the alleged killing of a cyclist, identified as Abdullahi in...
The Edo Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) has decorated 45 newly promoted officers and men of the command. Decorating the new officers,...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Friday night kidnapped the Edo State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Tony Aziegbemi. It was gathered that...
The Edo State Zonal Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it arrested 64 suspected human traffickers and rescued...
Some gunmen have allegedly killed a farmer identified as Mr Danjuma Emokpaire on his farm in Edo State. It was gathered that the incident happened on...
Passengers and motorists were yesterday left stranded on the Benin-Auchi-Abuja road following a protest by members of the Truck Drivers Association in Etsako West Local Government...
The Edo State governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has flayed the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to increase the interest rate to 22.75 per...
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested one Destiny Paul (24) for allegedly impersonating the Kaduna State government and using the same to defraud...
The Edo State Police Commissioner, CP Funsho Adeboye, has disclosed that the police have arrested 10 illegal Bureau de Change operators in the state. Addressing journalists...
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested one Ambrose Christopher 24, for illegal possession of arms and ammunition. The suspect, it was gathered, was...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has passed out 46 newly recruited officers after six months training. Speaking during the Passing Out Parade, the...
The police in Edo State have arrested two suspected fraudsters for allegedly hacking a woman’s WhatsApp page and using it to defraud members of the public...
Angry youths at the weekend killed two mobile police officers and injured two others over the death of a motorcyclist and his passenger. The incident happened...
There was tension in Igueomo community on the Benin-Agbor Road after a stray bullet allegedly fired from a police gun killed a man in the area....
The Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma chapter, Cyril Onogbosele, has said that 25 members of the union died in...
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested five suspected cultists, Emeka Eke, Chizoba Okolie, Samson Ochonobor, Friday Agbebayo and Julius Eguasa, for allegedly engaging...
The Edo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Paul Okpe, has disclosed that the corps arrested 2,147 motorists for traffic violations in...
No fewer than 22 persons were killed and 99 others injured in road accidents that happened across Edo State in January, 2024. The Edo State Sector...
Seplat JV Energy has trained 350 public and private school teachers in Edo and Delta states as part of its education empowerment programme for its host...
Amidst lamentations on the inadequate supply of electricity in Nigeria, the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has said Azura Power West Africa should serve as a...