Many have been killed while others injured after two trailers belonging to BUA Industries and Dangote Nigeria ltd respectively, reportedly collided and rammed three commercial vehicles between them, killing almost everyone on board on the Auchi/Benin road. Axes were reportedly used to cut open the trapped buses, one of which is said to belong to... Read More

June 12, 2017

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Army arrests 24 suspected Boko Haram members

The Otaru of Auchi kingdom, Alhaji Aliru Momoh on Monday said 24 suspected Boko Haram members in the community have been arrested by the Nigerian Army. While speaking in his palace, he said the commandant of the Nigeria Army School of Engineering, NICOHO informed him of the arrest of the suspected insurgents in his palace. “Shortly before... Read More

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May 26, 2017

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From Auchi to Lagos: My Lagos story

I remember coming to Lagos for the first time. I had left Auchi not knowing what to expect when I got to my uncle’s house in Lagos. He had offered to take me in and take care of my schooling after my mum passed away. He was her only brother and she used to talk... Read More

Panic in Edo over ‘headless body’

Residents of Auchi community in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State, were on Tuesday, thrown into panic after they found the headless body of man in front of Campus Two of the Federal Polytechnic, Auchi. According to Punch, the body was eventually identified as ‘Clement’. It was thereafter determined that he was a... Read More

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December 28, 2013

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Gov. Oshiomhole involved in auto accident in Edo, survives

by Isi Esene Governor Adams Oshiomhole earlier on Saturday survived a motor accident while returning to Benin City, the capital of Edo State from Iyamho Village. The accident was said to have occurred at Ewu Village, along the ever busy Benin-Auchi Road around 9:45am today. Ewu is located in Edo Central Senatorial District. Reports say a Peugeot... Read More

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November 30, 2012

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“We have no protection in this country” – Eyewitnesses narrate Auchi armed robbery experience

by Isi Esene Eyewitnesses have continued to narrate their experience during the invasion on Monday of the polytechnic town of Auchi, Edo State, by armed robbers. The robbers were said to have stormed the town with sophisticated weapons succeeding in robbing four banks. The attack which reportedly lasted three hours left about 15 people... Read More

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November 29, 2012

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“We might be next” – National Assembly members express fear over ’embarrassing level’ of violence

by Isi Esene Some members of the House of Assembly have expressed their worry at the spate of violent crimes in the country and the seeming incapacity of the government’s security forces to curb it. In a session yesterday presided over by speaker, Aminu Tambuwal, members warned that the violence might end up berthing at their... Read More

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September 24, 2012

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Under the cashew tree: Cousins caught in the act, paraded naked in village square

by Reuben Daba On Sunday, in Elele community, near Auchi, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State, two cousins, Aishetu and Ayibaba, were allegedly caught in a bush path committing incest and paraded by the villagers in the village square. The scandal was worse because Ayibaba is the son of a highly placed chief... Read More

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‘Many killed as trucks collide on Auchi/Benin Expressway’

Army arrests 24 suspected Boko Haram members

From Auchi to Lagos: My Lagos story

Panic in Edo over ‘headless body’

Gov. Oshiomhole involved in auto accident in Edo, survives

“We have no protection in this country” – Eyewitnesses narrate Auchi armed robbery experience

“We might be next” – National Assembly members express fear over ’embarrassing level’ of violence

Under the cashew tree: Cousins caught in the act, paraded naked in village square

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