Edo State

June 16, (THEWILL) — The Edo State Government has intensified its crackdown on violent crime after demolishing a building allegedly linked to ritual killings and cult-related activities in Uromi, while sealing another property connected to the same suspects and...

June 7 (THEWILL) — Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has declared that Nigeria does not belong to kidnappers and other criminal elements threatening the nation’s peace and security, insisting that no individual or group should be allowed to hold...

June 03, (THEWILL) — The Edo State Police Command has arrested a suspected kidnapper and recovered a decomposed body of one of three women abducted during a violent attack on a residence in Iyowa Community, Ovia North-East Local...

May 30 (THEWILL) — The Managing Director of the Edo Broadcasting Service (EBS), Sulaiman Aledeh, has resigned from his position, bringing an end to his tenure at the state-owned media organisation and marking a notable exit from the administration...

May 23 (THEWILL) — The Edo State Police Command says it has rescued all 13 passengers abducted by suspected kidnappers along the Benin-Lagos Expressway, following a coordinated operation involving aerial surveillance, drones, intelligence gathering and sustained bush-combing tactics. The command’s...

May 16, (THEWILL) — The political atmosphere in Edo State came alive on Saturday as members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) trooped out across the eighteen local government areas for the party’s House of Representatives primaries ahead of...

March 27, (THEWILL) — The Nigerian Army, on Thursday, formally honoured 18 of its most senior officers as they retired after 35 years of meritorious service, taking their final bow in a colourful pulling-out parade held in Benin City,...

March 26, (THEWILL) — An Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City has sentenced Osamudiamen Philip Ikilo to two years’ imprisonment for defrauding a victim of Bitcoin valued at $19,400. Justice W. I. Aziegbemhin delivered the judgement after finding...

March 18, (THEWILL) — Tiktoker Peller has suggested he may end his nationwide tour following backlash over an unauthorized visit to the palace of the Oba of Benin on March 6. On Tuesday, the Benin Traditional Council described Peller’s...

February 25, (THEWILL) — The Edo State Government has countered allegations by the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, that government officials attacked members of his political camp, as the Edo State Police Command confirmed incidents...