The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called on security operatives to act proactively over warning signals’ of violence and acrimony observed ahead the forthcoming Edo...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, said on Tuesday, said he would seek re-election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor, who disclosed...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, on Monday, insisted that direct primary as approved by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC)...
The deputy governor of Edo State, Philip Shuaibu has pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in the hightened crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress...
The Edo State government said on Friday 11 more COVID-19 patients had been discharged from the various isolation centres in the state. The state governor, Godwin...
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State on Friday kicked against the decision of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ordering direct...
The government of Edo said the number of persons to have died as a result of COVID-19 in the state had risen to six. The state...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, Thursday confirmed the discharge of 20 COVID-19 patients from the state’s isolation centres. He said the patients were discharged after they...
The Edo State Government on Friday condemned attempts by the Edo Peoples Movement (EPM) for trying to exonerate the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress...
Edo State government on Wednesday intercepted over 100 passengers from Kano and Rivers State, screened and took their samples for COVID-19 test. It was learnt that...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied reports that it would shift the conduct of the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states. It would...
The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, has lambasted the Federal Government of Nigeria led by President Muhammadu Buhari over its lopsided nature of sharing...
Five coronavirus patients have recovered and have been discharged in Edo State, the state governor, Godwin Obaseki has said. Mr Obaseki, who made the announcement via...
The government of Edo State said it had commenced facility and community mobile-based screening for Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr...
An early morning explosion rocked the Benin City area of Edo State on Friday. At least six houses were affected in the explosion which occurred at...
A former member of the House of Representatives, Tony Aziegbemi, on Sunday emerged the new Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State. In...
A traditional leader in Yobe State, has called for the return of health inspectors in the state in a bid to curb the outbreak of Lassa...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have reportedly abducted a Catholic priest with the Uromi Diocese, Fr. Nicholas Oboh. The Chancellor of the Uromi Diocese, Rev Fr....
The Edo State Government on Wednesday demolished T. Latifa Hotel owned by Mr. Tony Adun also known as Kabaka, for violating building regulations. The hotel which...
A midnight fire has razed a section of the famous Urhokpota hall in Bénin City, Edo State. The hall was first built during the reign of...
The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw certificates of return from 14 members-elect...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has been urged to commence the process of recalling Vincent Uwadia as the elected member representing Ovia North East Constituency...
The Edo State Government on Monday warned residents living in flood-prone riverine communities to seek refuge in safe places before disaster catches up with them. The...
Indications have emerged that trafficking activities are on the rise in Edo, Kano and Delta states. Data released from the National Agency for the Prohibition of...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), on Thursday declared that a senior official of a travel agency in Edo State was...
There is no doubt that things are not getting better in the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as more troubles emerge on...
The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has distanced itself from a group known as Edo Peoples Movement, describing it as alien to...
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has preferred criminal charges against two officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested four officials of Port Health Service of the Federal Ministry of Health in Benin City,...
The Police in Edo state has revealed that there is a possibility Boko Haram members have infiltrated the state as four of their (Boko Haram) members...
Nigerian Bar Association, Benin Branch, has barred its members from handling cases relating to kidnapping and armed robbery. The NBA made its stand known in a...
The Senate has rejected a motion by the senator representing Kogi East Senatorial District, Isaac Alfa, seeking to recognize Kogi as an oil producing state. The...
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar, has been advised by the governors of Edo and Niger dtates not to waste his...
Four Police operatives in Afuze Police Station were murdered by persons suspected to be gunmen on Tuesday in Edo state. Those killed included a pregnant Police...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the Saturday, March 9, House of Assembly election in Etsako West 1, and Central constituencies of Edo State. The...
A woman, Momodu Abibat, said to be the woman leader of a party in Ward 2, PU 4 and 6 of Etsako West Local Government Area,...
The All Progressives Party (APC) National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, has reemphasized the party’s stand on ballot box snatchers, saying that the party will not allow thuggery...
At least 42 persons are said to have been killed by a fresh outbreak of Lassa fever within the first 27 days of the year. A...
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has summoned the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Mr. Peter Obi to a crucial...
A major crisis is brewing at the ongoing National Youth Games in Ilorin, Kwara State, following an alleged disqualification of four athletes from Edo State after...
The total external debt owed by the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, rose by $131.55 million within the first...
A tragic scene played out in the Owan West Local Government Area of Edo State, when four policemen were killed by a group of unknown gunmen....
The killing of four persons in Odighi and Odiguete communities in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State has sparked protests among villagers who...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board is currently investigating fresh cases of fraud totalling N83m uncovered in its state offices in Kano, Edo, Kogi, Gombe and...
Failure by some state governors to access the Universal Basic Education Commission’s (UBEC) intervention fund is threatening the future of millions of Nigerian school children. The...
A cop was killed, while three others were wounded and a petrol van was vandalised when unknown gunmen ambushed policemen stationed at Ovia River Bridge along...
The long arm of the law has caught up with two suspects for the murder of a 39-year-old victim identified as Okundolor Omoruyi in Egor Local...
Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, candidate of the PDP in the September 28 governorship election in Edo State has rejected the ruling of the Tribunal, describing it as...
Dateline: January 10, 2017, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Edo September 28, 2016 governorship election opened his case at...
An Assistant Commissioner of Police, identified as one Christopher Osakue, has reportedly committed suicide in Benin, the Edo State capital. It was gathered that the late...