Edo State

July 28, (THEWILL) - Gunmen have abducted seven naval officers travelling through Edo State and Delta State. The officers were ambushed and kidnapped along the Sapele-Warri road while travelling to Delta from Kaduna State. THEWILL gathered that the officers were on...

July 26, (THEWILL) - Edo State Police Command has denied the involvement of its personnel in the serial kidnapping of motorists along the Benin-Auchi road. Rumours on social media had alleged that the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in charge of...

July 25, (THEWILL) - Edo State Government has revoked the over 18 hectares of farmland belonging to the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Candidate at the September 19, 2020 election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu. Besides farming, Ize-Iyamu also used the18.0736 hectares...

July 24, (THEWILL) - Operatives of the Edo State  Police Command have rescued an 11-year-old boy from kidnappers, at Ososo, in the Akoko Edo Area. This followed a report received by the Ososo Divisional Headquarters that the victim was abducted...

July 18, (THEWILL) - The Edo State judicial panel of inquiry set up to investigate the circumstances surrounding the activities of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and the #EndSARS protests in the state on Tuesday recommended the employment...

July 16, (THEWILL) - The Edo State Traffic Control and Management Agency (EDSTMA) has concluded plans to ensure strict enforcement of colour codes for commercial taxi operators in the state. In a statement, Managing Director, EDSTMA, Dennis Oloriegbe, said the...

July 12, (THEWILL) - Edo State's Governor Godwin Obaseki has given assurances that no conflict of interest existed between the government and the Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty, Omo N'Oba N'Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, about the final...

July 05, (THEWILL) - Police operatives in Edo State on Sunday rescued nine kidnapped victims in the state. The victims were abducted while travelling from Auchi to Benin in a white 14-seater Toyota Hiace bus on Sunday morning. The spokesman of...

July 04, (THEWILL) - On June 17, 2019, the Edo State House of Assembly was inaugurated as the 7th Assembly by the clerk of the House, Alhaji Yahaya Omogbai, in a controversial manner. It was inaugurated amid a struggle for...

June 24, (THEWILL)- The Edo State Police Command has said that it would soon commence the training and profiling of the state vigilante groups to ensure that their activities would complement the police’s efforts in checking insecurity. The command’s Public...