The Edo State Governorship Election Tribunal has commenced started hearing petitions challenging the election second term election victory of Governor GODWIN OBASEKI. The Tribunal sitting at the State High Court in Benin City has a total of five petitions before it, and the hearing is coming ten weeks after the conduct of the governorship election on September…
The Ondo State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality has received thirty-two petitions. The petitioners include the Nigeria Correctional Service, which recorded an attempted prison break at its Correctional Centre after the EndSARS protest was hijacked by hoodlums. Chairman of the panel, Justice ADESOLA SADIQ made this known in the state capital, Akure, as the panel…
Five inmates who escaped from the Correctional Centre in Edo State after hoodlums hijacked the recent EndSARS projects have been re-arrested by the police for taking part in robbery attacks. The suspects are ONARUJE BENJAMIN, ADEBAYO OPEYEMI, PETER FELIX OSAS, FRANK ODION OLOYE, and HUDU MUSA, who is also MAI CELLULAR. Force Public Relations Officer, D.C.P FRANK…
Governor GODWIN OBASEKI of Edo State and his Deputy, PHILLIP SHUAIBU, have been sworn in for a second term in office. Governor OBASEKI and Deputy Governor SHUAIBU, took their oaths of office and allegiance during a ceremony at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in the state capital, Benin City, Thursday, November 12, 2020. The first to take the…
The Inspector-General of Police, MOHAMMED ADAMU, has visited Edo State in continuation of his nationwide tour of police formations that were affected by the recent violent protests. IGP ADAMU was joined in Benin City by Edo State Deputy Governor, PHILIP SHUAIBU, and other top officials to visited police officers on admission at the University of Benin Teaching…
The Edo State Government has relaxed the twenty-four-hour curfew imposed on the state on Monday, October 20, 2020, following the outbreak of violence, which led to the destruction of property, including three police station and two jailbreaks. Governor GODWIN OBASEKI approved the adjustment of the curfew yesterday, which will now last from 4PM to 6AM, beginning from…