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 […]
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Newly installed Iyin-Jamata of Uneme-Ekpedo, Chief Priscilla Ikogheneone Usiobaifo, has expressed profound appreciation to the Onose of Uneme-Ekpedo, His Royal Highness Oba John Afolabi Obabori, and the Uneme community, for conferring on her the revered traditional title of Iyin-Jamata of Uneme-Ekpedo. In a message of appreciation released following the conferment of […]
Tension has continued to rise in Imoga Community in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State following a series of kidnappings, violent attacks, and the alleged activities of armed herders and bandits operating within the vast forests surrounding the community. Residents of the agrarian community said they were forced to […]
Every election season, the same drama returns to Akoko Edo. Politicians who disappeared after the last election suddenly surface. Long convoys drive through Igarra, Ibillo, Ososo and other communities that rarely see them. Candidate posters flood every pole, wall, and rock. Loudspeakers blast promises like development is just one vote away. […]
Here is something a footballer understands without ever opening a physics textbook: when you kick a ball, it flies. You do not need to know the equations of force, gravity, mass, and direction to become a professional. But the laws are operating on you whether you understand them or not. […]
The family of Mr. Albert Afeso Akanbi, pioneer Editor of the Akoko Edo Newspaper, has announced the passing of his mother, Mrs. Funmilayo Fidelia Akanbi, who died on March 10, 2026, in a London hospital, United Kingdom. She was 76. Born in Ososo, a picturesque town set amid streams, rocks, […]
*BY IBN MAGAJII The Mirror Test There is an old Greek idea that has been on my mind lately — one that I believe every son and daughter of Akoko Edo needs to sit with quietly for a moment. The ancient Greeks divided all of humanity into three groups: the […]
A peaceful protest organised by the Akoko-Edo Forum (AEF) to highlight alleged decades of neglect in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area was violently disrupted, prompting renewed calls for urgent intervention by federal and state authorities. The protest, which drew participants from across the local government, was convened to spotlight concerns over […]
Indigenes of Akoko-Edo have announced plans to stage a peaceful protest later this month, citing years of alleged neglect, underdevelopment, and poor political representation in the local government area. A press statement issued by the Select Committee of Akoko Edo Development Association (AEDA) representing concerned stakeholders called on indigenes and […]
Fresh facts have emerged on how the ceaseless heart-wrenching screams of a nine-month-old baby, of the kidnapped Ososo Junior secondary school teacher who is still in captivity freed his wife and baby from their abductors at the Makeke Primary Health Centre Reports reaching the Akoko Edo Community Newspaper narrated that […]