Security

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has reassured that his administration remains committed to the protection of lives and property of citizens across all communities of the state, reading riot act to perpetrators of violence ahead of the September 19, 2020 gubernatorial election in the state. Obaseki, who spoke …

As part of security measures to check the influx of thugs into Edo from other states to cause mayhem in the forthcoming September 19 governorship elections, the state police command said it has perfected plans to stop their entrance into the state. The command spokesperson, ASP Chidi Nwabuzor who disclosed …

As part of preparations for the September 19, 2020 gubernatorial election in Edo State, the state governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has expressed readiness of his administration to collaborate with relevant security agencies in mopping up light arms. The governor said this after presiding over the State Security Council meeting held …

…case adjourned till September 14th Edo state Police command on Thursday arraigned the Iyasere of warri Johnson Aseleghe over disappearance and murder of the youth leader of Kolokolo community, Mr Sunny Etchie. P.O Odion Esq, legal officer of the legal/prosecution section, SCID, police headquarters, Benin city, had filed a motion …

Social media influencers plying their trade in Edo State have raised the alarm over repeated threats by agents said to be linked to the sacked National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and Benin billionaire, Captain Hosa Okunbo. A cross section of the influencers said they …

The senator representing Borno South senatorial District in the 9th Assembly, Senator Ali Ndume has decried the inability of the security agents to win the war against the insurgents citing lack of modern equipment, technology and funding as the bane of the success against the unconventional war that has faced …

Warri – The Commissioner of Police, Delta State, Mr. Hafiz Inuwa, has been been petitioned by Centre for the Vulnerable and the Underprivileged (CENTREP) over the alleged battery and assault of one Mrs. Rose Simeon , a food vendor and mother-of-four , Mrs. Rose Simeon by two senior officers of …

The grand plan by Captain Hosa Okunbo, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu and Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to cause crisis in Edo State between now and election day on September 19, has been exposed. The plan according to a very reliable source, who spoke to journalists in Benin City, “was put together after …

Asaba – A 38-year old man, Samuel Ufor Papa has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment by a Federal High Court in Asaba, Delta State, without an option of fine for human trafficking. The Presiding Judge, Justice Toyin Adegoke said on Tuesday that the convict was sentenced in count one …

PORT-HARCOURT – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike today rescued the Immediate Past Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC), Dr. Joi Nunieh from an attempted abduction. He has therefore called on the Inspector General of Police to investigate the circumstances that led to over 50 armed policemen …