Edo State Police Command has declared a man, Awe Christopher Junior, missing. In a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Edo State Police Command, CSP Moses Joel Yamu, Awe Christopher Junior, who resides at Number 2, Sadaly Street, off Victory Primary School, Benin City, left home on the 31st of July, 2025 to […]
The Odionwere of Okhuoromi Community, in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State, Pa. John Oghabon, has raised concerns over threats to his life. According to him, the deposed Ohen of Okhuoromi Community, Ovbokhan Igbinovia, along with his family members, have vowed to unleash anger on him and his family. Pa. John Oghabon spoke exclusively […]
Justice Hannah Olushola Ajayi of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, Thursday, sentenced Abdulrahman Bello, the suspected killer of Hafsoh Yetunde Lawal, a twenty-four-year-old final-year student of Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin, to death by hanging. The court, however, discharged and acquitted four other suspects who were also defendants in the case. […]
Delta State Police Command has arrested a suspected self-kidnapper and her accomplice after collecting three million naira ransom. The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Bright Edafe, disclosed this on Monday in Asaba, the state capital. Edafe said the command had continued to record operational milestones in its relentless war against crime and criminality in the […]
The Commissioner of Police, Edo State Command, CP Monday Agbonika, alongside the Commander of the Nigerian Army 4 Brigade, Brigadier General Ebenezer Olusesan Oduyebor on Friday, 25th July 2025, embarked on a strategic operational visit to Ahor and Uselu communities—two neighbouring areas currently embroiled in a boundary dispute to de-escalate Tension and promote Peace. A […]
The Government of Edo State has debunked speculations making waves that the Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has threatened the Labour Party Presidential Candidate in the last Election, Mr. Peter Obi, who recently visited the State without due notice to the Government. A statement by Mr. Fred Itua, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Monday Okpebholo, […]
Edo State Government has established a Military Forward Operation Base in Uromi, Esan North East Local Government Area as part of measures to tackle insecurity in Edo Central Senatorial District. The Army Forward Operation Base aims at addressing series of kidnapping and other security challenges affecting Edo Central Senatorial District. Government House Correspondent, Kingsley Uchegbu, […]
In the wake of the launch of Operation Flush Out Kidnappers and Cultists by the Edo State Government, security agencies have commenced patrols and raids across parts of the state. While the move was welcomed by residents as a step towards curbing rising criminal activities, they advised that operations of this nature must be intelligence-led […]
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of BMS Hotels, lounge, Night Club, Mr. Osazee Moses Igbinowa and residents of Aibalegbe Street in Isiohor Community, off Benin -Lagos Expressway have appealed to Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpevbolo, that BMS is not a hide out for criminals or cultists. The Managing Director of the hospitality […]
Amidst rising tensions and cult-related violence in parts of Edo State, a 34-year-old man, Seyi Oladele, has come forward to publicly disassociate himself from any involvement in cultism. Mr. Oladele, who visited the corporate headquarters of Independent Television on Airport Road to share his story, insisted that he has been falsely linked to a cult […]
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