Edo State

BEVERLY HILLS, June 03, (THEWILL) – Police on Wednesday alerted Edo residents to the gathering of members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in some communities in the state. Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) in charge of Operation Restore...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 31, (THEWILL) – Suspected kidnappers have abducted an 18-year-old artisan at Ogueka, on the Benin-Ehor road in Edo state. The victim, Osarodion Otamere Imade, is one of the youths in Benin city currently learning a trade as...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 22, (THEWILL) - The People's Democratic Party (PDP) has announced the immediate expulsion of Prince Kassim Afegbua, a chieftain of the party in Edo State. Afegbua was the spokesman of former military President, Ibrahim Babangida, who served...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 16, (THEWILL) - Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state and the Peoples Democratic Party are embroiled in a face-off that may result in their parting of ways if the crisis generated by the governor’s move to...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 14, (THEWILL) - The  Chief Judge of Edo state, Justice Esther Edigin, will be bowing out of office on Monday, 17th May, 2021. A statement on Friday signed by the Chief Registrar of the High Court, Benson...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 12, (THEWILL) - There is fire on the mountain of the Edo State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), where a group has petitioned the national leadership, to lament Governor Godwin Obaseki’s purported refusal to...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 10, (THEWILL) - Over 148 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at International Christian Centre in Ohogua, Ovia North East Local Government Area, Edo, may miss the 2021/2022 UTME. The Coordinator of the centre, Solomon Folorunsho, expressed fears that the...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 08, (THEWILL) - A joint team of security and vigilante operatives on Saturday rescued 13 travellers kidnapped in Ahor around the Benin bypass. The security team included men and officers of the Edo State Police Command, local...

A news report on the front page of The Nigerian Observer of Tuesday May 4, 2021 came with a caption, Edo Deploys Big Data in tax administration as Monthly IGR climbs to N2.8billion. The rider of that caption also said that...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 05, (THEWILL) - Edo State’s Governor Godwin Obaseki has reiterated the call for the restructuring of the Niger Delta Development Commission, stressing that such would drive the development of the South-South region. Obaseki made the call during...