Tag: Benin
Sad: How fire destroyed Edo Deputy Speaker’s house in Benin
by Oge Okonkwo The official residence of the Deputy Speaker of the Edo House of Assembly, Festus Ebea, has been razed ...
HORRIBLE: How I was kidnapped & raped for 3 days by 3 men – Schoolgirl narrates (PICTURED)
by ‘Jola Sotubo Operatives of the police in Edo have apprehended a gang of 3 over allegations of kidnap and ...
Sweet tweet curves! Tolu ‘Toolz’ Oniru’s Y! Magazine poster is simply AWESOME (LOOK)
by Tunde Kara “Vain trifles as they may seem, clothes have, they say, more improtant offices than to merely keep ...
Terrible: This woman and her pastor lover ‘set husband ablaze’ in Edo (PICTURED)
by ‘Jola Sotubo A pastor and a married woman said to be his lover were paraded by the police in ...
‘We caught her relaxed, watching Africa Magic’: How woman and her pastor lover ‘set husband ablaze’ in Edo
by ‘Jola Sotubo A pastor and a married woman said to be his lover have been arrested by police in ...
Opinion: The National Conference and its historical signposts
by Jibrin Ibrahim On the 20th November, some of us were invited by the Presidential Committee on the National ...
#InCaseYouMissedIt: Massive inferno on Benin-Ore road started after armed robbery attack – FRSC
by Adeola Balogun A massive inferno resulting from multiple car accidents yesterday caused commotion on the Benin—Ore-Lagos Expressway. Chaos was ...
Desperate measures: Cultists, police attend ‘security summit’ in Edo
Against the background of incessant kidnappings and other violent crimes in Edo State, members of various cult groups in the ...
SAD NEWS: Popular Nollywood actor killed by gunmen in Edo (PHOTOS)
by ‘Jola Sotubo The death has reportedly occurred of Nigerian actor Flavian Okojie. He is alleged to have been ...
Insecurity: Kidnappers of Edo judge yet to make contact, JUSON plans protest
by Adeola Balogun The kidnapping of Justice Daniel Okungbowa of Edo State has been cause for much concern to the ...
Count us out: Legal practitioners to boycott Edo courts over judge’s kidnapping
by ‘Jola Sotubo Lawyers in Edo State have decided not to take the kidnap of one of their colleagues, a ...
“I am tired, I want to go home”: Arik stowaway, Daniel Ohikhena speaks as Edo gov’t sends him to boarding school
The stowaway teenager, Ricky Daniel Ohikhena, who, on August 24, this year hid in a wheel well of an Arik ...
Believe it or not! Lagos police command emerges best in Africa
by Oge Okonkwo In a result that might come out as a surprise to many, reports from an annual survey of all police ...
“I am not bedridden”: Drama in Benin as father of Arik stowaway shows up at Government House
by ‘Jola Sotubo Perhaps not wanting to be left out of his family’s new found fame, the father of stowaway ...
Arik stowaway finally returns home
by ‘Jola Sotubo Following the agitation for his release from concerned citizens, the teenage stowaway Daniel Ihekhina has been sent ...
Not again! Another stowaway arrested and detained in Edo
A 25-year old man has been arrested at the Benin airport for attempting to gain access into the airside, Nigeria’s ...
INCREDIBLE: Teenage boy stowed away in Arik flight to Lagos
by ‘Jola Sotubo There was confusion today at the Benin airport after a teenage stowaway was found in the tyre ...
Ijeoma Nwogwugwu: Stella Oduah in perspective
by Ijeoma Nwogwugwu It is amazing how she has been able to upgrade 50 per cent of the airports in ...
#DivorceDrama: My husband has been beating me since we married – Prophetess tells court
The co-founder of World Liberation Gospel Church, Benin, Edo State, Prophetess Gertrude Nkasiobi, has filed for divorce, following accusations of ...
Opinion: The bitter truth about Femi Fani-Kayode
by Obi Nwakanma Lagos belongs as much to the ethnic Igbo as to the Yoruba, Ijaw, Hausa, Fulani, Efik, Idoma, ...
“I only did it four times”: Gay pastor goes to jail in Edo
The Founder and General Overseer of a Pentecostal Church in Benin City, Pastor Phillip Ogbebor is now an unusual inmate ...
No, we didn’t: Edo denies signing fresh death warrants
by Rachel Ogbu Following a news report about the death sentence of two convicted criminal in Edo State, the state ...
Disrespect for the Oba: Edo chiefs call for removal of the Archbishop of Benin
by Rachel Ogbu Edo chiefs of Bini extraction, led by Iyase (Prime Minister) of Benin, Chief Sam Igbe have called for ...
Tragic: How vehicle crushed groom’s father to death at the Benin registry
The wedding, which attracted the cream of the social circles in the state capital, ended abruptly before the couple could ...
Lebanese manager kidnapped, 3 soldiers injured in Edo
Gunmen have kidnapped a Lebanese manager from a construction company in southern Nigeria after an attack in which three soldiers ...
How I was raped by my gay pastor – Church member narrates (PICTURED)
by Isi Esene Philips Ogbebor, a pastor in Edo state has been paraded by the police for allegedly having carnal ...
Sad news: 10 illegal migrants from Nigeria, Benin and Burkina Faso drown off the coast of Gabon, 20 still missing
by Rachel Ogbu A boat carrying migrants from Nigeria, Benin and Burkina Faso sank off the coast of Gabon killing ...
How female police officer killed and secretly buried my brother – Victim’s sister narrates
by Isi Esene Students of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) yesterday staged a street protest over the alleged shooting of ...
So sad: “My husband’s friend made me a widow 9 days after our wedding” – Bereaved wife
If 35-year-old Amaosa Otabor, alias Biggy, had known he was walking into his untimely death, he would have stayed at ...
No inner light: 95 per cent of Nigerian police officers fail intelligence test
by Isi Esene Statistics seem to have finally proven what many citizens had suspected all along that many Nigerian police ...
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- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
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