Three members of a group of suspected bandits who suffered gunshot injuries during a gun battle with police operatives attached to the Benue State Command near Tse-Gondo axis in Benue State have died recently. The hoodlums suspected to be from Shitele and Ukum area were holding secret meetings at Sankera, where they were planning attacks...
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Edo police seek information about slain vulcanizer
Police have evacuated body of a roadside Vulcanizer known as Boyo who was reportedly shot dead by a ruthless assailants on Warrake Road, Auchi, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State on May 2, 2025. The motive behind the alleged murder of the victim — in his late 20’s by suspected assailants who rode...
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UBTH petitions police, DSS over fatal attack
The University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH Management has petitioned the Nigeria police and Department of State Security Service over the recent brutal attack on the institution by gunmen, resulting in the death of a medical doctor, Dr Alex Oguniyi and injuring two other health workers. Chief Medical Director, UBTH, Prof. Darlington Obaseki who disclosed...
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Fake recruiter held after duping police job-seekers
A fake male job recruiter, Dauda Samuel, posing as the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, DIG Frank Mba has been arrested by police operatives after duping prospective job-seekers in Nigeria. 28-year-old man was nabbed by operatives of the (National Cybercrime Centre-NPF-NCCC) over his alleged involvement in Nigeria Police Force recruitment scam, computer-related fraud, and identity theft....
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Troops eliminate bandit kingpins in Zamfara raid
Troops of the Nigerian Army have neutralized a bandits kingpins in a decisive out counter-terrorism operation, leading to the arrest of their members in Zamfara State. The counter-terrorism operation, troops of 1 Brigade, Nigerian Army, launched the focused on Talata Mafara and Kaura Namoda Local Government Areas. Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 1 Brigade...
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Igbo leaders complicit in Enigie saga, says group
A Civic advocacy group, Aiguobasimwin Movement has accused ‘Igbo leaders of thought’ of complicity over their failure to condemn attempts by some uneducated and ignorant individuals from Igbanke attempting to ride roughshod on sacred ground in Orhionmwon Local Government Area — part of Benin Kingdom. This followed the senseless and false narrative peddled by Ohanaeze...
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VAPP: Failure to feed children attract jail term
A Benin-based lawyer and Gender advocate with the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Programme, RoLAC, Henry Amaechi Nwazor, has declared that the refusal by parent(s) to feed or abandon his spouse or children and other dependants, without means of sustenance attracts a jail term or an option of fine or both upon conviction in Edo...
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Court remands 64 alleged cultists in Edo, PDP alleges witch hunt
An Edo State High court sitting in Benin City has remanded 64 alleged cultists at the Custodial Centres of the Nigerian Correctional Service over cultism-related offences and other violent crimes. Police authorities said the accused persons were caught through sustained intelligence-driven raids of their enclaves by security agents since the past one week in Benin...
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Gunmen shoot two students of Igbinedion University
Two male student of Igbinedion University in Edo State have been shot by gunmen suspected cultists who invaded the premises of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH recently and killed a Physiotherapist, Dr Alex Oguniyi during the same incident at the premises. The Chief Medical Director UBTH, Prof. Darlington Obaseki who confirmed this in...
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Domestic violence, rape rampant in Edo — RoLAC
Domestic violence alongside rape/defilement remain the most prevalent cases that are reported by survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence to the help Desk of Gender-Based Violence, GBV better known as the Sexual Assault referral Centre in Edo State. State government official from the SARC, Dr Faith Edebor, dropped the hint at a One-Day sensitization workshop...