Edo State

December 18, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Army said reports alleging that troops tortured one Christian Ehima to death in Edo were false and misleading. Director, Army Public Relations, Brig-Gen Onyema Nwachukwu, denied the allegation in a statement issued on Saturday...

December 18, (THEWILL) - The Federal Ministry of Aviation (FMA) has approved the construction of an airport at Uzairue/Okpella in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo state. The grant of approval was conveyed to the Governor of Edo state,...

December 03, (THEWILL) - Operatives of The Edo Police Command, have arrested no fewer than 80 suspects for various crimes in November. The Commissioner of Police, Phillip Ogbadu, who made this known to newsmen in Benin-City on Friday, said 20 suspects...

December 03, (THEWILL) -Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki has approved the appointment of 38 Senior Special Assistants (SSAs) and 96 Special Assistants (SAs). A statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie, said the appointments followed  the harmonisation...

October 20, (THEWILL) - Members of the civil society organizations (CSOs) and youths in Edo State, on Wednesday held a memorial for the  #EndSARS protest in Benin City, the state capital. There was heavy presence of  joint security operatives, including...

October 20, (THEWILL) -  The Edo State Health Insurance Compliance Certificate/Health Insurance Identity Card is now a prerequisite for business premises registrations, renewal and permits for public and private organisations and for obtaining any form of Government authorisation in the...

October 14, (THEWILL) - Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have rescued 51 kidnap victims in different operations across the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Phillip Ogbadu, who disclosed the development to newsmen  in Benin on Thursday, said the victims were...

October 12, (THEWILL) - Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state has vowed to remain in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the platform on which he won his re-election in 2020. Obaseki said: “I will not leave PDP. I am...

October 07, (THEWILL) - The Edo State chapter of the  Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has voided the purported suspension of its  party leaders in  Oredo Local government. THEWILL reports  that a member representing Oredo Federal constituency in the National Assembly, Rt....

October 07, (THEWILL) - The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Vice Chairman, South-South, Chief Dan Osi Orbih, has been suspended from the party. The former chairman of PDP in Edo State was suspended for anti-party activities by the Edo North...