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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Edo, Latest Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Monday, September 29th, 2014
By Simon Ebegbulem BENIN—THE All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, yesterday, reacted to the boast by President Goodluck Jonathan that his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will recapture Edo State come 2015 and 2016, saying that it was a tall dream to think that “Chief Tom Ikimi, who recently joined the PDP will win Edo State for […]
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Edo, Headlines, State News
Monday, August 18th, 2014
• Anger, protests, as deceased’s friends point fingers at lawmaker • I’ve no hand in his death, says legislator Over the years, the Nigerian Police and other security agencies have had the challenge of having to unravel those behind a long list of cases of assassinations across the length and breadth of the country. […]
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Edo, Headlines, State News
Thursday, July 24th, 2014
GOOD things come in surprise package, they say. Such was the lot of Juliet Imobhio, a woman whose husband was allegedly killed by officials of the Edo State Traffic Management Agency (EDSTMA). When her 41-year-old husband, Godfrey Imobhio, died in April, 2014, thoughts about […]
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Edo, House, Legislature, State News
Monday, June 30th, 2014
MEMBERS of the Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus in the House of Representatives have warned the factional lawmakers in the state Assembly that the National Assembly could to take over their legislative activities if they fail to resolve the three-weeks old crisis. In a statement to newsmen in Benin City Sunday, the House […]
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Edo, Headlines, House, Legislature, State News
Monday, June 9th, 2014
The Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, said on Monday that some members of the state House of Assembly, who recently defected to the Peoples Democratic Party from the All Progressives Congress, were given N50m each to sell their mandates. The governor, who said this while addressing different groups of youths on peaceful protest to the […]
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Edo, Latest Politics, State News
Saturday, April 26th, 2014
Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba Erediauwa The Oba of Benin, Oba Erediauwa I, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to seek re-election even as he urged him not to be distracted by the wave of disturbances in parts of the country. He assured the President that the spirit of the ancestors of the Benin kingdom […]
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Edo, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News
Monday, February 17th, 2014
*Killer cop, Corporal Valentine Ofuamaka, being led by prison official into the blackmaria after being arraigned at the Edo state Magistrate Court in Benin city advertisement <a href=”http://media.fastclick.net/w/click.here?sid=12386&m=6&c=1″ target=”_blank”><img src=”http://media.fastclick.net/w/get.media?sid=12386&m=6&tp=8&d=s&c=1&vcm_acv=1.3″ width=”300″ height=”250″ border=”1″></a> By SIMON EBEGBULEM, BENIN CITY Tragedy struck last Saturday along the Ikpoba Hill river, along the Benin Agbor road […]
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Edo, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News
Friday, January 17th, 2014
From TONY OSAUZO,Benin The Edo police command has confirmed the arrest of nine persons following the fracas over the festival in which two youths were shot in Igarra community, Akoko-Edo local government area of the State. Confirming the arrest, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Foluso Adebanjo, said the suspects would be transferred to the state […]
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Edo, Headlines, State News
Monday, January 6th, 2014
By Femi Kehinde Comrade Governor, Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has debunked the rumours that he was fatally injured in the December 28, 2013 auto crash and hospitalized abroad. Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole While presiding over the first state executive council meeting for the year on Monday, Oshiomhole narrated his story thus: “It is […]
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Edo, Headlines, State News
Saturday, December 28th, 2013
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has escaped death in a ghastly motor accident at about 9.45am on his way to Benin City from his Iyamho Village. Edo state governor Adam Oshiomhole The incident occurred at about 9.45am at Ewu, in Edo Central Senatorial District, when a Peugeot J5 Bus filled with tomatoes and plantains apparently lost […]
