Mrs Debest Osarumwense has been sentenced to five years imprisonment in Benin, the Edo State capital. She is the mother of Endurance Osarumwense, an alleged internet fraudster a.k.a. ‘Yahoo boy’. Justice M. S. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court in Benin delivered judgment on Tuesday. The Economic and Financial...
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Self acclaimed Queen of Nigerian cross dressers, Bobrisky is currently in Edo State for the star studded wedding of skincare expert, Jenny Glow’s. The socialite, who was once embarrassed two months back following his controversial statement in which he asked The Oba of Benin to marry him, has made a return to...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Senator Agom Jarigbe representing Cross River North Senatorial District has faulted allegation made by the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, that Governor Nyesome Wike, of Rivers has destroyed the PDP Chapter in Cross River. The lawmaker stated this in a statement in Calabar , was...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had registered a total of 539,920 members in the state through the ongoing e-registration process. Governor Obaseki stated this while addressing party leaders, drawn from all the 18 Local Government Areas of the state, in Benin....
Alhaji Kabiru Adjoto, Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edo e-registration committee on Wednesday said that the state was fast becoming the strongest PDP base in Nigeria. Adjoto, who said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Benin on Thursday, said that this was on account...
The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Tuesday said Nigeria needs to increase its revenues in order to address complaints over the sharing formula of federation proceeds. The Governor made the comment at the State Government House in Benin-City during a courtesy visit of the Chairman of the Federal...
The Police command in Edo on Friday confirmed that some monies suspected to be carted away by robbers during Thursday’s armed robbery attacks on some banks in Uromi, have been recovered. Mr Phillip Ogbadu, the State Commissioner of Police confirmed this in a phone interview with the News Agency...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki says people of the state will no longer subject themselves to any form of division irrespective of political party affiliation and religion background. “Edo is one, irrespective of senatorial districts,’’ Obaseki said on Tuesday in Benin while swearing in newly-appointed Permanent Secretaries. “We will...
The residents of Benin City have come out to watch a suspected witch who landed on a very high cable tension. In a video that has gone viral, residents of Benin City were seen gathered together while watching a person on a very high tension cable. The individual on the tension...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki says internet fraudsters popularly referred to as ‘Yahoo Boys’ must be very brilliant to dupe people and their brilliance can be redirected to a better cause. The governor said this on Friday at a town hall meeting on Edo State Education Policy. According to...
Edo has confiscated 2,375 logs of wood at the Gelegele Seaport as part of efforts to rid the state of illegal loggers. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Mr Lucky Wasa, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Benin. He said that a...
The Okomu Oil Palm Company in Edo has suspended operations in the aftermath of what the management described as a “terrorist attack“ on Tuesday. “For now, we are forced to shut down our operations to save lives from possible reprisal. We are already working with security agencies. For now...
John Greenleaf Whittier, a 19th Century American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States once said that “God’s providence is not blind, but full of eyes.” Whittier’s profound philosophical statement could be expanded to include “for sighting and lifting of mankind to fulfil...
By EMMANUELLA JIMOH, Benin – Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, is to be conferred with the customary title of The Oduma (Lion) of Auchi Sacred Kingdom on Saturday, January 29, 2022. A statement issued by the Conferment Planning Committee, working in concert...
The Edo State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested four suspected illegal gold miners in the state. The NSCDC Commandant in Edo, Mr Aniekan Udoeyop, made the disclosure while briefing newsmen in his office in Benin on Saturday. Udoeyop disclosed that the suspects,...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), The State of The African Diaspora (SOAD), has pledged to do everything within its reach to ensure that artifacts illegally taken away from Africa museums to Canada, Europe and America are repatriated back to the continent. SOAD Ambassador to Nigeria, Ms....
Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki believes Nigeria’s political system has failed the nation. According to him, the kind of politics played in 1999 is no longer relevant as young people are set to take over. The Governor made the comments during a Peoples Democratic Party stakeholders meeting in Benin-City...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed optimism that the African Development Bank (AfDB)’s 600 million dollars support fund for digital and creative enterprise in Nigeria will be ready by early 2022. VP Osinbajo said this at an interactive session with graduands of Edo Tech Park, in Benin City, Edo,...
Colourful posters of some artifacts expected to be received by the Oba of Benin have adorned some major streets of Benin City ahead of the ceremony on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the posters which also carried the photograph of Oba Ewaure II, were seen...
Operatives of The Edo State Police Command on Friday said it have arrested no fewer than 88 suspects in connection with various alleged crimes in November. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Phillip Ogbadu, gave the figure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin on...