A Delta State High Court sitting in Effurun has awarded a sum of N30 million against Nigerian blogger, Linda Ikeji for a libelous publication against the...
A pressure group, Shine Your Eyes Group (SYEG), has asked the Edo State chapter of Labour Party (LP) to rather preoccupy itself with how to save...
The Speaker of Edo House of Assembly, Blessing Agbebaku, on Tuesday apologised for the rowdy session at the Monday plenary where three lawmakers were suspended over...
Palpable fear has gripped the agrarian host community of the multi-billion Naira Okodu Oil Company Plc as three of its workers were killed by gunmen on...
A governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the recent primary election in Edo State, Hon. (Dr.) Felix Akhabue, yesterday, resigned his membership of...
The Speaker of Edo House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Blessing Agbebaku on Monday suspended three lawmakers over alleged plot to impeach him and other principal officers...
Royal Iwere Foundation (RIF), in partnership with the office of the Special Adviser on SDGs in Delta State, Dana Eyo-Enoette, and Take Lead Technologies, has taken...
The Edo State Police Command on Sunday said a rapist identified as Jacob Alonge who was serving 21 years in jail for defiling and impregnating his...
The member representing Ovia Federal Constituency and the All Progressives Congress, (APC) deputy governorship candidate, Rt. Hon Dennis Idahosa, has demanded N2 billion as damages from...
Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, has taken a step in ensuring that the failed portion of the Ekpoma-Abuja federal highway is reconstructed following mobilisation of workers...
In a bid to mitigate the current excruciating economic hardship among Nigerians, an humanitarian group, Zed-Faith Foundation International (ZFFI), has donated food items to the aged...
Two students of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Edo State, have been killed in a renewed cult clash in the institution. The students were reportedly shot...
In recognition of his exceptional organisational leadership and profound achievements over the last 30 years, the immediate-past President of the World Medical Association (WMA), Dr. Osahon...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Edo State ahead of the September 21 polls, Dr. Asue Ighodalo, has denied claims that he was part...
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State governorship election slated for September 21, Dr. Asue Ighodalo, has refuted claims that he has...
The Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, has increased the minimum wage for workers in the State from N40,000 to N70,000. The governor made the announcement at...
It was excitement and fanfare as the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Monday Okpebholo, weekend, flagged off the construction of 6km Onewa-Uwessan...
The Benin Traditional Council (BTC) in Edo State has suspended six traditional functionaries of the Palace of the Oba of Benin from performing their traditional roles....
Residents of Lampese in Akoko-Edo local government area of Edo State have expressed shock over the rainstorm that affected some buildings and displaced some people from...
Piqued by alleged marginalisation and neglect by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and its Joint Venture partners, representatives of the Olu of Warri,...
A youth group within the Labour Party (LP) in Edo State under the umbrella of ‘Shine Your Eyes Group’ (SYEG), Tuesday, commended the Independent National Electoral...
Deputy governor of Edo State, Engr Marvellous Godwins Omobayo has pledged to work with Governor Godwin Obaseki to finish well. Omobayo made the promise during his...
Prominent concerned Itsekiri leaders have frowned at the proposed delimitation of Warri federal constituency of Delta State, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), describing the...
A middle age man whose identity is yet to be ascertained has been electrocuted while trying to vandalise the BEDC Electricity Plc’s transformer along Airport Road...
Ahead of the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Dr Asue Ighodalo, has stressed the need for party members...
The Senator representing Edo North Senatorial District of Edo State, Senator Adams Oshiomhole, on Saturday, apologised to the immediate-past Senator representing Edo South Senatorial District, Senator...
The governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Barrister Olumide Akpata yesterday accused an unnamed senior government official of the Edo State government to have masterminded an...
The federal government has inaugurated Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolor, Ewuare II, the Oba of Benin as the Chancellor of the National Open University...
It was a horrible day for the staff and management of a feed mill farm located in Oke Old site in Sabo-gida Ora, in Owan West...
The inhabitants of Iru Egbede community in Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo, are grieving over the alleged disappearance of 19 year-old Faith Omodon, a 200-level...
The impeached Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has written to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola to obtain a complaint form to...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has re-echoed his determination to birth a new Edo State that will engender...
Barely hours after his impeachment by the Edo State House of Assembly, former deputy governor of the state, Comrade Philip Shaibu, has vowed to challenge his...
The Edo State governorship candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Dr. Udoh Oberaifo, on Monday condemned the impeachment of the former deputy governor of...
The panel set up by the Chief Judge (CJ) of Edo State, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, to investigate the allegation of gross misconducts levelled against the embattled...
As Political parties in the forthcoming Edo State governorship election gears up for campaign, a leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Senator Matthew Urhoghide, has...
The seven-man panel set up by the Chief Judge (CJ) of Edo State, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, to investigate the allegations of misconduct levelled against the embattled...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday displayed the list of governorship candidates of the 17 political parties contesting the September 21 governorship election in Edo...
Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Blessing Agbebaku has directed the House Committee on Public Petition to investigate a petition by one...
Edo State chapter of the Conference of Registered Political Party (CRPP) has urged members of the impeachment panel set up by the chief judge, Justice Daniel...
Indications have emerged that a Labour Party group under the aegis of Edo Obedient Movement has perfected plans to throw their weight behind the joint ticket...
