Adeyinka Adedipe
Residents protest plan to withdraw security from Edo community
Inhabitants of over 22 communities in Inikorogha, Ovia South West Local Government Area of Edo State, on Wednesday, staged a peaceful protest over plans to withdraw the security agencies maintaining p...
2nd May 2024
Igbinedion varsity to honour Tinubu, ex-presidents at 25th anniversary
The Vice Chancellor of the Igbinedion University, Okada, Prof Lawrence Ezemonye, on Tuesday, said as part of activities marking the 25th anniversary of the institution, it would honour President Bola ...
2nd May 2024
UNIBEN suspends SUG over attack on LP candidate
The management of the University of Benin, Edo State, on Tuesday, announced the indefinite suspension of the school’s Students’ Union Government. The varsity Registrar, Ademola Bobola, said in a...
1st May 2024
Youth leader tackles Orbih, Shaibu over anti-Ighodalo stance
The Deputy National Youth Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, Timothy Osadolo, has called on the leadership of the party to suspend the National Vice Chairman, South-South of the party, Dan Orbih,...
1st May 2024
Federation Cup: Insurance begin title defence against Stormers
Defending champions, Bendel Insurance Football Club of Benin, will on Wednesday begin the defence of their Federation Cup title when they take on Stormers of Ogun State in the round of 64 at the old p...
1st May 2024
Kwara presents 12 new jeeps to judges
The Kwara State Government took the welfare of judges a step higher on Tuesday as Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq presented 11 Toyota Fortuner jeeps to the judges. The Chief Judge, Hon. Justice Abiodu...
30th April 2024
Suspected cultists kill two Edo varsity students
Two students of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State have been confirmed killed in a renewed cult clash in the institution. The students were reportedly shot dead last Friday by yet-to-be-identi...
30th April 2024
UNIBEN suspends student union over attack on LP gov candidate
The management of the University of Benin has approved the indefinite suspension of the university’s Student Union Government. In a statement on Monday by the university’s Registrar, Ademola B...
30th April 2024
Don’t blame me for your impeachment, Ighodalo tells Shaibu
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State, Asue Ighodalo, has denied having a hand in the impeachment of the former deputy governor of the state, Philip Shaibu. In a stat...
30th April 2024
Edo workers hail Obaseki over N70,000 minimum wage
The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Monday, increased the minimum wage for workers in the state from N40,000 to N70,000, citing the economic situation in the country. Obaseki announced this at ...
30th April 2024
Edo PDP: Things fall apart
…opposition to Obaseki, Ighodalo gathers steam The plot in the Edo State Peoples Democratic Party against Governor Godwin Obaseki and the governorship candidate of the party in the state, Asue I...
30th April 2024
Ile-Ife trip: Benin chiefs lose titles, barred from palace
The five Benin traditional functionaries suspended on Saturday for engaging in sacrilegious conduct against the Benin custom have been barred from the Oba of Benin’s palace. The chiefs were said to ...
30th April 2024
Edo Poll: Orbih group threatens to work against PDP
The Legal Coalition faction of the Edo State Peoples Democratic Party, led by Dan Orbih, has threatened to work against the party ahead of the upcoming September governorship election in the state. Th...
30th April 2024
Four arrested over theft of items worth N15m in Edo
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested four suspects after breaking into a room and stealing items worth N15 million. It was gathered that the suspects, Sunday Ehiosu, Patrick Okon 2...
29th April 2024
UPDATED: Obaseki raises minimum wage to N70,000
The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has increased the minimum wage for workers in the state from N40,000 to N70,000. Obaseki announced the inauguration of the newly built ultra-modern Labour House...
29th April 2024
BoT member, Idahosa resigns from PDP
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State, and member of the party’s Board of Trustees, Charles Idahosa, has resigned his membership of the party. Idahosa announced the decision in a ...
29th April 2024
Obaseki raises minimum wage to N70,000
The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has increased the minimum wage for workers in the state from N40,000 to N70,000. The governor made the announcement at the inauguration of the newly built ultra...
29th April 2024
Pro-Yoruba history: Traditional council suspends five Benin chiefs
Five Benin traditional functionaries in Edo State have been suspended from their roles for engaging in sacrilegious conduct against Benin Custom. The Benin Traditional Council announced their suspensi...
28th April 2024
UNIBEN ex-deputy VC, Prof Iribhogbe is dead
A Former Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) of the University of Benin, Edo State, Prof. Pius Iribhogbe, is dead. Until his demise, Prof. Iribhogbe was also a consultant trauma surgeon, head of the Dep...
27th April 2024
Pro-Yoruba history: Traditional council suspends five Benin chiefs
Five Benin traditional functionaries have been suspended from their roles for engaging in what the palace described as sacrilegious conduct against Benin customs. The Benin Traditional Council announc...
27th April 2024
Edo rewards Queens with N5m for Super Six slot
The Edo State Government has rewarded the state’s women football team, Edo Queens, with N5m for clinching a spot in the Super Six tournament after finishing second in Group B of the Nigeria Women Fo...
27th April 2024
58,000 out of 130,000 doctors renewed licence in 2023, says MDCN
The Registrar, Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, Dr Fatima Kyari, has disclosed that only 58,000 doctors renewed their annual practicing licence in 2023 due to brain drain in the health sector in...
27th April 2024
Brain drain: Only 58, 000 doctors have renewed their licence, says MDCN boss
The Registrar, Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, Dr Fatima Kyari, has disclosed that only 58,000 doctors have renewed their annual practising licence in 2023 due to brain drain in the health sect...
26th April 2024
Obaseki to lead Edo PDP gov campaign
Ahead of the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, on Thursday, unveiled its campaign council. It comes a day after the Independent National Electoral C...
26th April 2024
Edo seeks speedy completion of international market
Edo State government has called for expedited completion and commissioning of the Monee International Market in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of the state in a bid to bolster economic growth and i...
26th April 2024
Edo group advocates restructuring for stability, progress
A Benin-based group, God and People Prayer Parliament has advocated for the restructuring of Nigeria into eight regional parliamentary systems of government. National Chairman of the group, Dr Dele Ol...
26th April 2024
Edo FRSC to stop trucks carrying goods, people together
The Edo State Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission has warned trucks drivers to desist from carrying goods and passengers together as it will commence clapping down on erring drivers. The Edo...
25th April 2024
Herders interested in ranching should buy land – Obaseki
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said the ban on open grazing in the state still remains, warning that anyone found wanting would be made to face the full wrath of the law. He said any herdsman...
24th April 2024
UNIBEN lecturers threaten to boycott April 28 resumption over attack
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, the University of Benin branch, said on Monday that its members may not resume academic activities on April 28 due to attacks on lecturers and management staf...
22nd April 2024
Akpata visits victim of UNIBEN attack, vows to promote peace
The Edo State Labour Party governorship candidate in the September 21 governorship election in the state, Olumide Akpata, on Saturday, visited Dr Presley Osemwegie, who was injured in an attack when t...
20th April 2024
Hoodlums attack Edo APC meeting, woman leader, husband hospitalised
A meeting held on Saturday to install a former federal lawmaker, Ehiozuwa Agbonayinma, as the ‘Apex Leader’ of the All Progressives Congress in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government in Edo State tu...
20th April 2024