New Benin Market : Four women have been arrested in Edo state for selling donkey meat otherwise known as Jaki to Ignorant Buyers in Edo State. The women were arrested by a team led by the Permanent Secretary, Edo State Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr, Peter Aikhuomobhogbe, yesterday July 14. Addressing newsmen after their arrest, […]
Human Trafficking Soars In Edo, Delta, Kano – US Reports. The United States has said in its ‘Trafficking In Persons Report June 2021’. The report released by the US Department of State chronicled the menace of human trafficking globally in about 200 countries across different continents. The report significantly noted that the Nigeria government was […]
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has disclosed that his government is probing an alleged N10bn debt burden incurred by the immediate past local government administration in the state. The governor said his administration is committed to fixing the structural problems in the local councils to bring development closer to the people. Obaseki said […]
Anonymous gunmen suspected to be assassins have killed a 27-year-old man identified as Adedigba Oluwatosin at Isiohor area of Benin City, Edo state. According to Standard Gazette crime correspondent, Mr Festus Alenkhe, the deceased was into Printing business. It was gathered that the deceased was discussing with his siblings when a yet to be identified […]
An Edo mobile court sitting in Benin and presided over by a Chief Magistrate, Bright Oniha, has convicted 16 people for disobeying the directive of the state government on compulsory use of face masks and restriction of movement between 10pm and 5am. The convicts, after pleading guilty to the offence, were sentenced to three hours […]
The Edo State Government has said it will begin the revalidation exercise for pensioners in the 18 Local Government Areas of the state on December 3. The Permanent Secretary/Chairman of the Edo State Pensions Bureau, Mr Saylor Juwobor, said the exercise would hold across the three senatorial zones of Edo State from December 2 to […]
Six persons have been reportedly killed by suspected cultists in Ilorin, Kwara State; Benin, Edo State; and Abraka, Delta State, between Sunday and Monday. Ilorin Cult Clash – Bluebloodz.com gathered that the cult clashes in Ilorin were the aftermath of Sunday’s alleged attack on #EndSARS protesters in Ilorin. It was gathered that the head of […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) alleged that some of its ad hoc staff assigned to Urhonigbe South, Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo State, were yet to be accounted for. The Director, Planning and Monitoring, INEC, Mr. Paul Omokore, at the Edo Governorship Election Virtual Situation Control Room, holding via Zoom, said results sheets […]
The Centre for Democracy and Development on Saturday condemned the high incidence of vote-trading recorded in the Edo State governorship election. The organisation said reports from its observers on the field showed that politicians, in an attempt to circumvent the electoral process, used young girls as their contact with the voters for the trading. It […]