The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant for the September 2024 governorship election in Edo State, Dr. Asue Ighodalo, ton Wednesday said that his nomination and subsequent election will bring development to the state. Ighodalo, who made this known while addressing Oredo PDP leaders and members as part...
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A young man suspected to be an electric cable vandal has been electrocuted in Jattu, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo. A source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday that residents of the community woke up to meet the corpse of the suspect dangling...
In recent times Edo has been grappling with a surge in cult-related violence leading to loss of lives and a pervasive sense of insecurity among its residents. Over the past month alone, the state has witnessed the tragic loss of more than 35 persons, including a journalist and...
The Commissioner of Police in Edo, Mr Funsho Adegboye, has described as worrisome the spate of proliferation of firearms and cult attacks in the state. Adegboye, while responding to a question on the incessant cult attacks in Benin on Tuesday, however, assured that the police would fish out...
The Management of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo, has called for the arrest and prosecution of operators of illegal satellite campuses in the name of the university. The university in a statement on Saturday, while reacting to a recent report credited to the National Universities Commission (NUC), described...
No fewer than 2,078 Small Holder Farmers (SHFs) have received Irrigation Equipment and Assets from the Edo state government . Stephen Idehenre, the state commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, flagged off the distribution of the equipment on Friday to the benefiting farmers in Benin. Idehenre said that...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Immediate past Minister of State for Budget and National Planning and frontline Edo State governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, has felicitated Edo people and Nigerians on the occasion of this year’s Christmas celebration....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Labour Party (LP) on Sunday said it was being repositioned to clinch the governorship seat in the Edo 2024 election. National Publicity Secretary of LP, Mr Obiora Ifoh, made this known in a statement in Abuja. According to Ifoh, the party in...
The acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Umar Damagum, has said there is no more rancour in the Edo chapter of the party. Damagum stated this when he spoke with the media, shortly after a meeting of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC)...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Thursday said hoodlums have shot and injured 3 of its operatives during a drug raid in Edo State. The NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement,...
Some gubernatorial aspirants are already embattled by mere provocatory tickles. One received what he called an insult when he went to talk to his Ewohinmi people. I saw him talking tough and describing their idle chit-chat as the burdensome musings of peppersoup and beer parlour joint. He...
A video has emerged clarifying what and how an aspirant for the off season Edo governorship election, Asue Ighodalo conveyed his message to the press in Esan home. In the video, he said he is a true Edo son and had since the inception of democracy in Nigerian and...
The Congress Of Nigeria University Academics (CONUA), University of Benin (UNIBEN) Chapter, on Tuesday distanced itself from the ongoing Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) strike in Edo. The Chairman, UNIBEN CONUA, Comrade. Ishaq Osagie-Eweka, while speaking with newsmen in Benin, described the strike as a one-man decision. Osagie-Eweka noted...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday said its operatives have arrested a notorious drug dealer, 45-year-old Godwin Emuneyin who is physically challenged and uses his wheelchair as cover to deal in illicit substances such as methamphetamine and cannabis in...
Adams Oshiomhole, the senator representing Edo North Senatorial District and former Governor of Edo, says the incumbent governor of the state, Mr Godwin Obaseki, remains his friend in spite of their political and party differences. Oshiomhole spoke while giving his goodwill message at the ongoing 2023 Alaghodaro Summit...
The President and Chief Executive Officer, Sunora Foods, Mr Charles Eghobamien, has said the company will commit about US$100 million as foreign direct investment in oil palm production and other crops in Edo. Eghobamien made this known during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Gov. Godwin...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has said the late Esogban and Odionwere of Benin Kingdom, Chief David Edebiri, was a father who represented the essence of the Benin tradition. Obaseki said this on Friday, while paying tribute to the late number two palace chief in Benin Kingdom, after...
Immediate past Minister of State for Budget and National Planning and prominent chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, has felicitated Muslim faithful in the State on the occasion of this year’s Eid-el-Maulud (birth anniversary of the Holy Prophet Muhammad)....
Auchi Polytechnic in Edo has granted amnesty to four repentant cultists.aucji Dr Salisu Umar, the Rector of the polytechnic made this known on Wednesday, while addressing the repentant cult members. Umar urged the students of the institution to renounce their membership in cults. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – The Management of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, has announced the indefinite suspension of academic activities with immediate effect. The AAU Head, Corporate Affairs, Otunba Mike Aladenika, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Benin. Aladenika said the suspension of activities...