According to the source, the gunmen, who opened fire on the bus, whisked away their victims, including the driver, into the bush. He however said some of them managed to escape somewhere along the way. The magazine gathered that the hoodlums have made contacts with the families of three prominent ones among the victims demanding…
Senior Public Official, Seven Others in Attempted $2 billion Dollars Fraud in Edo
The long arms of the law have caught up with eight suspects in Edo State who allegedly attempted to defraud the federal government of a whopping $2 billion (USD). The arrest, according to the State Police Command, was sequel to a complaint received by its crack team April 25, 2022, via a petition from one…
Obaseki Clamps Down on Union Activities in State-Owned Tertiary Institutions, Suspends Operations by ASUU, ASUP, NASU, SSANU
…Invokes No Work, No Pay Policy Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, has ordered the immediate resumption of academic activities in all state-owned tertiary institutions, even as he came down hard on the various academic and non- academic staff unions in the universities and polytechnics, suspending their operations. The government’s sledge hammer followed the protest by…
You Have No Power to Ban ASUU, Defiant AAU Lecturers Fire Back at Obaseki
The embattled members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, in Edo State-owned Ambrose Alli University, AAU, Ekpoma, has described as “condemnable” the suspension of activities of the union by the state government. The state governor, Godwin Obaseki, Wednesday evening after the state’s security council meeting, ordered the striking workers of all government-owned tertiary…
Obaseki Sympathises With Victims of Edo Multiple Accident Which Claimed Seven Lives
The governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has described as “most regrettable”, Sundays gory multiple accidents at Agbede, Etsako West local government area of the state, in which seven persons were burnt beyond recognition. Obaseki, who on Tuesday expressed his heart-felt sympathy for victims of the accident, said the cause of the crash had been…
Multiple Accident Claims Seven Lives in Edo
Seven people have lost their lives in a multiple road mishap in Agbede, Etsako West local government area of Edo State. The accident, said to have occurred Sunday, June 5, 2022 at about11.00 o’clock in the morning, involved 14 vehicles, comprising trucks and one Sienna space bus. Confirming the carnage in a statement in Benin…
Ex-Edo SSG, Ihonvbere Mourns, Loses 30-year-old Son
Former secretary to Edo State Government, SSG in the administration of Comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, and member representing Owan Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives the National Assembly is grieving. Ihonvbere, a professor of political science, lost his 30-year-old son, Ikhide, over the weekend. Until his sudden death, Ikhide was a staff of the…
“Help, My Traffickers Are Threatening My Life and Family over 70,000 Euro Demand”, Germany-based victim of human trafficking raises the alarm
A 32 years old victim of human trafficking based in Germany has sent a distress call to the Nigerian and German authorities over threats to her life and three children by those she claimed lured her to Italy at the age of 13 for the purpose of prostitution. She said she however succeeded in escaping…
May Day: It’s Immoral to Pretend Not to Know Workers are Suffering, Says Obaseki as he jacks up Minimum Wage to ₦40,000
…Approves payment of harmonised pension from May 2022 Workers and pensioners in Edo State were upbeat on Sunday as the state governor, Godwin Obaseki, announced a new minimum wage of ₦40,000, and payment of harmonised pension to civil servants and retirees respectively, in commemoration of this year’s Workers’ Day. Obaseki said the welfare of workers…
Julie Coker: How President Obasanjo Made Me Cry First Day I Met Him
Reminiscing on her days as one of Nigeria’s pioneer female broadcasters, ex-beauty queen, and television goddess, Julie Coker, on Friday went down memory lane to recall how sometime in 1977, former military head of state, and later civilian president, Olusegun Obasanjo, made her cry on their first meeting at the Festival of Arts and Culture,…
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