Police operatives attached to the IGP Special Task Force on Petroleum and Illegal Bunkering (IGP-STFPIB) have arrested two oil bunkering syndicates operating adjacent to Agbor Junction, Benin City, Edo State. The spokesperson of the Force, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi in a…
3 arrested, 20 corpses recovered from Edo shrine
The Edo State Police Command at about midnight on Wednesday said it busted a ritual shrine in a building along Asoro slope, off Ekenhua Road, Uzebu quarters in Benin, recovering 20 mummified bodies and arresting three male suspects. The Command,…
Edo APC chieftain escapes from kidnappers’ den
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Ward 9, Orhionmwon Local Government of Edo State, Mr Godwin Aigbogun, has escaped from his abductors’ den. The kidnappers, suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, were said to have demanded N5 million ransom…
Filmmakers, others for Real Time Festival in Edo
The Edo State Skills Development Agency, in collaboration with the Real Time International Film Festival, is set to host over 500 stakeholders in the industry for the seventh edition of the Real Time International Film Festival in Benin City. The…
Enageed Resource provides Edo host community free healthcare, ICT training and capacity building
Enageed Resource Limited, a Sahara Group Company, has initiated free healthcare, ICT training and Capacity Building programmes for residents of Ajoki, in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State to bolster sustainable development in the community. Acccording to a statement,…
Edo street residents obstruct okada operations as thunderstorm kills 1
A middle aged man whose name could not be ascertained as at press time but popularly called MC has been reportedly killed by thunderstorm along Aibanegbe Street, Off New Lagos Road, opposite Evidence of the Gospel Church in Benin City.…
Passenger threatens legal action against Arik Air over flight delay, demands N5m compensation
A former member of the Edo State House of Assembly and aspirant seeking Egor/Ikpoba Okha House of Representatives ticket, Mr. Crosby Eribo, has threatened legal action against Arik Air Limited over what he described as ‘shabby treatment’ meted to him…
Edo woman regrets trading in human skull, buyer, herbalist nabbed
A mother of four arrested for allegedly selling a human skull in Benin, Edo State, Mrs Josephine Adun, on Thursday, said she regretted her action and advised other women not to get involved in crime. She stated this while being…
Edo State, NNPC, Sahara Group deliver another project to enhance development
The Edo State Government, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC) and leading energy conglomerate Sahara Group have joined forces to drive the construction of the 17km stretch Ikpako-Ajoki road in Edo State, Nigeria to facilitate seamless trade and sustainable development.…
Appeal court verdict triggers panic in Edo community
There is apprehension among residents, land and property owners in Ukhiri village, Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area, Edo State, as the Appeal Court sitting in Benin City threw out the community’s solicitation, challenging an earlier judgment delivered by the state High…