Kidnappers have killed the manager of the Union Bank, Igueben branch in Edo State, Mr. John Otobo, after they allegedly collected N8m ransom. Details of the incident are still sketchy at the time of filing this report but it was gathered that his body was found in the bush after ransom payment. According to one, the deceased was kidnapped a few days ago between Ugbegun and Uromi, while on his way home from work. A member of …
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A 30-year-old graduate of Auchi Poly, Auchi, Edo State, Chinedu Ikwuagwu, has narrated how his “school father” introduced him to homosexuality. Ikwuagwu disclosed this Tuesday, Feb. 13, in an interview with newsmen, while being paraded with eight other suspects by the Edo State Police Command. The suspect, who was arrested for allegedly having anal intercourse with a victim identified as Wisdom, said he stopped being gay after his graduation. He told newsmen: “I would not deny that …
Edo State Police Command has arrested one Mr. Felix Iloghevbo for allegedly defiling his seven-year-old daughter. Spokesperson of the command, Chidi Nwabuzor, said the suspect committed the crime on September 19, 2023, in Idokpa community, Uhunwonde Local Government of the state. He said operatives of the Egba Division Police station arrested the suspect while acting on credible information. According to the PPRO, the suspect made a statement and confessed to the crime while the victim was taken …
A Nigerian man has accused the deputy governor of Edo state, Phillip Shaibu, of ‘’stealing’’ his Daytona Gold wristwatch. In a video making the rounds on social media, the man said before the general elections, he and some other persons were allegedly ‘’abducted” by security agents attached to the deputy governor who took them to Benin City and ‘tried to forcefully plant a gun’ on them. He said they resisted, but during the scuffle, the security men allegedly took …
Gunmen suspected to be hired assassins have attacked a pastor, Rev Samuel Chinyereugo, and killed his wife, Peace, in Edo State. It was gathered that the gunmen invaded the church, God’s Vineyard of Grace Dominion Assembly, located at 101, Upper Lawani Street, New Benin, Benin City around 7:36pm on Monday, August 14, 2023, and opened fire on the pastor. The assistant pastor was also said to have also sustained injuries on his head during the attack A …
No fewer than eleven persons, including a baby, died while eight others sustained varying injuries in a fatal accident on the Edo State section of the Benin-Lagos expressway. The accident involving a Toyota Hiace 18 seater bus and a truck occurred, around 11 am on Thursday, June 29, 2023, at the Ovia bridge, notorious for accidents, due to a failed section of the road and the poor state bridge which runs across the river. It was gathered that …