edo state news

President Muhammadu Buhari has waded into the crisis rocking the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress over next year’s governorship election. Some members of the APC under the auspices of the Edo Peoples Movement (EPM) have vowed.... Read more via Nairaland –...

Former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Edo state, Henry Idahagbon, has accused Governor Godwin Obaseki of making himself inaccessible and barring.... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2K4b52y Get More Nigeria Political News

The Nigerian social media has been buzzing since Tuesday, following an altercation between a lawmaker representing Orhionmwon South constituency in the.... Read more via Newtelegraph – http://bit.ly/2Z7RBxp Get More Nigeria Metro News

Super Eagles vice captain Ahmed Musa has buried his mother. Family members and well wishes including the football family were at Afuze in Edo state on Saturday to pay their last respect to.... Read more via TODAY.NG – http://bit.ly/2HTAHf8 Get More Nigeria Metro News

A Professor of Peadeatrics and Child Health at the Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo State, Dominic Osaghae, has revealed that Nigeria has the highest number of victims of sickle cell disease in the world, with 47.5 million carriers. Prof Osaghe stated this on Thursday while delivering the...

Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has said that Nigeria must prepare for the next global economic crisis. Emefiele said this while delivering a lecture titled..... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – http://bit.ly/2Hw6WC2 Get more: Nigeria Business News

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo North senatorial district has vowed to resist alleged attempts by the Edo State government to tarnish the image of the party’s national chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole..... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2JSSLIP Get More...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of Adiabokpa Emmanuel before Justice M.G.Umar of the Federal High Court, sitting in Benin City, Edo State. Emmanuel was convicted on a one-count charge of impersonation contrary to.... Read more via Daily Post...

Man forgives a mechanic who totaled his Chrysler Commander in #Benin, #Edo State.... Read more via Instablog9ja – http://bit.ly/2WIyNUT Get More Nigeria Metro News

Mohammed Adamu, acting inspector-general of police, says the special anti-robbery squad (SARS) has contributed up to 80 percent of the successes recorded by the Nigeria police force..... Read more via TheCable – http://bit.ly/2JjaBFg Get More Nigeria Metro News

The storms have started gathering against Governor Godwin Obaseki’s second term aspiration in Edo State.As the schemings gain traction, the two major political parties... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – http://bit.ly/2Yqz92J Get More Nigeria Political News

Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the visit of the Esama of Benin, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion; and Chief Tom Ikimi to Governor Godwin Obaseki as “private”.... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – http://bit.ly/2YoFlbH Get More Nigeria Political News

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Dr Gabriel Igbinedion has thrown his weight behind Governor Godwin Obaseki’s second term bid. Chief Igbinedion endorsed Governor Obaseki’s first term performance when he paid a courtesy visit to the governor at the Government House, in...

Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has recalled how a pastor who belonged to the.... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2H3VeOU Get More Nigeria Metro News

Following revelations by the Debt Management Office in April, 2019, that Edo State foreign debt portfolio stands at $276.25million, second to Lagos State with $1.43bn, Edo based human rights activist, Comrade Patrick Eholor, yesterday asked Governor Godwin Obaseki to account for the borrowed...

Months after acquiring two lions, #Edo State politician, #Tonykabaka, gets himself a cute chimpanzee..... Read more via Instablog9ja - http://bit.ly/2IS3rb6 Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Edo State Police Command said on Monday that it had arrested a man alleged to be a cultist and serial killer with 38 victims. A statement signed by DSP Chidi Nwabuzor, spokesperson of the Police Command in the... Read more via Olisa.tv – http://bit.ly/2XTVUfd Get More Nigeria Metro News

A 26-year-old bricklayer, Kenneth Ofoke, has been arrested in Benin, Edo State, for allegedly selling his six-week-old twin babies for half a million naira. The suspect, who hails from Ebonyi State, was said to have sold the.... Read more via TODAY.NG – http://bit.ly/2UVb6LW Get More...

The Integrated Data Services Limited (IDSL), the premier geological and geophysical subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has revealed that it was aggressively boosting..... Read more via Leadership Newspaper – http://bit.ly/2vk0aZd Get More Nigeria Metro News

ACTIVITIES along the busy Benin -Lagos highway were grounded by Pharmacy students of the University of Benin yesterday over fears that their graduating students may not be able to undergo induction due to..... Read more via Vanguard News – http://bit.ly/2ISuIcu Get More Nigeria Metro News