Tag: Edo State
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Police arrest 95 suspected cultists in Edo
The police in Edo state have arrested 95 suspected cultists and recovered two locally-made pistols, one single-barrel shotgun and 24 live cartridges/ammunition in the sustained intelligence-driven raids of their enclaves in Benin and environs in the past week.
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Gunmen kill man, abduct pregnant wife, sister in Edo
The Police Command in Edo State has confirmed the killing of one Friday Pius and the abduction of his pregnant wife and her sister by suspected kidnappers in the State.
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EHICHIOYA EZOMON: Idumabi Community in Edo State convenes for reunion at Easter
By *Ehichioya Ezomon* This weekend of the 2025 Easter Celebrations of the death and risen of Jesus Christ, all roads lead to Idumabi Community in Irrua, Esan Central Local Government Area of Edo Central of Edo State, Nigeria, for the annual Easter Convention on the platform of Idumabi Development Association (IDA) Worldwide, the Corporate Affairs…
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After Uromi 16, another set of ‘hunters’ from Kano nabbed in Edo with arms, ammunition
The Edo State Police Command has disclosed that another set of four hunters who came from Kano State were intercepted by operatives of the Edo Security Network with arms and ammunition when they arrived in the state. This is coming barely two weeks after 16 hunters from Kano were killed in Uromi. Police Public Relations…
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Edo Guber: Ighodalo gives reasons why he’s challenging Tribunal’s verdict
The flag bearer of the Edo Guber election, Asue Ighodalo has given reasons why he is challenging the verdict of the Edo Petition Tribunal judgement. Hear him: “I have instructed my legal team to proceed to the Court of Appeal to challenge this decision which we consider a huge travesty of justice. “This is not…
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Tension as Edo Gubernatorial Election Tribunal set to deliver verdict, Wednesday
The Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has scheduled its judgment for Wednesday, April 2, 2025. Recall the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the 2024 election. Okpebholo triumphed over Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Olumide Akpata of…
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Okpebholo’s victory: Edo governorship tribunal set for judgement
The Edo Governorship Election Petition Tribunal will on Wednesday, deliver judgment in the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Asue Ighodalo, against the Sept. 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo.
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Popular Northern actress fumes over Uromi killings, calls for Justice
Popular Kannywood actress, Rahama Sadau, has condemned in strong terms, the recent brutal killings of several northerners in Uromi, Esan North-East Local Government Area of Edo State.
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Uromi killings: Kano Govt. deploys delegation to Edo
The Kano State Government has dispatched a high-powered delegation to engage with the Edo Government and the Hausa community in Edo over the recent brutal killings of Kano indigenes in Edo.
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Police nab 14 over killing of travellers in Edo State
Police nab 14 over killing of travellers in Edo State grusomely murdered by a mob in the Uromi area of Edo State on the suspicion of being criminals. The travellers were said to be hunters. According to the Edo State Police Command, the victims were 16 in number. But the spokesman of the command Moses…