…Claim it was in Obedience to the Lord’s Instruction Residents of a neighbourhood in Benin City, Edo State capital, were shocked at the weekend to discover the decomposed corpse of a 78-year-old woman in her apartment kept there by her two daughters nine days after her death. Strangely, the two women, Grace Osagede, 60, and…
Aftermath of EndSARS Protests: Armed Robbers Terrorise Benin Residents
Since the end of the EndSARS protest, Benin City, Edo State capital and some major towns in the state have been under siege as armed robbers and other criminal elements take advantage of the absence of policemen on the streets and major highways to rob, kill, and maim their victims. At home, business premises, and…
Edo Spare Parts Traders in Agony Over Market Fire
With the inauguration of an investigative panel, Edo State government is set to unravel the mystery surrounding a mid-night inferno that wreaked destruction of monumental proportion on a section of the popular Uwelu spare parts market even as distraught traders suspect the security men in charge of the market of complicity Outrage, agony, lamentation, frustration…
Tragedy In Benin As Tanker Fire Claims Life
Tragedy struck in Benin City, Edo State capital in the early hours of Friday following an outbreak of fire in an accident involving a petroleum tanker conveying diesel and a Mercedes Benz station wagon. The accident which occurred opposite the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH, Ugbowo was said to have claimed a life and left…
Edo Govt to Tackle Human Trafficking Cartel
 Godwin Obaseki, Edo State Governor, has described human trafficking as the greatest security challenge facing his administration and has vowed to deploy the state’s powers and resources to destroy the illicit trade.  Edo is one of the states where human trafficking is rife. Over the years, many of its youths, particularly young girls, are lured by…
Edo Set to Revive Sport
The Edo State Government is set to revive sports in the state. This follows the submission of two proposed bills: The Edo Sports Commission Bill and the Sports Trust Fund Bill by an 11 member committee set up by the state government for that purpose. Receiving the documents at Government House in Benin City, Godwin…
