[responsivevoice] The Chairman of the Edo State Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) David Imuse, a retired army colonel, on Wednesday commended the state governor, Godwin Obaseki for owning up to the collapse of the healthcare sector in the state, as well as admitting the corruption in the system which he described as…
Obaseki Vows to Smoke Out Killer Herdsmen In Edo Forests
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on a sympathy visit on Tuesday to families of victims of recent herdsmen attacks in Ugo community in Orhionmwon local government area of the state, has resolved to put the heat on the killer herdsmen hiding in the forests. Obaseki said the state government had concluded plans to launch an…
Loss of Zamfara to PDP: I have no regrets for my Actions – Senator Marafa
[responsivevoice] …Says His Faction Resolved in Favour of APC Losing to Teach a Lesso. In spite of the recent reconciliation between his faction of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Zamfara State and that of the immediate past governor of the state, Abdulaziz Yari, the senator representing Zamfara Central in the upper chamber of the…
Double ‘Wahala For Dead Body as Brother of Deceased is Abducted and Hearse Conveying Corpse Runs into Ditch in Edo
[responsivevoice] …Kidnappers Demand N5m Ransom. It was a tragic and abrupt end of the homeward journey of a deceased Enugu indigene whose remains was being conveyed to his home town from Lagos for burial as the hearse was attacked in Benin City, Edo State, and his younger brother accompanying the corpse kidnapped. The journey had…
Ex-Owerri NBA Chairman Gruesomely Murdered Inside Chambers
[responsivevoice] A former chairman of the Owerri branch of the Nigeria Bar Association, Ndionyenma H. Nwankwo has been gruesomely murdered in his chambers by unknown assailants. Nwankwo was suspected to have been murdered in cold blood on Saturday, February 6, 2021. The mutilated body of the legal practitioner was discovered early Sunday morning by policemen…
Edo Govt Deploys Untrained Teachers to Classrooms As Striking NUT Defies NIC Order
[responsivevoice] …Schools Disregard COVID-19 Protocols. Four days after reopening of educational Institutions in Edo State, the defiant striking primary school teachers have contnued to shun the classrooms in spite of all manner of armtwistig tactics employed by the state government. The teachers, under the umbrella of the Nigerian Union of Teachers, NUT, had embarked on…
Royal Hammer Falls on Chief Priest of Holy Aruosa Church in Benin
[responsivevoice] The Chief priest of Holy Aruosa Cathedral, Harrison Okao, has been suspended by the Oba of Benin, Ewuare 11. The Ohenosa was sanctioned for alleged unauthorised ministration. His suspension was recommended by the Joint Elders Committee of the Cathedral and some senior palace chiefs. A statement signed by the Secretary, Benin Traditional Coucil, Frank…
Update: Decomposing Body of US-based Edo Man Abducted by Killer Herdsmen Found in Bush
[responsivevoice] More details have emerged about the kidnap and killing of Prince Eloniyo Dennis Abuda who was abducted with three other of his Fugar kinsmen on Saturday, January 30. After a thorough search of the forest along the Benin by-pass where they were ambushed by the suspected killer Fulani herdsmen, the decomposing body of the…
Uromi Monarch Says ‘We are Handicapped’ As Women Barricade Roads in Protest Against Killings, Rape by Killer Herdsmen
[responsivevoice] Motorists passing through Uromi, in Esan Northeast local government area of Edo State to the eastern and northern parts of the country, on Wednesday had their journeys halted for several hours as hundreds of irate women stormed the major roads in protest against the excesses of suspected Fulani herdsmen whom they complained kidnap people,…
Killer Herdsmen Abduct, Kill Visiting America-based Edo Man, Collect Ransom
[responsivevoice] A United States of America-based Nigerian, Prince Dennis Eloniyor Abuda on a visit to his Fugar hometown in Etsako Central local government area of Edo State has been killed by suspected kidnappers. Abuda and three others were reportedly abducted by suspected killer Fulani herdsmen along the Benin-Ore road Saturday January 30 while on their…
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