Edo State

April 01, (THEWILL) – The Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Abuja, has scheduled Wednesday, April 2, 2025, to deliver its judgment on the petition filed by Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenging the...

March 30, (THEWILL) – The pan-Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has dissociated the Igbo people from the tragic mob killing of Northern travelers in Uromi, Edo State, urging caution against any reprisals. In a statement on Sunday, Deputy President-General of...

March 29, (THEWILL) – The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has strongly condemned the violent mob action carried out against a group of travellers by a local vigilante group along the Uromi-Obajana Road in Edo...

March 28, (THEWILL) – President Bola Tinubu has ordered a full-scale manhunt for those responsible for the brutal killing of travelling hunters in Uromi, Esan North-East Local Government Area of Edo State, insisting that jungle justice has no place...

March 13, (THEWILL) – Governor Monday Okpebholo has recalled his Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Hon. Samson Osagie, from suspension. The governor had, on the 5th February, suspended Osagie alongside the chairman of the state Local Government Commission, Damian...

March 04, (THEWILL) – The Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Abuja, has reserved judgment in the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Asue Ighodalo, challenging the outcome of the September 21, 2024,...

February 20, (THEWILL) – The Edo State House of Assembly has sacked all political appointees attached to its members, with immediate effect. The affected aides include Special Advisers and Senior Special Assistants among others. Speaker Blessing Agbebaku announced the decision during...

February 13, (THEWILL) – Due to procedural errors, PDP South-South Zonal Secretary, Chief Felix Omemu, disassociated himself from and rejected Saturday's February 15 meeting. This was contained in a press statement he personally signed and made available to journalists...

February 10, (THEWILL) – There was high drama at the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Monday as a witness called by Governor Monday Okpebholo admitted under oath that over-voting occurred in his polling unit during the September...

February 09, (THEWILL) – The Onogie of Udo-Eguare Community in Igueben Local Government Area of Edo state, His Royal Highness, Friday Ehizojie, has regained freedom from his abductors. The monarch was kidnapped alongside two others on Sunday evening,...