The Edo State Chief Judge, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, has set up a seven-man panel headed by Justice S.O. Omonua (rtd), to investigate the allegations contained in...
The Edo State Chief Judge, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, has set up a seven-man panel headed by Justice S.O. Omonua (rtd), to investigate the allegations contained in...
Ahead of the September 21 Edo State governorship election, indication has emerged that some members of the Labour Party (LP) under the aegis of Edo Obi-dient...
The Edo State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Thursday, picketed the Labour Party’s (LP) Secretariat in Benin City, over alleged financial rascality and...
The Edo State House of Assembly has passed a resolution directing the Chief Judge (CJ) of the State, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, to set up a seven-man...
The newly appointed Vice Chairman of Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN), Abuja Chapter, Dr Gbadewole Kayode, has emphasised the need for members to be...
The Edo State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Tony Aziegbemi has been kidnapped by gang of armed men few metres to his...
NEPL/Seplat Energy JV has kicked off the 2024 edition of the Eye Can See initiative, one of its flagship corporate social investments (CSI) in Benin, Edo...
Edo State deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, has denied being served with impeachment notice from the state House of Assembly as alleged by the speaker, Hon Blessing...
A man, identified as Emmanuel Ovwarueso, has been nabbed by the operatives of the Edo State Security Network (ESSN), for allegedly beheading his daughter for money...
Some members of the Benin National Congress (BNC) and other prominent Benin indigenes have insisted that for the interest of peace, fairness and justice, the Oil...
Supporters of the embattled Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, mainly from his Etsako West Local Government Area, Sunday afternoon, staged a peaceful protest against the...
As part of efforts to mark the 2024 International Women’s Day (IWD), Tech Herfrica, a social impact organisation, has launched a book titled, ‘Breaking Barriers’, aimed...
Tragedy struck the agrarian community of Ubune-Ivbiaro in Owan East Local Government Area of Edo State on Friday as gunmen suspected to be herdsmen killed a...
Minister of Works, Engr. Dave Umahi, at the weekend, threatened to terminate the multi-billion naira Benin-Warri Road reconstruction project if the contractor, Levant Construction Company, fails...
As part of efforts to cushion the economic crunch, the Edo state governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has launched operation “Feed the Hungry Initiative” in the state...
As part of the efforts to cushion the impacts of current economic crunch on the people, the Edo State governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has officially launched...
The Edo House of Assembly, on Wednesday, commenced impeachment proceedings against the state’s deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, over alleged perjury and violation of secrecy oath. The...
A group, Concerned Edo Citizens has for the second day blocked the Auchi axis of the Benin – Ekpoma – Auchi – Abuja Highway over what...
A non governmental organisation, Children of Drivers and Fishermen Association, (CODAFA), has strongly condemned the recent attack on some of its members during the visit of...
The management of the crisis-ridden Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, has reacted to the recent press conference addressed by the leadership of the Academic Staff Union...
House of Representatives Committee On Public Petitions has summoned the minister of the Niger Delta Affairs, Abubakar Momoh, to appear before it on Thursday, March 7,...
Tension heightened in the quiet community of Ikpeshi in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State at the weekend as two policemen were beaten to death...
A group, Edo Vanguard for Good Governance (EVGG) has called on the Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate Olumide Akpata to pick a party member who has...
There was palpable tension in Iguomo and Ikhueniro communities of Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo State, along the Benin-Asaba Road Wednesday evening as irate Hausa...
Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC) youth leader, Tony Adun alias Kabaka, has apologised to the party for leading youths and women to vandalise the secretariat...
Commercial activities were temporarily grounded in Benin City, the Edo State capital on Monday following a protest by the Edo Civil Society Organisations (EDOCSO), calling on...
Vice chancellor of Igbinedion University Okada (IUO), Prof Lawrence Ezemonye yesterday tasked over 1,500 matriculating students of the institution to aspire to create an environment where...
In a resounding victory, Dr. Azemhe Azena has emerged governorship candidate in the recently concluded New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) primary election in Edo State,...
Minister of Power, Mr. Adebayo Adelabu, yesterday said despite the huge investment by the federal government in the power sector, the sector had remained underutilised. Adelabu...
The immediate-past President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, SAN, has been declared winner of the Labour Party (LP) governorship primary election in Edo...
The Senator representing Edo Central Senatorial District, Monday Okpebholo, has emerged the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the rescheduled party’s primary election...
Barrister Asue Ighodalo has emerged the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the September 21 gubernatorial election in Edo State. He was elected at...
Zamfara State governor and chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Primary Electoral Committee in Edo State, Dauda Lawal, has declared Asue Ighodalo winner of the...
One of the aspirants in Thursday’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary in Edo State, Ogbeide-Ihama Omoregie, has withdrawn from the race. Ogbeide-Ihama stated this in...
The Edo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday, held a parallel congress, which produced the deputy governor of the state, Rt. Hon Philip Shaibu, as...
The national chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Barr. Julius Abure, who was arrested by policemen from Zone 5 Headquarters in Benin City, Edo State, on...
Armed policemen have arrested the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Barrister Julius Abure, on Wednesday. LEADERSHIP reports that Abure faces allegations of embezzling about...
A non-profit organisation, Uhnonma Foundation, has appealed to the National Working Committee (NWC) of All Progressives Congress (APC) to release Certificate of Return to Senator Monday...