The Zone Five Police Command have begun enforcing the ban on the unauthorised use of sirens and tinted glass permit regulations. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the zone five command located in the South-south Geo-political Zone comprises Edo and Delta. This is contained in a statement by the Zonal Police Public Relations Officer,…
There was drama in Ubiaja, Esan South East, Edo State, after locals intercepted a man suspected to be a Fulani leader who emerged from the bush close to the railway line carrying bags stuffed with bundled cash. In a video now circulating online, the man, dressed in traditional attire, was confronted by residents who demanded…
The Edo State Police Command has said it was going to sanction its operatives arrested for extorting N300,000 from a furniture maker. The officers are attached to the Oba Market Area Command, Benin City. This was contained in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Moses Yamu, on Monday. Yamu said…
Eighteen-year-old Faith Joseph, on Thursday, narrated how she refused to engage in prostitution in Mali after traffickers tricked her into believing that she was going to work in a supermarket in Lagos. Joseph said she was working as a maid in Afuze, Owan East Local Government Area of Edo State, when she was offered a…
Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested a 23-year-old man identified as Kingsley Chinamezu, who macheted his 44-year-old female lover, Confidence Konebari Sunny, to death in the Umuebule Community, Etche Local Government Area of the state. The police said in an attempt to evade justice, the suspect, aged 23, fled to Edo State,…
The Police Officers’ Wives Association (POWA) in Edo State has commemorated the International Youth Day with a focus on drug abuse, cultism and kidnapping. The gathering in Benin City, aimed at empowering the youth and addressing critical societal issues, attracted a diverse audience, including youths from various parts of the state. Mrs Helen Ogbonika, the…
The Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intensified its crackdown on drug traffickers with the coordinated raid on Ihama Road and other drug flashpoints within the state. The raid culminated in the apprehension of 46 suspected drug traffickers, the seizure of nearly 40,000kg of assorted illicit drugs and the…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of a civil servant, Mr. Ewere Morgan Eseosa, for receiving double salaries in gross violation of anti-corruption laws. Following a detailed investigation, the commission uncovered that Mr. Eseosa had been simultaneously drawing salaries from two separate government entities: the University of…
Gov Okpebholo The leadership of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has condemned the threat issued to Peter Obi by the Governor of Edo State, Monday Okpebholo. In a statement issued on Friday, the national publicity Secretary of CUPP, Peter Ameh, said Okpebholo’s action towards the former governor of Anambra state is disgraceful. Also…
The newly formed Edo Special Security Squad meant to flush out cultists, robbers and all forms of criminalities in the state has started on sour note. This as a journalist working with a private broadcasting station in Edo State simply identified as Hassan Olasunnkanmi Quadri was reportedly assaulted, beaten and brutalized by operatives of the…
