Gunmen have reportedly attacked the youth Chairman of Labour Party in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of Edo State, Mr Osagie Odigie, ahead of the September 21 gubernatorial election. Details of Tuesday June 18th attack at his residence in the locality remains sketchy, but sources said the gunshot victim had been taken to undisclosed hospital...
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Protesters destroy Wike’s statue in Rivers
Angry protesters have destroyed the statue of Mr Nyesom Wike, the the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Minister in River State, Southern part of Nigeria. Thia followed the dissolution of the 3-year-old tenure elected Council chairmen and Ward Councillors across the State. Governor Similanayi Fubara who announced the dissolution in a broadcast, replaced the Councils’ officials...
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Muslims pay Sallah homage to Oba of Benin
Muslim Communities in Benin have paid Eid-el-kabir homage to Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, CFR, Oba of Benin in his Palace, Benin City. The visit was part of the activities marking Eid-el-kabir festival also known as Feast of sacrifice in Islam, featured prayer of peace, unity and prosperity in the land...
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Sallah: Oba of Benin congratulates Muslims
Omo N’Oba N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, CFR, Oba of Benin has congratulated Muslim faithful across the world on this year’s EID-EL-KABIR festival also known as the Feast of sacrifice in Islam. A statement by Mr Osaigbovo Iguobaro, Chief Press Secretary to Oba of Benin said Oba Ewuare II, charged Muslims to reflect on the...
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Leaked Exam Questions Put EdoBest in Quandary
Reports of leaked Basic Certificate Examinations (BECE) question papers by the Edo State Ministry of Education prior to the scheduled date of Thursday, June 13, 2024, for the commencement of the examinations have sparked a wave of debate among stakeholders. The question papers, including the printed Mathematics subject for the June 2024 examinations, have been...
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Tinubu prays for Nigeria at Eid-el-Kabir in Lagos
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has interceded on behalf of Nigeria during Eid-el-Kabir prayers on Sunday in Lagos State where he called for love and charity to the vulnerable. Ajuri Ngelale, Presidential spokesman in a statement Tinubu called on Nigerians to show more care for their neighbours and extend charity to all during the in the...
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NDLEA busts ‘skuchies’ brewery, makes arrest
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have raided ‘skuchies’ brewery factory at Sabo area of Shagamu town in Ogun State. Spokesman of the Agency, Mr Femi Babafemi said on Sunday in a statement that the ‘skuchies’, which is a cocktail of drugs combination of illicit drugs, were raided Wednesday 12th June. Seven illicit...
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CP plotting my arrest, Edo APC chair cries out
The Edo State Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Jarrett Tenebe, has appealed to the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun to rein in on the alleged excesses of the State governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, accusing him of using state’s instrument to plot his arrest by the police. He described the move in the petition...
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Two suspects, officer killed in Bank robbery
The Federal Capital Territory Command of the Nigeria Police has confirmed a Bank robbery attack at the nation’s Capital, Abuja. Command’s spokesperson SP Josephine Adeh said the incident occurred at a Commercial Bank branch in FCT on Thursday evening. The attack left a police officer and two suspects during shoot between the military against the...
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Gunmen in ‘DSS uniform’ kidnap activist in Edo
Gunmen in DSS camouflage have reportedly kidnapped a Benin-based frontline Human Rights activist, Leftist Omobude Agho. The Coordinator General of Edo Civil Society Organizations (EDOCSOs), was whisked away from his residence at Medical stores area in Egor Local Government Area in the State at about 2.am on Friday June 14, 2024. A traumatised family member...