‘Agricultural produce like rice, cassava, groundnuts and others have been completely submerged’ Over twelve communities in Etsako Central Local Government Area, Edo North Senatorial district have been submerged by flood as a result of torrential rain in the last few days that has resulted in the River Niger overflowing its banks. Some of the communities
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Tragedy struck at the weekend in Edo State as nine of the ten guests travelling for a wedding at Ewato in Esan South East Local Government Area of Edo State are believed to have died after their vehicle collided with a truck, laden with cement. The accident happened at Ekpon junction along the busy Agbor-Ewohimi
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It has been reported that the youth leaders in Edo State have issued a 14-day ultimatum to Fulani herdsmen to vacate their communities. The ultimatum came owing to the killings and violence perpetrated by suspected killer herders. The youths spoke through one of their groups, Talakawa Parliament, at a press conference in Benin, Edo State
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Scores of detained kidnappers, armed robbers, cultists and other criminals on Sunday escaped from the cell of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) of Edo State Police Command in Benin. Our reporter gathered that the policemen on duty had been arrested and detained on the order of Police Commissioner Babatunde Kokumo. It was gathered that
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Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking the disqualification of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, from the September 19 governorship election in Edo State. The judge dismissed the suit on grounds that it had become academic.
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State has demanded Governor Godwin Obaseki’s resignation over worsening insecurity in the state and disobedience of court’s order. The Chairman of APC Caretaker Committee in the state, Col. David Imuse (retd), who made the call in a statement on Sunday, also accused the state government of taking a
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Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Saturday abducted the Edo State Head of Service (HoS), Anthony Okungbowa. Okungbowa’s driver was also killed by the gunmen who waylaid his car along Oza Road, Orhiomwon local government area of the state. An official of the Edo State government, who confirmed the incident to journalists, said the HoS
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The Federal Government, through the Benin-Owena River Basin Development Authority (BORBDA), on Sunday, launched two integrated farm projects in Okpe and Uneme Nekhua both in Akoko Edo Local Government Area of Edo as part of the agricultural transformation agenda of the government. The integrated farm projects modelled after the Songhai farm in Porto Novo, Benin
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Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have rearrested three of the inmates who escaped from two correctional centres following an attack by hoodlums during the ENDSARS protests, for armed robbery. The suspects, Osamuyi Omoregbe, Raymond Aimua and Omon Ayo, were among 34 suspects police paraded at the command headquarters on Friday, December 4, for
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The Edo State Government led by Governor Godwin Obaseki has brought to notice that it will begin the revalidation exercise for pensioners in the 18 Local Government Areas of the state on December 3. The Permanent Secretary/Chairman of the Edo State Pensions Bureau, Mr Saylor Juwobor, said the exercise would hold across the three senatorial
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The Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Benin Area Command and two other police officers were shot by unknown gunmen at Upper Sokpona by Albico Junction Murtala Muhammed (MM) Way in Benin City on Friday. The ACP has since been rushed to an undisclosed hospital. When we contacted the Spokesperson of the Edo State
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The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that it doesn’t have the power to investigate and disqualify Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, over controversial documents he had presented to the electoral umpire was because there was no court order to that effect and as such is beyond its responsibilities. According to INEC, only the courts
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11-year-old boy, Gift Osayuhi, who was arrested last week over his alleged involvement in the attack on a police station in the state, has been released by the Police in Edo State on Friday. The young boy was arrested for allegedly joining the gang of hoodlums that attacked the Oba Market police station at Evbuotubu
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Hoodlums had a field day on Saturday when they attacked a government warehouse on Medical Store Road, Uselu, and looted COVID-19 palliatives stored in the warehouse. The thugs, who had earlier in the morning, been prevented by military personnel from carrying out the act, succeeded in breaking the human shield mounted by the military and
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The Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, has extended the ultimatum issued to inmates, who escaped from the Benin Medium Security Correctional Centre and Oko Medium Security Correctional Centre to return to the facilities by one week till Friday, October 30, 2020. The governor had earlier given the fleeing inmates till Friday (today) to return. In
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