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Four suspected kidnappers have been apprehended by the Edo State police and have been charged for allegedly abducting the manager of Ogba Zoo and Nature Gardens. This occurred two weeks after the victim, Andy Ehanire was released by kidnappers after 3 weeks in their custody. The suspects are...

A senior staff of the University of Benin, Edo State, Prof. Paul Otasowie, has been killed by gunmen. It was learnt Otasowie was shot dead by the armed men in front of his residence on Ekehuan road in Oredo Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday evening. The Public Relations Officer...

Governor Obaseki had vowed to punish officials who sent a N283 million request for the conduct of primary school examination which eventually cost N30 million Commissioner for Communications, Paul Ohonbamu, said that the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Yinka Omorogbe...

Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo on Monday said it was a big privilege for him to present the staff of office to an Oba of Benin. The governor made the statement when he addressed State House correspondents shortly after he paid a thank you visit to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential...

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Oyegun has revealed yesterday that he is under intense pressure ahead of the Edo State governorship primary election,DailyPost reports. Oyegun’s comment is ascribed to the directives by the Independent National Electoral...

The Edo State Agency for the Control of HIV and AIDs (EDO-SACA) on Friday distributed condoms to residents of Auchi as part of activities to commemorate the 2016 International Aids Candle Light Memorial. Dr Marietu Binkola, the Project Manager of the agency, who led the team, said that the...

An Evboriaria Magistrate’s Court, in Benin, Edo state, has admitted a 21-year-old man, Benjamen Obira, to a N50,000 bail, for allegedly stealing a Samsung mobile phone valued at N7,000. ‎ The prosecutor, Sgt. Olatoye Oluwaseun, told the Court that the accused with two others now at large...

The Speaker of Edo House of Assembly, Mr Victor Edoro and his deputy was impeached by 16 of the 24 members of the assembly on Tuesday. Shotrtly after his impeachment, a mild drama ensued when the assembly’s chamber was invaded by some suspected thugs. The situation made security operatives to...

Pandemonium on Tuesday in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State after a local government pensioner, identified as Sunday Oboite, slumped and died during screening. It was learnt that Oboite, 75, died at the reception of the local government secretariat. The late pensioner, who retired from...

Adams Oshiomhole, the governor of Edo State, has disclosed that among his administration's core drive is to ensure that his successor in 2016 inherit a stable and robust economy to be able sustain and continue with the infrastructural development in the state. Oshiomhole said he will shore up...

Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka yesterday vowed to “draw blood” with his latest book, InterInventions. He described InterInventions as “the nastiest book” he has ever written and would be his “vengeance” againt “unprovoked” assault of public lies directed against him. Prof. Wole Soyinka who...

The All Progressive Congress in Edo State has again received a boost in membership as two PDP big wigs in the state decamp to the party. A former deputy governor of the State, Lucky Imasuen, former deputy chairman of PDP in the state, Christopher Adesotu and a former member of House of...