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Gov Obaseki Assures Oba Of Benin: We Are On Same Page On Return Of Stolen Artefacts

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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...
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Police, Vigilante Rescue 9 Abducted Travellers In Edo

Aina Ojonugwa, THEWILL -
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...
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Assembly Approved N34.5bn Loan Facility for Edo in 2 Years – Speaker

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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...
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Police Plan Training And Profiling of Edo Vigilante Groups 

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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...
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Police Warn Of IPOB Gathering In Edo

Aina Ojonugwa, THEWILL -
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...
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Kidnappers Want N5m Ransom For Apprentice In Edo, But Family Raises N50,000

Aina Ojonugwa, THEWILL -
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...
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Edo PDP Expels Afegbua, Ex-Adams Commissioner Who Wrote EFCC Over Fraud In National Body

Aina Ojonugwa, THEWILL -
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...
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Obaseki Moves to Hijack Edo PDP

Amos Esele, THEWILL -
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...
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Edo Chief Judge Retires

Aina Ojonugwa, THEWILL -
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...
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Crack In Edo PDP: Faction Asks Obaseki For Dep. Gov Post As Condition For Peace

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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...
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Italy-Bound Businessman Intercepted With Cocaine Consignments In Shoe Soles, Bag Railings

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a Milan-bound businessman with 4.80 kilograms of cocaine concealed in the soles of shoes and the railings of travelling bags at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos.
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