Edo State

August 16, (THEWILL) - Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have neutralised five suspected kidnappers during a shoot out. Deputy spokesperson of the Command, Jennifer Iwegbu, who disclosed this in a statement, said an abducted victim, Innocent Achebe, 38,...

July 29, (THEWILL) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Edo State Police Command have debunked reports that an INEC Resident Commissioner in Edo State, Dr Johnson Alalibo Sinikiem, was arrested. However, INEC confirmed that...

July 26, (THEWILL) – Motorists and pedestrians were held hostage for several hours in Benin city, the Edo state capital, as the organised labour in Edo State on Tuesday, joined their colleagues nationwide, to support the Nigeria Labour Congress...

July 03, (THEWILL) – The Edo State Police Command has confirmed reports that two Catholic Reverend Fathers were kidnapped in the state on Saturday. The victims, Reverend Fathers, Uboh Philemon of St. Joseph Retreat Centre and Rev. Fr. Udom Peterm of...

June 20, (THEWILL) - The industrialisation effort of Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, got a boost over the weekend in Benin, as a trade delegation from Miami Dade County, Florida, United States, visited the state to explore business opportunities. Bilateral...

June 16, (THEWILL) – The Ambrose Alli University (AAU) Ekpoma chapter, of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has dragged Governor Godwin Obaseki, Edo State Government and Attorney General of the state, to court over the ban on...

April 19, (THEWILL) – The Edo State Government is organising a financial literacy workshop for 600 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), across the three senatorial districts of the state. The Director, MSMEs Development, Edo State Ministry of Industry Trade...

April 08, (THEWILL) – The Edo State Independent Electoral Commission (EDSIEC), on Friday, announced the suspension of the local government elections scheduled for April 19, 2022. The Commission in a statement signed by Emmanuel Abebe on behalf of its Chairman,...

April 07, (THEWILL) – The crisis that engulfed the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is over, according to Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom. Ortom, who doubles as chairman of the committee set up by the National...

April 05, (THEWILL) – The Federal High Court, Abuja, presided over by Justice Taiwo Taiwo, has granted an order of interim injunction restraining the Edo state Independent Electoral Commission (EDSIEC), its agents, servants, officers, privies from conducting elections into...