Tag: Edo State
PDP chieftain, Afegbua, slams Atiku over presidential ticket
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Prince Kassim Afegbua, has slammed the former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar,...
Edo bank robbery: Police recover N37m, 5 abandoned vehicles
The Edo State Police Command has confirmed that some monies suspected to be carted away by robbers during Thursday’s armed robbery attacks on some...
Obaseki’s aide dumps PDP for APC
Ikponmwosa Omorodion, a former Special Adviser to Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress...
Obaseki: 120 operatives in Edo forests to flush out criminals
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Tuesday, said over 120 security personnel have been deployed to forests in the state, particularly the...
Edo North: APC members reject Alimikhena’s third term bid
Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ward 3, Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State have rejected the third term bid...
Gunmen abduct IPMAN chair in Edo, kill driver, injure security aides
Chairman, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Edo State chapter, Alhaji Abdul-Hamid Egele, has been abducted by gunmen at his residence in Jattu,...
Troops kill three kidnappers terrorising Benin-Auchi road
Troops of the Nigerian Army have killed three kidnappers, who have been terrorising commuters on the Benin-Auchi Expressway in Edo State.
The Director Army Public...
N15m Fraud: Court sentences four welders to seven years’ imprisonment
Justice Ohimai Ovbiagele of the Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City has convicted and sentenced the quartet of Isaac Ogundimu, John Odaro,...
NDLEA intercepts 1.5m Tramadol tablets going to Kebbi, Kano
About 1.5 million tablets and capsules of pharmaceutical opioids such as Tramadol, Exol-5, and Diazepam have been intercepted in Edo State by operatives of...
40MW IPP: Ossiomo powers Industrial Park, Edo communities 24hrs
Ossiomo Power in Benin City has commissioned a new 40MW Independent Power Plant (IPP) dedicated to providing power to the Benin Industrial and Enterprise...
