Veteran musician, Osayomore Joseph, has been reportedly kidnapped from his home at Orovie Village, off upper Ekenhuan Road, Benin City, the Edo state capital. His wife is reported to have sustained gun shot wounds during the invasion. More to follow
There is an ongoing robbery operation coupled with gunshots currently between Ogere and J-4 axis on Ore-Benin highway. This situation as paralysed movements on the this routes. Personnel are hereby warned to avoid this points and make use of Sagamu through Iperu village as alternatives at this period.
Eight people have died after a commercial bus plunged into the Itakpe-Aladja railway line from the bridge fifty feet above around Agbor, Delta State. The victims included six men and two women. The crash involved a commercial bus with registration number BMA 524 XA, and occurred overnight around the Agbor-Ogwashi-Uku stretch of the Benin-Asaba-Onicha highway. […]
Nigeria’s home-based Super Eagles have qualified for the 2018 Championship for African Nations billed to take place in Kenya after the defeating Republic of Benin. Nigeria sealed their place in Kano courtesy of a 2-1 aggregate scoreline having previously lost 0-1 in the first leg last week in Cotonou. Rabiu Ali opened the scoring in […]
Nigeria’s West African neighbours, Benin and Niger Republic, may face total electricity blackout, following a threat by the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET) Company Plc and the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to disconnect them from its supply sources any time from now. Nigeria has, over the years, been the major providers of electricity to […]
Benin Republic secured a slim 1-0 win over Nigeria in the first leg CHAN qualifier played in Cotonou on Sunday evening. CHAN Eagles’ Afeez Aremu committed a foul in the 89th minute. That gifted Benin Republic a late penalty which they converted to beat Nigeria by a lone goal in the first leg clash. The […]
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has rejected the pronouncement Justice J. Liman of the Federal High Court, Benin, who fined Michael Igbinedion with the sum of N3 million for stealing N25billion from the Edo state treasury during the period his elder brother, Lucky Igbinedion, served as governor in the state. The younger Igbinedion was […]
Fifteen years of uninterrupted democracy and 54 years of nationhood may not have given many Nigerians any cause to smile or celebrate. But for the arts and culture sector of the economy, there is something to cheer about. Agozino Agozino has been following the trend of the nation’s art scene. His report. Nigeria, long before […]
The Chairman of Owan West Local Government Area of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Agbodion, has been suspended over allegations of financial mismanagement and other administrative irregularities. Governor Adams Oshiomhole announced his suspension, while addressing members of the Local Government Executive Council and Councillors on Wednesday at the Government House, Benin City. He
The Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) said it would collaborate with the National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI) to commercialise its research and development products nationwide. Prof. Jere Bala, the Director-General of the commission, said this on Thursday in Abuja. He said the commission’s collaboration with NBTI was to
Mrs. Patience Jonathan, Nigeria’s First Lady visit to Edo State, was disrupted on Saturday when some men, suspected to be aggrieved youths of the Peoples Democratic Party, pulled down some banners bearing the image of the First Lady, at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin, Edo State. Dame Patience Jonathan was in Edo State […]
