A 25-year-old lady, Chioma Okocha and five men: Ndubuisi John, Haruna Aliyu, Saddam Abdullahi, Bashir Usman, and Usman Ibrahim have been sentenced to a total of 141 years imprisonment for trafficking in Cocaine and Cannabis Sativa by Federal High Courts sitting in Benin, Edo and Abeokuta, Ogun state respectively. This was contained in a Facebook […]
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An Edo-based man, Odion Edigin, has appealed to Nigerians to prevail on the Nigeria Police and the Department of Public Prosecution to charge a suspected pedophile, Patrick IIhowa,to court for alleged defilement of his 10-year-old daughter. Briefing journalists on Wednesday at the NUJ Press Centre in Benin City, Edigin alleged that since his 10-year-old daughter […]
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There were sporadic gunshots around the Benin Medium Security prison on Sapele Road in Benin City, Edo State, and traffic diverted off the area as fears of attempted jailbreak rented the air. Several arms bearing personnel of the Nigerian Prisons and sister security agencies were immediately deployed to the prisons, as it was gathered that […]
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The crisis in Edo State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, continued Monday evening as the party in Ward 2, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State, suspended 10 of its members for alleged anti-party activities. Most of the allegedly suspended members are the new PDP that defected from the All Progressives Congress, APC with Governor […]
Continue ReadingA boy identified as Benjamin has allegedly committed suicide in Iyowa in the Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State, over allegation of incest. A source told newsmen that Benjamin’s lifeless body was found dangling in an uncompleted building close to the house. The incident, according to the source, threw the community into […]
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