Tag: Edo

Edo Police Arrest 14 Suspected Cultists Over Corpse Hijack at Burial Ceremony

Edo Police arrest 14 suspects over corpse hijack in Uromi Cultists allegedly attacked mourners and commercial riders Several victims rushed to Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital Police say calm has returned…

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Bishop Arrested In Edo For Alleged Sexual Abuse

Edo pastor arrested over alleged sexual abuse of two sisters Victims say abuse happened when they were underage Four more girls have come forward with similar claims Bishop denies allegations,…

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Gunmen Kidnap Eight in Edo, Demand ₦100m Ransom

Eight Imoga indigenes abducted from a hotel in Akoko-Edo, Edo State Kidnappers posed as soldiers, drank at the hotel before striking ₦100m ransom demanded, later reduced to ₦70m with fresh…

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Edo 2020: See How Edos Voted by LGAs

Godwin Godwin Obaseki was reelected for a second tenure by electorates in Edo state, winning 13 out of 18 Local Government Areas. Obaseki of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) defeated…

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Jailbreak: Escapees Threatening Policemen With Text Messages – Edo CP

Police officers who investigated and prosecuted prisoners who escaped from two correctional facilities in Benin City, Edo State, have been receiving death threats in form of text messages from the…

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Oshiomhole Declares For Senate

A former Edo state governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has declared his intention to contest for the Edo North Senatorial seat under the platform of the All Progressive Congress, APC. The…

IYC Tasks Delta, Edo, Ondo Governors on Ijaw Development

The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Western Zone has once again tasked the governors of Delta, Edo, and Ondo States to give developmental priority to Ijaw areas. Chairman of the IYC…

Edo 2020: Rise Above Partisan Politics, GEJ Tells Obaseki

Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has congratulated Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state on his re-election victory at the just concluded governorship polls in the state. GEJ particularly…

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Assistant Commissioner of Police Killed Amid Cult War in Edo

The Assistant Commissioner of Police in Edo state has been confirmed dead, Daily Report Nigeria can confirm. The deceased who was shot during an exchange of gunfire with cultists over…

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“Polygamy Is the Way Forward for Africans” -Man Says

Kola Edkpayi, a human rights activist and speaker at Talakawa's Parliament in Edo, has urged churches to adopt polygamy. He opined that it will lessen the rate of men stabbed…