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A group, Concerned Ovia North-east Voice, in Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo State, has protested what it described as the imposition of a non-indigene and non-party member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to contest as the chairman of the LGA. The aggrieved members alleged that the move was being orchestrated by former…
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Nigerians would have to grapple with a worsening cost of living as food inflation climbed alongside skyrocketing fuel and energy prices. This comes at a time President Bola Ahmed Tinubu visits the United Kingdom on the invitation of King Charles III on Tuesday. Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics Consumer Price Index and Inflation data released…
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The Senegalese Football Federation has rejected the decision of the Confederation of African Football Appeal Board awarding the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations title to Morocco and confirmed it will challenge the ruling at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Morocco were on Tuesday crowned champions of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations after the…
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The Confédération Africaine de Football (“CAF”) Appeal Board decided today that in application of Article 84 of the Regulations of the CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), the Senegal National Team is declared to have forfeited the Final Match of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Morocco 2025 (“the Match”), with the result…
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Ahead of the forthcoming Local Government Elections in Edo State, a crisis has rocked the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state over the alleged imposition of a chairmanship candidate. edo celebs reports that members of the party in Ovia North-East Local Government Area on Monday, March 16, 2026, staged a peaceful protest alleging that…
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The Governor of Edo State has directed the police to press charges following the assault of a student at Igbinedion Education Centre, as authorities intensify investigations into the incident that has sparked widespread outrage. The state Commissioner for Information, Kassim Afegbua, disclosed this while speaking on the breakfast programme Sunrise Daily on Channels Television. Afegbua…
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The Edo State Government has made the sum of N1 billion available to clear the payment of gratuities to retired teachers and local government workers in the state who retired from the state since 2012. According to Alhaji Adjoto Kabiru, the Chairman, Local Government Staff Pension Bureau in the state, the payment is the first…
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Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested 10 suspected kidnappers in a joint operation with vigilantes and hunters. The suspects were arrested during a raid at the Eko Uwaya forest, Ekpoma, in Esan West Local Government Area. The Public Relations Officer of the Command, ASP Eno Ikoedem, who confirmed the arrests to newsmen…
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A group, Organized Edo against BEDC oppressions, on Monday, gave BEDC Electricity Plc , 21 days ultimatum to end estimated billings and restore power to the residents of the state. The group said that it would picket the offices of the company across the 18 local government areas of the state at the expiration of…
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Fourteen years after retirement, Teachers and Local Government workers in Edo State who retired in 2012 are to receive their gratuity. This followed the release of the sum of N1bn by Governor Monday Okpebholo for payment of gratuity to the affected teachers and local government workers. The payment, according to Chairman, Local Government Staff Pension…