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‘Presco Plc wishes to inform all stakeholders that it is aware of the Vanguard newspaper publication of 26 November 2025, which claimed that the Edo State Government has revoked Presco Plc’s Certificate of Occupancy for the Ologbo Estate. The Edo State Government (the Government) has issued an official disclaimer published in the Vanguard newspaper and…
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Edo State Police Command has assured residents that it is working tirelessly to secure the release of a kidnapped couple whose distress videos have been circulating on social media. The victims, reported to be from Aviele in Etsako West Local Government Area, were shown in multiple videos pleading for public assistance after their abductors allegedly…
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Governor Monday Okpebholo has vowed to resign from office if President Bola Tinubu does not secure 3.5 million votes in Edo in the 2027 presidential election. The governor made the declaration during an interview aired on TVC, insisting that the ruling All Progressives Congress is fully prepared to secure an overwhelming victory for Mr Tinubu…
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Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested seven suspected cultists in a hospital located in Uromi, the administrative headquarters of Esan North-East Local Government Area of the State. The Public Relations Officer of the Command, Moses Yamu, disclosed this on Thursday in a statement made available to newsmen in Benin City. Yamu said…
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The Edo State Police Command has arrested two females in possession of an automatic pump-action shotgun with five live cartridges. DAILY POST reports that the spokesperson of the Command, Moses Yamu, stated this in a statement made available to newsmen on Thursday in Benin City. Yamu said the automatic pump-action shotgun (Breach No. 0230), along…
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Managing Director of the Edo State Geographic Information Service (EDOGIS), Dr. Tony Ikpasajah, has been sacked by the state governor, Monday Okpebholo. Ikpasajah was reportedly sacked over issues relating to the revocation of a 13, 545 hectares of land belonging to Presco Plc in Ologbo, Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of the state. Government sources said…
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Operatives of the Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested two suspects in possession of cannabis sativa weighing 1,046 kilograms. The NDLEA Commander in the state, Dr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, disclosed this on Thursday in a statement made available to newsmen in Benin City. Ofoyeju said the suspects, identified as…
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The Edo State House of Assembly Ad-Hoc Committee set up to investigate the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) and Radisson Hotel, has invited former Governor Godwin Obaseki and MOWAA’s Director, Philip Iheanacho for questioning. Obaseki is also expected to give insights into funding of the Radisson Hotel. Other persons invited by the Committee are…
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Governor of Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has stated that his administration will not relent in the war against cultism, kidnapping, and other criminal activities, as part of efforts to ensure the state remains safe for all. In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Fred Itua, the governor made this known after a…
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The bill was passed following the presentation and consideration of a report by the House Committee on Security and Public Safety, submitted by its Chairman, Rt. Hon. Maria Edeko. The House thereafter resolved into the Committee of the Whole to adopt the committee’s two findings and one recommendation before conducting a clause-by-clause consideration of the…