Five suspected kidnappers met their waterloo on Sunday in Edo State as angry youths set them ablaze after they were apprehended along the Afuze-Uokha Road in...
Former boxing heavyweight champion, Deontay Wilder has revealed that his ancestors hail from Edo State, Nigeria. In a viral video posted on Youtube, Wilder, who has...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, announced on Monday that plans are underway to build an airport in Edo North Senatorial District to improve accessibility and stimulate...
The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has reacted to the congratulatory message from former governor and former National chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC)...
The German government has agreed to return all artifacts stolen from the Benin Royal Court during an invasion by the British in 1849 before the end...
The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has made a U-turn on his resolve to dissolve the executives of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the...
The Minister of Youth and Sports development, Sunday Dare has revealed where the Nigerian contingent to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics would be camping. Dare, who spoke...
The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has lauded Chief Dan Orbih, the former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Edo State, on his...
The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has lamented the level of corruption being perpetrated in the state’s healthcare system, describing it as a deliberate act...
The Edo State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), has defied the directives of Governor Godwin Obaseki for teachers in the state to resume...
Two construction company site workers have been declared dead in Benin, the Edo State capital, when a cement mixing machine fell on both of them. Reports...
The Edo State government led has warned hoteliers and others in the hospitality business in the state to comply with set COVID-19 protocols. This was contained...
The Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Monday began hearing on the four remaining petitions filed against the re-election of Governor Godwin Obaseki at the...
There is palpable tension and anxiety in Edo State as Governor Godwin Obaseki will know his fate today, January 9, as the Federal High Court in...
The Edo State government led by Governor Godwin Obaseki has informed that it has reactivated isolation centres and contact tracing network to stem the outbreak of...
A member of a vigilante group in the Urhokosa/Obagie community of Edo State, has been killed in a shootout between the group and armed kidnappers on...
In 2014, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) awarded 10 road projects worth over N2 billion in various communities in Edo State, with a 12-month completion...
Ovia Federal Constituency in Edo State has cried out for being excluded from the budgetary provisions of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The people made...
The Edo State government has trained 877 special police constables for community policing in the state. The constables, trained under the Governor Godwin Obaseki’s Community Police...
The Edo State Commissioner of Police, Johnson Kokumo, on Saturday said inmates who escaped from the two Correctional Centres in the state have been sending threat...
Governor Godwin Obaseki has been sworn in to continue as the governor of Edo State for another four-year term in office. Obaseki and his deputy, Philip...
Unknown gunmen on Monday abducted the younger of the Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu. The victim, who is simply identified as Fredrick, was abducted while...
The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has declared that youths in the state will form the bulk of his new cabinet which is yet to...
The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu has lamented the hijacking of the #EndSARS protests against police brutality by hoodlums in the state capital of...
Following the jailbreak at a correctional facility in Benin, the Edo State Government has declared a curfew over the state. In a statement, Osarodion Ogie, secretary...
The Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa has urged Governor Godwin Obeseki not to allow lions and tigers to torment the people of Edo State again,...
The immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Adams Oshiomhole, has reacted to the victory of Governor Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Nigeria security agents have received accolades from the United State (US) Government over the conduct of the last Saturday...
The pundits who had predicted the outcome and the nature of the Gubernatorial election in Edo State got it all wrong. The Edo 2020 election may...
The gubernatorial election in Edo State had come and gone (last weekend) with the victor and the vanquished emerging. The incumbent Governor of the state, Godwin...
The Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Mathew Kukah has called on politicians to stop seeking the endorsements of religious leaders during elections. Bishop Kukah who made...
The Court of Appeal has set up an election petition tribunal for the Edo State governorship election matters. The setting up of the panel by the...
Some stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State have accused Governor Kayode Fayemi of insisting on expelling them from the party. They said...
Elections come and go leaving behind trails of lessons, bitter or otherwise, with olla podridas of tongues and potpourri of voices analyzing it. From what went...
The governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai on Monday expressed surprise that Governor Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won the Saturday governorship election...
As results come in, Governor Godwin Obaseki of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has taken an early lead in the governorship election held on Saturday. In...
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has released its report from across voting centres in Edo State following the conclusion of the keenly contested governorship election in...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has offered a reason for the late collation of results of the just concluded governorship election in Edo State. INEC...
Adams Oshiomhole has expressed displeasure that card readers allegedly failed to work in many places during the Saturday governorship election in Edo State. The former All...
A video on social media has shown voters scampering to grab money from a politician in the ongoing governorship election in Edo state. The detail of...
An outbreak of electoral violence in Urhonigbe, Orhionmwon local government area of Edo State has forced security personnel, willing voters, and officials of the Independent National...
The failure of card readers provided by the Independent National Election (INEC) for the ongoing governorship election in Edo State, to recognise fingerprints of voters in...
Pandemonium broke out at polling unit 19, ward 04, Oredo local government area on Saturday, as voters waited to cast their votes. The polling unit is...
The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) located in Benin along Ramat Park has been taken over by security operatives as the governorship election...
Ahead of the Saturday governorship election in Edo, the state’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the major opposition, the All Progressives Congress (APC) have been...
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has Police announced its presence in Edo to monitor the state governorship election holding on Saturday, September 19. In a statement...
The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) has informed that it will deploy three policemen to each of the 2,627 polling booths in the 192 wards of Edo...
The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has alleged that the President Muhmmadu Buhari-led government is involved in vote buying by proxy ahead of the governorship...
The campaigns of the first-tier contenders in the Edo governorship election have been largely ensconced in the agitprop of godfatherism. While Godwin Obaseki, incumbent governor of...
The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has reacted to a video by the National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu where he...
