BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto No fewer than 7 persons believed to be directly involved or abetting activities of human trafficking have died in Edo State following the curse placed on the trade by the traditional leaders in the state. The Benin Zonal Commander of National Agency for the Prohibition...
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By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – The Edo Police Command has arrested 4 suspects in connection with the death of a man suspected to have been killed by a mob in Benin. Police spokesman, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday, said the command frowned...
British High Commissioner to Nigeria Catriona Laing has said that the United Kingdom is encouraging institutions and facilities in possession of the Benin artefacts to return them to Nigeria. Laing made this known on Sunday in Abuja during her guest appearance at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum,...
Several houses, including a worship centre, were on Thursday evening, was gutted by fire at Owan community in Ovia South West local government area, near Benin, in Edo. Eyewitnesses told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the incident was caused by a petroleum laden tanker which fell and...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) stated on Tuesday in Benin that it had yet to release or update any new list of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidates vying for state and National Assembly elections in Edo. The News Agency of Nigeria NAN reports that there has been...
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) donated N40 million to flood victims in Edo on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the floods displaced about 32,893 persons in Etsako Central, Etsako East and Esan Southeast Local Government Areas of Edo....
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi says he will quit campaigns for the 2023 general elections if anyone can prove that he accepted land gift as governor of Anambra State. The 61-year-old former governor stated this on Friday at the palace of the Oba of...
Adams Oshiomhole, All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Edo North seat at the National Assembly, says his focus is to change the annual budget system of Nigeria in favour of the ordinary people. Oshiomhole, also a former APC chairman, stated this on Friday at the inauguration of the party’s...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Edo Sector Command, says it has deployed 1,265 officers and Special Marshals across the state to ensure safer roads during the Ember months. Mr Henry Benemaisia, the Edo Sector Commander, disclosed this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
The Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, on Sunday concluded his birthday, coronation anniversary with thanksgiving to God and ancestors at the Benin foremost church, Holy Aruosa Cathedral. The royal father, accompanied by his queens, royal family members, top palace chiefs and functionaries, took dance steps in adoration and thanks...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation says huge crowds that received its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in Edo and Niger were signs of victory at the 2023 general elections. Spokesman of the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, made the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 10 suspects in connection with the seizure of 4,870.2kgs cannabis in some parts of Edo. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja. Mr....
The Edo chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday inaugurated its presidential campaign council ahead of the 2023 general elections. Gov Godwin Obaseki, while addressing the council members shortly after their inauguration in Benin, urged them to give the campaign all the seriousness it deserved to ensure...
The videos and photographs of the attack on the convoy of the Founder of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman, have emerged. As earlier reported by The Eagle Online, his convoy was attacked on Friday after he returned from a trip abroad. According to available information, the attack was...
At least seven persons were assassinated on Friday at Warrake in Edo when gunmen attacked a motorcade of the General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johson Suleman. The cleric was on his way to Auchi in Edo after he returned from a missionary trip to Tanzania when the...
The police command in Edo on Wednesday said it rescued a one-year-old baby and killed three alleged kidnappers on the Benin-Auchi Road. This is contained in a statement by ASP Jennifer Iwegbu, Deputy Police Public Relations Officer of the command. “Distress call was raised by distraught residents of Achigbor...
The Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare II, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s position in the preservation of cultural ethos and traditional institution in Nigeria. Oba Ewuare made the commendation during a private meeting with the Ooni of Ife, His imperial Majesty, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi (Ọjájá...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Operatives of the Nigeria Police attached to the Inspector-General of Police Special Task Force on Petroleum and Illegal Bunkering (I-G-STFPIB) have raided illegal petroleum refining site in Edo. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said this in a statement on Sunday in...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 25-year old pregnant woman with 82 pinches of methamphetamine in Auchi, Edo state. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the suspect, Haruna Favour who...