The Edo police command says its operatives have arrested 14 suspects in connection with the killing of 16 travellers and the torching of their truck in Uromi town. On Thursday, a mob allegedly attacked and killed 16 hunters of northern descent who were travelling from Port Harcourt to Kano. The incident happened on the Uromi/Obajana…
The Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) has condemned the murder of travelers from Northern Nigeria in Udune Efandion community of Uromi, Edo State. In a statement issued Friday, Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Gombe State, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, CON, described the attack as a gross violation of human rights, stressing that extrajudicial violence…
At least 16 travellers from Northern Nigeria were brutally killed in the Udune Efandion community of Uromi, Edo State, after being labelled as kidnappers. It was gathered the incident occurred on Thursday when the victims, reported to be primarily Hausa hunters, were en route from Port Harcourt to Kano for the Sallah festivities. They were…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo on Tuesday declared a state of emergency on public schools across the state, stressing that the schools were in a bad state. Mr Okpebholo, accompanied by government officials, toured schools in Ikpoba-Okha and Egor local government areas and lamented the worrisome conditions of urban schools. The…
The Edo State Police Command has launched a manhunt for a man identified as Wealth Nnamdi, who allegedly killed his pregnant fiancée, Osasu Isaac, and her three-year-old daughter, Miracle, in Benin City. The tragic incident, which occurred on Idiangbona Street in Ovbiogoe Community, followed a heated argument between the couple on March 16. Neighbours, who…
Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Monday, arrested the suspended coordinator of the Edo State Public Safety Response Team, Kelly Okungbowa, popularly known as Ebo Stone, for alleged naira abuse. The EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, revealed this in a statement on Monday. He…
A tragic incident in Benin City on Wednesday evening led to the death of a two-year-old girl, who was crushed by a commercial driver following a clash with officers of the Edo State Public Safety Response (PSR) Team at Ring Road. Eyewitnesses reported that PSR operatives attempted to seize the steering wheel of the moving…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that some yet-to-be-identified revenue collectors of Ahor Community Development Association, Edo State, have reportedly hacked a truck driver, Suleiman Bala over ₦1000 revenue ticket. The incident reportedly occurred on February 23, 2025, at Ahor Community, along Benin/Auchi Bye Pass, in suburbs of Benin City. It was gathered that on day of the…
A fashion designer, Lawrence Edobor, was on Friday beheaded by suspected ritualists at about 2 am in Evbuotubu, Benin City. The 43-year-old was said to be coming home from a burial he attended on Thursday evening before he was murdered and beheaded, an incident which left the community in shock. A resident who pleaded anonymity…
A tragic incident has rocked the residents of Edo State as a man, Kelvin Osamede Izekor allegedly killed his 38-year-old wife, Ugiagbe Osaiyekemwen Success Izekor, just eight months after their wedding. According to reports, the incident happened at No. 50 Upper Mission extension, Benin City on Saturday, February 22, 2025. It was gathered that the…