NLC, LP trade words over picketing of party secretariat

Edo State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), yesterday, picketed the Edo State Labour Party (LP,) secretariat, at Ogbelaka Street, Benin City, over alleged financial rascality and contempt of the NLC by the National Chairman of the party, Mr.…

2024 NEPL/SEPLAT JV “Eye Can See” initiative kicks off in Benin

The NEPL/Seplat Energy Joint Venture (JV) has started the 2024 edition of its Eye Can See initiative, a cornerstone of its Corporate Social Investment (CSI) activities in Benin, Edo State.  The event, which took place at the Palace of the…

Troops defend Damba Dikko community, kill terrorists, rescue kidnap victims in Edo

Authorities say that troops of the Nigerian Army (NA) deployed to counter insurgency in North West Nigeria, have on Wednesday successfully defended Damba Dikko village, a community in Illela Local Government Area of Sokoto State, which came under attack of…

Edeoga condemns Abure’s arrest, calls for equal treatment of citizens by police 

The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for Enugu State in the 2023 elections, Chijioke Edeoga, has condemned the arrest of the National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure, saying the action of the police was an abuse of…

Police release arrested LP National Chairman

The  National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Julius Abure, who was arrested by operatives of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), in charge of Zone 5, Benin City, Edo State, on Wednesday evening has been released. Abure was…

In the loving memory of Mama Rose Osovbakhia Braimah (1937-2023) — Ehi Braimah

When death comes (and it will surely come), we do not have a choice in the matter. Death is inevitable, and because we are mere mortals, we cannot fight back. Even when we do, due to advances in medical science,…

Police arrest 18 suspects in Edo

The Police Command in Edo said that it had arrested no fewer than 18 suspects in the last one month for various criminal activities. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Funsho Adegboye, stated this while addressing newsmen on…

Drug War: NDLEA officers attacked, engaged in gunfight in Edo forest

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have repelled a rain of bullets from armed hoodlums who blocked all roads in Opuje community, Owan West local government area of Edo State, to prevent the anti-narcotic operatives from accessing…

Leave Wike out of crisis in Edo PDP, Onaiwu urges party faithful

Pioneer Director-General of PDP Governor’s Forum, Earl Osaro Onaiwu, has urged PDP faithful in Edo State to disregard news making the rounds that FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike sponsored the declaration of Dep. Gov. Phillip Shuaibu for the 2024 Guber race.…

Obaseki approves payment of 28 years gratuity backlog

The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has approved the payment of a 28-year backlog of gratuity for pensioners in the Edo State Local Government Staff Pension Board. This was made known by the Head of Local Government Administration (HOLGA) and…

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