Edo State

National Chairman of the All Progressives Party, Adams Oshiomhole, says the party will not allow thuggery and ballot box snatching during the general elections.

Peters Irobo, the Chief Medical Director, Triumphant Hospital Benin, Edo, has advised Nigerians against drinking cold water.

The Peoples Democratic Party in Edo has called on the state government to address insecurity in the state.

The Commissioner of Police in charge of elections duty in Edo, DanMallam Mohammed, has assured newsmen of adequate security and access to polling units during the re-scheduled general elections.

Gunmen have killed the manager of a hotel belonging to Nigeria’s ex-Nigeria international footballer in Edo State

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Edo Command, says it has arrested a 38-year-old man, suspected to be involved in human trafficking and sales of children.

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo has called on residents of the state to remain calm against the background of the rescheduling of the general elections by Independent National Electoral Commission.

Some residents of Benin City in Edo State have expressed shock over the postponement of the general elections by one week by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Friday said his administration would invest N2 billion in furniture production for public primary schools in the state in 2019.

The Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo, has urged the people of Niger Delta to vote for President Muhammadu Buhari in the February 16 poll, for rapid development of the region.

The Edo Government has declared Friday, February 15 as half work day to enable workers participate in the Feb. 16 presidential election.

In the course of the 2015 general elections, I travelled through the peril of bad roads to Ekpoma, Edo State to cast my vote in the presidential election. Truly, I voted for Muhammadu Buhari. Despite the irregularities of the process

Frank Izuaige, a former Peoples Democratic Party South-South Youth Leader in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo, has defected to the All Progressives Congress.

The Peoples Democratic Party in Edo on Thursday took its campaign to some markets and major roads within Benin metropolis.

After securing the endorsement of Edo State indigenes and Igbo traders residing in Lagos State, the state’s All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has vowed that his government would pursue the greatest good…

The Police Command in Edo, on Friday said it rescued no fewer than 20 kidnap victims across the state in the last two weeks.

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has urged the people of Edo to support the Next Level Agenda of the All Progressives Congress.

Dr Innocent Alenoghena, the Director, Primary Health Care Services in Etsako-West Local Government Area, Edo, on Monday said the area recorded 30 cases of Lassa fever in January.

Edo police command says a police orderly attached to Dr Eric Osayande, Chairman of Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of the state, has been killed by unknown gunmen.

The 4 Brigade of the Nigerian Army in Benin on Saturday solicited the continued support of the Edo and Ondo State Governments in the fight against crime.