Tag: EDO
NDLEA nabs fake policemen smuggling cannabis in Edo
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday arrested two persons, Matthew Onumba and Ojukwwu Henry, suspected to be drug smugglers in the...
Obaseki declares three days mourning for Anenih
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Tuesday declared a three-day mourning period in honour of late elder statesman, Tony Anenih.
Obaseki announced the mourning period...
Corpse of industrialist, Iyayi Efionayi, arrives from France
The corpse of foremost industrialist and philanthropist, Dr Iyayi Efionayi (MFR), has arrived Nigeria from France in preparation for burial.
The deceased’s eldest son, Dr...
NAPTIP rescues 52 victims of human trafficking in Edo/Delta
The Benin Zonal Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) rescued no fewer than 52 victims of human...
Obaseki fires back at critics after sleeping at UN General Assembly
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has responded in kind to those who criticised him for sleeping while President Muhammadu Buhari spoke at the...
Seplat commissions Oben cottage hospital, holds Safe Motherhood Programme
Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc, operators of the NPDC/Seplat JV, has commissioned the renovated Oben Cottage Hospital in Oben, Edo State. The company also...
Edo APC women leader jailed for trafficking in UK
An influential All Progressive Congress (APC) women leader in Edo State, Josephine Iyamu, has been sentenced to 18 years imprisonment in the United Kingdom for using black...
Mother sells six-week-old baby to buy phone
A 23-year-old woman, Miracle Johnson, has been accused of selling her six-week-old baby to buy a phone in Edo State.
Miracle allegedly sold the baby,...
Former Edo assembly aspirant convicted of sex trafficking in UK
A former Edo House of Assembly aspirant, Josephine Iyamu, has been convicted of trafficking five Nigerian women into Germany to work as prostitutes after...
Libya returnees disrupt empowerment programme in Edo
Some Libya returnees in Edo, on Monday, disrupted the town hall meeting organised by the State Task Force on Human Trafficking and Illegal Migration...