[responsivevoice] Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC has poohpooped the allegation by the state government that it attempted to set fire to the state secretariat in order to destroy records in respect of the controversial N30 billion storm water project. The opposition party, in a statement Tuesday evening by its publicity Secretary,…
Breaking! Killer Herdsmen Attack Edo Communities, Kill Seven
[responsivevoice] …We will Fish Out ‘criminal herdsmen’ – Police The menace of killer herdsmen in the southern part of the country continued Wednesday with the killing of seven persons in some agrarian communities in Ovia Northeast local government area of Edo State. The affected communities included Ugboke, Oshodi, Okokodo, Ariyan and Yoruba camp. The Edo…
Obaseki Vows to Smoke Out Killer Herdsmen In Edo Forests
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on a sympathy visit on Tuesday to families of victims of recent herdsmen attacks in Ugo community in Orhionmwon local government area of the state, has resolved to put the heat on the killer herdsmen hiding in the forests. Obaseki said the state government had concluded plans to launch an…
Double ‘Wahala For Dead Body as Brother of Deceased is Abducted and Hearse Conveying Corpse Runs into Ditch in Edo
[responsivevoice] …Kidnappers Demand N5m Ransom. It was a tragic and abrupt end of the homeward journey of a deceased Enugu indigene whose remains was being conveyed to his home town from Lagos for burial as the hearse was attacked in Benin City, Edo State, and his younger brother accompanying the corpse kidnapped. The journey had…
Killer Herdsmen Abduct, Kill Visiting America-based Edo Man, Collect Ransom
[responsivevoice] A United States of America-based Nigerian, Prince Dennis Eloniyor Abuda on a visit to his Fugar hometown in Etsako Central local government area of Edo State has been killed by suspected kidnappers. Abuda and three others were reportedly abducted by suspected killer Fulani herdsmen along the Benin-Ore road Saturday January 30 while on their…
Adamant Striking Teachers Frustrate Schools Resumption in Edo…As Industrial Court Stops Action
[responsivevoice] Defiant striking members of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT on Monday crippled activities in all public primary schools in Edo State as schools reopen after COVID-19-induced shutdown. The teachers refused to succumb to the state government’s no work, no pay policy in a desperate move to thwart the ongoing strike action. Meanwhile, the…
Six Bank Account Hackers in Edo Now in Police Net
[responsivevoice] Six suspected hackers who have allegedly succeeded in moving millions of Naira from hapless customers’ accounts from banks across the country have been nabbed by men of the Edo State Police Command. The suspected fraudsters who were arrested on Friday, according to credible police source, were trailed to Lagos and Ogun States where they…
Edo Govt Employs Arm-Twisting Tactics to Get Striking Teachers Back to Classes as Schools Reopen Feb. 1
[responsivevoice] …Invokes No-Work No-Pay Policy. As the Edo State government announces February 1, 2021 as resumption date for all educational institutions in the state, the reopening of schools after a long COVID-19-induced break may run into a hitch at the basic education level as the state government and primary school teachers tango over ongoing strike…
COVID-19: Transporters in Edo Directed not to Pick Passengers without Nose Mask
[responsivevoice] Members of the Edo State chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) may henceforth not pick passengers not wearing nose masks, as part of measures to check the spread of the second wave of coronavirus (COVID-19). A directive to this effect was given Thursday by the state government during a sensitization…
Oshiomhole Mourns, Eulogises Adodo, former Fellow Comrade and Aide
Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and immediate past governor of Edo State, Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole has expressed his heart felt condolences to the family of his former aide and labour activist, Didi Adodo who passed on earlier on Tuesday. In an emotional condolence message, Oshiomhole, former president, Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC,…
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