The Independent election has declared results from 16 out of 18 Local government Areas in Edo State governorship election held on Saturday election where Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Monday Okpebholo is leading in the results declared on Sunday afternoon by the Electoral umpire. INEC stood down the ongoing State Collation exercise...
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Police eject Obaseki out of INEC office
Police High Command looking over shoulders and ejected the outgoing Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki from Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters in Benin City, amid tension. The incident happened about 3.am on Sunday when he sat akimbo beside the Resident Electoral Commissioner’s office shortly before collation of election results stand down to 10a.m...
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Man arrested over step daughter’s rape, abortion
Police operatives have arrested a suspected Paedophile has allegedly raped and impregnated his 16-year old step daughter and thereafter procured a failed abortion for the minor. Brave Heart Initiative (BHI) in a Facebook post last week Thursday September 18, 2024 said the crime was happened recently in one of the communities, Akoko-Edo Local government Area...
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Coding: Nurturing the next Nigerian ICT problem solvers in Software Engineering
In today’s rapidly changing and fast-evolving digital landscape, especially in a developing nation like Nigeria, there is a growing demand for skilled ICT developers who can significantly contribute to the development of the country’s digital technology industry. As a passionate mentor to young Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) and Symfony framework developers on the Vision 100K Coders...
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Vote buyer faking journalist, 8 others arrested in Edo
A voter buyer, who posed as a staff of leading broadcast television station in Nigeria and eight other criminal suspects were arrested during Edo State governorship election held on Saturday in the State. The suspects were arrested by police operatives during a synchronized raids on identified black spots at approximately 1900hrs, the Nigeria Police Force...
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Edo man sets ablaze after gunning down brother in tussle over family inheritance
A protracted tussle over Rasheed family’s inheritance has consumed two brothers identified as Braimah Rasheed and Odion Braimah in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State. Odion, was reportedly set ablaze by mob in retaliation for shooting his elder brother, Braimah dead in an ambush after he had been brainwashed by a seer traced...
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Yiaga Africa points lapses in conduct of Edo poll
Mid-day Situational statement by Yiaga Africa, election Monitoring Group, has highlighted perceived lapses that could impact the outcome of Edo State governorship election on Saturday. The citizens-led civic Advocacy Group statement, said the uneven deployment of security personnel, which was not in short supply, resulting in some densely populated polling units having limited security presence...
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Troops burst criminal gang with N5m arms deal
Troops of operation safe heaven have burst a criminal armed criminal syndicate while finalizing an arms deal worth N5,000,000.00 (Five Million Naira) at Banana Island Hotel, Bokkos, Plateau State. The feat was recorded barely 72 hours after the arrest of five notorious gunrunners and the recovery of automatic weapons in addition to 6,000 rounds of...
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Dirty bank note payments delay voting in Edo LGA
The conduct of Edo State governorship election was halted temporarily on Saturday morning due to alleged rejection of dirty bank note that were paid to some Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) INEC adhoc staff deployed for the exercise in Owan West Local Government Area of the State. The incident happened at INEC wrack Centre, Ward...
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Edo poll: Police arrest two thugs, recover arms
Police authorities have confirmed the arrest of two political thugs in its efforts to curb electoral violence in Edo State. 43-year-old Edwin Obanor and Audu Tajudeen, a 41-year-old PDP member from Ugbogbo quarters, Igara Akoko Local Government Area of Edo State during overnight raid by police. Nigeria Police Force spokesman, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said the...