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1 week ago | 
nigeriaworld.com | Michael Egbejule
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) apprehended 35 suspected Internet fraudsters in Auchi, Etsako West Local Council of Edo State, yesterday.
The arrests were carried out across multiple locations in the town, specifically on Vigilante Street, off Sabo Ibienafe Road, and in the Back of Yak areas.
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1 month ago | 
guardian.ng | Michael Egbejule |Jimisayo Opanuga
The Traditional Ruler of Uromi Kingdom, His Royal Highness, HRH Zaiki Anslem Eidenojie II, on Thursday appealed to the Federal Government to approve and take over the community-initiated MOPOL Barracks, which was built and donated by the people of Uromi, both at home and abroad, to the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) in order to strengthen security operations in the area.
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1 month ago | 
guardian.ng | Michael Egbejule |Segun Adewole
By Michael Egbejule, Benin City 03 April 2025 | 11:41 am The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edo State Chapter on Thursday completely disagreed with the decision of Edo State Election Petition Tribunal. The PDP said without any doubt, its candidate, Asuerinme Ighodalo, won the the September 21st Governorship election and should be declared winner.
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1 month ago | 
guardian.ng | Michael Egbejule
The Director General of the Edo Health Insurance Scheme (EdoHIS), Mrs Augusta Ikpea-Enaholo, has called for the monitoring of Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) to improve access to the state’s health insurance scheme.
Ikpea-Enaholo made the call during a three-day meeting with medical health workers under the Ministry of Health (MOH) in the state’s three senatorial districts.
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1 month ago | 
guardian.ng | Michael Egbejule
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Edo office, has rewarded Osamagbe Jegede, a student of Baptist High School, Benin, with cash and educational items for her victory in the Advanced Girls in Engineering, Mathematics and Science (AGEMS) competition.
Jegede, who emerged the overall winner in the competition, was also honoured with an award for academic excellence as AGEMS Best Student of 2025.
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1 month ago | 
guardian.ng | Michael Egbejule |Segun Adewole
By Michael Egbejule, Benin City 02 April 2025 | 4:53 pm There is anxiety among supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the Edo election petition tribunal in Abuja is set to declare its verdict.
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1 month ago | 
guardian.ng | Michael Egbejule |Kareem Itunu Azeez
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin, Prof. Edoba Omoregie, on Wednesday said the institution would soon launch a campaign to plant 10,000 trees to mitigate the effects of climate change.
He disclosed this when the leadership of the Edo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) paid him a courtesy visit in his office at the university in Benin.
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1 month ago | 
guardian.ng | Leo Sobechi |Ameh Ochojila |Michael Egbejule
• Stakeholders debate implications, affirm Okpebholo’s victory • PDP trying to incite more violence, killings in Edo, APC alleges Barely four months after its inaugural sitting, the Edo State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, will today in Abuja, deliver its judgment filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Asue Ighodalo, against the victory of the All Progressives Congress’s (APC) Governor Monday Okpebholo in the hotly contested September 21, 2024, election in...
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1 month ago | 
guardian.ng | Michael Egbejule |Jimisayo Opanuga
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Governor Monday Okpebholo on Tuesday have all expressed confidence that the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal will deliver judgment in their favour.
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1 month ago | 
guardian.ng | Lawrence Njoku |Michael Egbejule |John Akubo
• Okpebholo confirms 14 suspects taken to Abuja for prosecution • Body of Assembly Speakers call for increased community policing • IPOB urges Igbo to prepare for self-defence • Arewa group warns against inciting North-South tensions Amid heightened fears of reprisal and condemnation of the killing of 16 travellers, mostly Hausa hunters, over false accusations of kidnapping in Uromi Delta State on Friday, tension went high yesterday in Bunkure town, Bunkure Local Government Area of Kano State...
