Edo State

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has disclosed that Edo State was second to Lagos in terms of internet fraudster convictions despite its small size. The new Zonal Director of the EFCC in charge of Edo, Delta and Ondo…

The seven-man panel set up by Edo State Chief Judge, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, to investigate the allegation of gross misconduct leveled against the state deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, on Thursday fixed Friday, April 5, 2024, for a final…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared its governorship primary election in Edo State inconclusive. The National Publicity Secretary of the Party, Felix Morka, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday night to announce…

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Edo State, John Mayaki, has blamed President Muhammadu Buhari for the loss of his state to the Peoples Democratic Party and the defeat of the incumbent Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, on…

The Deputy Inspector General of Police, in charge of Operation Restore Peace in the South-South region, DIG Moses Jitoboh, on Wednesday, raised the alarm over the gathering of some members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Edo…

The University of Ibadan, on Tuesday, confirmed to the Federal High Court in Abuja, that it issued a Bachelor of Arts certificate to Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, in 1979 while called in the on-going alleged forgery case. The…

The All Progressives Congress, APC, on Monday, closed the forgery case it instituted against Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, after it called a total of six witnesses and tendered 17 Exhibits. Lead counsel to the APC, Chief Akin…

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate nationwide deployment of operatives of the Police Mobile Force to protect lives and property of all Nigerians and secure critical national…

The EndSARS protests have taken a new dimension in Edo State where some hoodlums have broken into the Prison along Sapele road and setting the Ova Market police station on fire after being vandalised    Eyewitnesses confirmed to…

A former Minister of Information, Chief Edwin Clark and the Director, Centre for Democracy and Development, Mrs. Idayat Hassan, have urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the Independent National Electoral Commission to ensure that the…