Iguobaro Osaigbovo The desire to promote the uptake of justice-related service and strengthen the implementation of Gender-Based Violence, marked a turning point at a 2-Day training of law enforcement officers in Edo State that sought to enhance the effectiveness of police officers in arresting and prosecuting perpetrators of Sexual and Gender Based Violence, SGBV....
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Police release update on mobbed officers in Edo
Police authorities in Edo State ha declared that its operatives who were attacked and injured by suspected mob in Okhumwun Community in Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo State, are not dead as being purported. TheNewspad recalls that the operatives attached to the Force Intelligence Department – Intelligence Response Team (FID-IRT), were in transit...
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20 arrested for hacking 2025 JAMB CBT servers
20 suspected hackers have been arrested and taken into custody for allegedly hacking the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Examinations Board, JAMB server during the Computer Based Test in the 2025 University Tertiary Matriculations Examinations, UTME results. The syndicate, comprising men of the Department of State Security Service, DSS and men of the Nigeria police are...
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Police release update on mobbed officers in Edo
Police authorities in Edo State ha declared that its operatives who were attacked and injured by suspected mob in Okhumwun Community in Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo State, are not dead as being purported. TheNewspad recalls that the operatives attached to the Force Intelligence Department – Intelligence Response Team (FID-IRT), were in transit...
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Seplat performs 4,752 cataract surgeries in 13 years
The NEPL/Seplat Energy Joint Venture has performed a total of 4,752 free cataract surgeries as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility under the eye can initiative that began 13 years ago. The 3-Day medical outreach climaxed on Thursday in Oba of Benin’s Palace, Benin City, Edo State, featured free eye care services, including consultations, 55,382...
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Gov’s aide daughter sexually assaulted, suspect arrested
I5-year-old daughter of a Special Adviser to Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State has been sexually assaulted by two suspected Paedophiles. The survivor was said to have reported the incident to her mother that eventually informed her father who contacted the police. CSP Moses Yamu, spokesman for the Nigeria Police Command in Edo State, confirmed...
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Troops neutralize 16 terrorists in Borno
Troops of the Nigerian Army on Friday May 23rd 2025 successfully neutralized 16 ISWAP/BokoHaram terrorists in Damboa, Borno State, South Eastern Nigeria. The terrorists, according to a report from Nigerian Defence headquarters, were forced to retreat after suffering casualties after approximately two hours of intense engagement. The Army said the main thrust of the sustained...
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Benin palace official denies aiding deposed Priest
The Secretary, Benin Traditional Council, BTC, Frank Irabor has denied aiding Ovbokhan Igbinovia, the deposed traditional Priest (Ohen) of Okhuoromi Community in Oredo Local Government Area of the State by the Benin monarch, His Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare II. Igbinovia, was recently stripped of his title by the Oba after reviewing series of his...
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Police, Benue activist on warpath over student’s murder at checkpoint
Police authorities and human Rights activists are on warpath over the circumstances surrounding the death of Federal University, Wukari, Taraba State student, Emmanuella Ahenjir, who was reportedly shot dead at security checkpoint by a yet to be named trigger happy police officer on Friday in Benue State. Gyado Villa-Makurdi bound 23-year-old female undergraduate was suddenly...
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Lawyer shot dead after murder suspect’s bail
Police operatives have evacuated the body of lawyer, Rolex Ifeanyi Iloakasia who was allegedly shot dead by yet to be identified assailants while returning from a court session where he secured bail for a murder suspect in Anambra State. The member of the Nigeria Bar Association was shot dead along with his client by armed...