Category: News
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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…
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The National Bureau of Statistics says Nigeria’s headline inflation rate eased to 15.06 per cent in February. The NBS disclosed this in its Consumer Price Index and Inflation Report for February 2026, released in Abuja on Monday. According to the report, the February headline inflation showed a decrease of 0.04 per cent compared to the…
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As power generation capacity continues to shrink, electricity sector workers have reiterated their call for an overhaul of the power sector privatisation exercise, which, over 13 years post-privatisation, has failed to yield a significant improvement in the quantum of power generated and distributed across the country. The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) blamed Nigeria’s…
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The Nigeria Police Force, Edo State Police Command, says it has launched a comprehensive investigation into the alleged bullying incident at the Igbinedion Secondary School. edo celeb reports that a viral video captured a moment two students brutalized colleague in the school premises. A few days after the video went viral, the management of the…
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Some say Governor Monday Okpebholo is the reincarnation of late Ambrose Alli. Others see him in the class of late Gen. Samuel Ogbemudia in the old Bendel State. I have also heard people saying Governor Monday Okpebholo is in a class of his own because of the ongoing massive infrastructure development in the state. As…