More Condemnations Trail Arrest Of 52 Ekpoma Varsity Students As EDOCSO Gives Seven Days Ultimatum To Edo Govt, Police
…Wants Police To Use Same Energy To Go After Kidnappers Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting The Edo Civil Society Organisations (EDOCSO), has given seven days ultimatum to the state government and the Commissioner of Police, CP Monday Ogbonika to release the 52 students of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma arrested and detained over the protest on unabated kidnapping […]
AAU52: PDP Berates Arrest, Calls For Unconditional Release Of Detainees
Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has berated the arrest and detentions of over 52 students of the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, over protest against rising spate of insecurity in the senatorial district. The party’s condemnation was contained in a statement made available to Journalists in Benin City […]
Edo Govt Storms Kidnappers Den, Pulls Down Hideouts Along Okpella–Okene Expressway
Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting The Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo has pulled down illegal structures and shanties used as hideouts for suspected kidnappers along the Okpella–Okene Expressway. The demolished structures, located at the Obu/Oguda/Bua Cement Axis, were uncovered through intelligence reports and investigations as operational bases from which kidnappers allegedly carried out their nefarious activities. This […]
Edo To Procure Drones To Combat Insecurity
Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting As the level of insecurity continue to increase across the country, Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has disclosed that his administration is procuring drones to combat insecurity in the state. The governor who said this while receiving the new Commander of the 4 Brigade, Nigerian Army, General Ahmed Olatunboju Balogun, on a […]
Trending Video Of Bandit In Edo: Okpebholo Holds Security Meeting, Scales Up Surveillance Along Highways, Communities
Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting Following the trending video circulating on social media, allegedly featuring a self-acclaimed bandit issuing threats and claiming presence around Ekpoma and adjoining communities in Edo Central Senatorial District, the governor, Monday Okpebholo has held meeting with top security chiefs with the view of scaling up security and thwarting such threat. In a […]
Aisha Yesufu Drags Okpebholo Over No Clearance, No Entering Comment On Obi, Says “Edo State Not Your Family Estate”
Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting Renowned human rights activist, Aisha Yesufu, has dragged the Edo State governor, Monday Okpebholo out to the public domain following his no clearance, no entering into the state’s comment on the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, saying that the state is not his family property. Aisha Yesufu, […]
Edo PDP Queries Okpebholo’s N100bn Loan
Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has queried the recent approval of N100 billion loan to the state governor, Monday Okpebholo, by the state House of Assembly. Recall that the Edo State House of Assembly had on Tuesday approved a N100 billion loan facility from First Bank of Nigeria […]
Gov. Sani Names Hospital After Tinubu, Seeks Federal Backing For Nuclear Facility
KADUNA – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has inaugurated a 300-bed specialist hospital at Millennium City, Kaduna State, named in his honour as the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Specialist Hospital. At the inauguration on Thursday, Governor Uba Sani revealed that the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority had approved a cancer and nuclear treatment centre within the hospital complex. “But […]
Diphtheria Disease: Edo Govt Places Hospitals On Red Alert, Intensify Detections
Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting The Edo State government said it has placed hospitals in the state on red alert to address patients brought in with the Diphtheria disease. The state governor, Monday Okpebholo, disclosed this through a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Fred Itua in Benin City. The statement said, the state government wishes […]
Herdsmen Attack: Gen. Esekhaigbe Rtd To Chair 27-Man Committee On Livestock Control
….Promises To Stick To Terms Of Reference Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting General Cecil Esekhaigbe has been appointed by the Edo State governor, Monday Okpebholo to chair a-27-Man Committee on Livestock Control Committee to address the incessant attacks on farmers by suspected Fulani herdsmen and farmers and herders clashes in the state. The committee’s mandate is to […]