The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the Nigerian Immigration Service on Wednesday said they had deployed more than 1,400 officers for the 2023 general elections in Edo. The security agencies confirmed this in Benin during a meeting…
Connected Advocacy for Empowerment and Youth Development Initiative has concluded a two-day workshop for more than 140 youths and students in Edo on Information Technology (IT) Support Programmes. The workshop, under the Edo Youth Skills Development Programme in IT Support…
The Rotary Club of Abuja Maitama, District 9125, on Wednesday in Abuja, donated an electronic wheelchair to a 42-year-old polio survivor, Mr. Festus Aziken. Aziken is a graduate of the Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo state, and works with the FCT…
Mr. Paul Okpe has assumed office as the new Sector Commander, FRSC, Edo Command. This is contained in a statement in Benin on Monday by Mr. Uchenna Nnadika, Public Education Officer, Edo command. Okpe, who until his recent appointment, was…
Bendel Insurance have unveiled three new sets of jerseys for the 2022/23 Nigeria Professional Football League season. The jerseys, yellow with green stripes on the side as home jersey, green as away jersey and an extra one white with green…
The Niger Delta Congress (NDC) has condemned the “terrorist attack” in Edo State, warning of rising insecurity in the region. The group issued a statement on Tuesday in reaction to the abduction of dozens of travelers in Igueben last Saturday.…
A former Edo State House of Assembly member, Festus Edughele, was kidnapped on Monday morning by suspected gunmen in Ubiaja while on his way from Orhionmwon to Benin City, the state capital. This is coming three days after 32 passengers…
It was a Christmas Day tragedy in the university town of Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State on Sunday as traders at the town’s main market lost millions of Naira to a morning inferno that gutted over…
In a bid to bring quality healthcare closer to the people of Edo North, the Auchi General Hospital has been upgraded to a Teaching Hospital for Edo State University, Uzairue. As part of activities marking the formal takeover of the…
Nigeria’s first Surveyor-General of the Federation, Daniel Omoigui, is dead. Oomogui died on Thursday 14 days after his 91st birthday, according to a statement by the family, which confirmed his death. “The family of Surveyor Daniel Aiyanyo Omoigui of the…
