The Edo State Security Corps has arrested three young men in Uromi, Esan North East Local Government Area, in connection with a kidnapping incident. The arrest was made possible by a distress call from a woman, Mrs. Ufuha Rita, who was being targeted by the kidnappers. According to Commander of the Corps, Friday Ibadin, a…
…BVAS Machines Show Proof Of Over Voting In Excess Of Accreditation In Many Polling Units Across Edo State. …PDP Supporters Erupt In Wild Jubilation. Edo State chapter of All Progressives Congress(APC) and Gov. Monday Okpebholo suffered a major blow at the ongoing sittings of Edo Governorship Election Petition Tribunal as INEC has finally bowed to…
Edo State governor has signed the Secret Cult and Similar Activities Prohibition Bill, 2025, into law repealing the Edo State Secret Cult Prohibition Law, 2018. The new law recently passed by the Edo State House of Assembly and signed by Governor Monday Okpebholo takes effect from 24th January, 2025. Disclosing this in a statement on…
There was panic on Thursday morning in Benin, the Edo State Capital when a Compressed Natural Gas, CNG, powered vehicle exploded at NIPCO filling station along the Benin-Auchi Expressway. The vehicle, in a video making the rounds, was smashed while people ran for dear lives as the loud sound from the explosion created panic among…
Ahead of the handing over of government to the Edo State governor-elect, Monday Okpebholo, scheduled for November 12, 2024, Governor Godwin Obaseki has invited his team to come forward and familiarise themselves with the nuances of governance and be fully enlightened by the outgoing administration. The governor wondered why the governor-elect and his team still…
A violent protest erupted in Agenebode, the headquarters of Etsako East Local Government Area in Edo State, as irate youths set a police station on fire, along with several vehicles inside, following allegations of police complicity in a series of kidnappings and organ harvesting linked to Fulani suspects in the area. The unrest reportedly began…
Some members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State have described the declaration of Senator Monday Okpebholo as the winner of the rescheduled Edo governorship primary election as a gross violation of the party’s. constitution. The party members who stormed the APC national secretariat on Monday in Abuja described last Thursday’s governorship primary…
Edo State All Progressives Congress Youth leader, Tony Adun, has apologised to the party for leading youths and women to vandalise the secretariat after the first primary election on February 17, which threw up three winners. The crowd who were led by Adun, popularly known as Kabaka, forced their way into the offices and brought…
Edo State Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu has raised the alarm over what he described as an intensified scheme to remove him from office. According to Shaibu, the plot gained momentum following his emergence as the factional candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the upcoming governorship election in the state. The controversy surrounding the…
APC governorship aspirant in the Edo governorship race, Senator Oserheimen Osunbor has pulled out of the rescheduled primary election scheduled for today. Osunbor disclosed this in a letter dated February 21, 2024. Recall that the former Edo governor last Tuesday submitted a petition to the APC Appeals committee and demanded a rescheduled primary that would…
