Nigeria @ 60: Okowa Calls For FG to Reconstruct Benin-Warri Highway
As Nigeria marks 60 years of nationhood, Delta Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has called on the Federal Government to embark on total reconstruction of Benin-Warri highway, saying the road has…
Ijaw/Itsekiri Communities Tackles Oba, Rejects Imposed Benin Ruler
Communities of Ijaw and Itesekiri extractions in Edo state have protested against the imposition of a Bini traditional head on them. The communities stated that the 'Enogie' imposed on them…
Thugs Set Prisoners Free After Hijacking #EndSARS Protest In Edo (videos)
A jailbreak has reportedly occured at the Oko Prisons in Benin, Edo state in the midst of the ongoing nationwide #ENDSARS protests. According to reports, suspected thugs hijacked the peaceful…
Return Voluntarily or Face The Law, Obaseki Tells Escaped Inmates
Inmates of the Benin Medium Security Correctional Centre and Oko Medium Security Correctional Centre, who escaped from the facility on the 19th of October 2020, have been issued an ultimatum…
Police Parades 9 Suspects For Burgling Rice Warehouse in Benin
The Edo State Police Command on Thursday, October 22, paraded some suspected hoodlums who burgled Omoregie Rice Warehouse located at Upper Sakponba Road, Benin City. According to the statement issued…
Escapee Prisoner Writes Apology Letter to Obaseki, States Next Line of Action
One of the inmates who escaped during the jailbreak at the White House and Oko Prisons in Benin have written an apology letter to Governor Godwin Obaseki, saying he cannot…