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Members of the Edo State Executive of the All Progressives Congress (APC), led by Jarret Tenebe as chairman, were yesterday returned unopposed for a second term of office by delegates from the 192 wards of the state. At the state congress held at the Victor Uwaifo Creative Hub in Benin City and conducted by…
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The Governor of Edo State, Monday Okpebholo has alleged that the 2023 presidential candidate for the Labour Party, Peter Obi is responsible for the electricity blackout witnessed across the state. The governor who joined Edo residents to protest the prolonged blackout said the Edo State government has nothing much to offer its residents in terms…
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Edo governor, Monday Okpebholo, on Monday, vowed to break the monopolistic tendencies of the Benin Electricity Distribution Plc to ensure even distribution of power to the residents of the state. He disclosed this when he made a stopover at the take off point of the protest of the “mass action against BEDC oppressions” put together…
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An interest group within African Democratic Congress (ADC), ADC Grassroots Mobilisation for Change (AGMC), has decried Sunday’s attack on some party chieftains during a meeting in Edo. The group, in a statement issued by Director of Communications, Mr Andrew Iguebor, on Tuesday in Abuja, said that the attack occurred at the residence of the party’s…
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Two children have lost their lives after drowning in a floodwater collection site on Erediauwa Street, off Sapele Road, in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State. It was gathered that the incident happened on Sunday. According to eyewitness account, four children had been playing near the designated floodwater channel when they accidentally slipped into…
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In a major operation, the Edo State Police Command and other security agencies in the state arrested a total of 113 suspected kidnappers across the Edo Central Senatorial District. The intelligence-driven operation, code named “Zango,” carried out in the early hours of Thursday, made a breakthrough in dislodging kidnappers at the fringes of Agbede and…
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To those screaming he got assassinated, or fled to germany. Here’s the man touring the strike site in person .
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Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have apprehended four persons with two AK-47 riffles and two magazines. edocelebrities reports that the Command disclosed that the magazines were loaded with 33 rounds of live ammunition. The spokesperson of the Command, ASP Eno Ikoedem, made this known on Monday, March 2, 2026, in a statement made…
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Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State has directed public office holders with political ambition in the forthcoming 2027 general election to resign. A statement by the Secretary to State Government (SSG), Umar Ikhilor Esq dated February 28, 2026, directed all public officers to resign latest March 1st 2025. The SSG in the statement emphasised that…
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The agrarian community of Isua Akoko, in Akoko South East Local Government Area of Ondo State, has been plunged into mourning following the abduction and killing of a popular youth, Ojo Abbey, popularly known as “Obesere.” Abbey was reportedly kidnapped last Thursday while returning to Isua from Ibilo in Edo State by armed men suspected…