Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, arrived in Benin City on Thursday for a one-day official visit aimed at inaugurating 50 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses and empowering 5,000 women in Edo State. Her aircraft touched down at the Benin Airport at about 11:18 a.m. She was warmly received by […]
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Edo Command, has partnered with the Edo Ministry of Education and the Mobile Foundation for Health, Security and Rehabilitation (MHRS) to promote child protection, adolescent wellness and security awareness in secondary schools across the state. The partnership was announced at a Schools […]
The Edo State House of Assembly has referred the 2026 Supplementary Appropriation Bill, which proposes N70 billion for road projects and N7.5 billion for electricity, to its Committee on Appropriation and Project Monitoring. The bill scaled second reading during plenary on Tuesday following a formal request by Governor Monday Okpebholo […]
The duplication of candidates’ names across political parties has emerged as a notable feature of the final list of candidates released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the 2027 Edo State House of Assembly election. An analysis of the 164 entries on the list, published in Benin, shows […]
Several youths in Edo State on Monday publicly renounced their membership of various cult groups during a mass denunciation exercise organised by the state government. The programme, themed “Restitution, Rehabilitation and Safer Edo State,” forms part of the administration’s broader efforts to tackle cultism and other violent crimes. Governor Monday […]
The Edo State House of Assembly on Monday received a formal message from Governor Monday Okpebholo transmitting the 2026 Supplementary Appropriation Bill for legislative consideration and approval. Speaker Yekini Idaiye read the governor’s letter during plenary in Benin and confirmed that the proposal had been forwarded to the House for […]
The Edo State Police Command has successfully rescued a kidnap victim and neutralised three suspected kidnappers during a joint security operation in Igarra, Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of the state. In a statement released on Monday, the command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Eno Ikoedem, disclosed that the operation took place […]
A prominent Nigerian rights organisation has formally called on the Department of State Services to invite and question the Edo State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Jarrett Tenebe, over comments allegedly made during party mobilisation events. In a statement released to journalists in Abuja, the Human Rights Writers […]
Four people have been sentenced to death by hanging by an Edo State High Court after being found guilty of kidnapping, cultism and other violent crimes linked to the abduction of a woman at the Vegetable Market along Airport Road in Benin City. The judgement was delivered on Tuesday by […]
A devastating flood that swept through Enwan community in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State has left a poultry farmer with the loss of 1,400 birds, while also destroying a palm oil processing mill and bringing economic and educational activities to a standstill. The disaster struck on Monday after […]