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Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo has described any jobs outside lawmaking and oversight functions by the legislative arm as “deviation from the field of play”. The governor, who spoke while receiving and signing the Edo House of Assembly Funds Management Bill 2023 and the State Judiciary Financial Autonomy 2023 Amendment Bill into law, explained that…
The Edo State House of Assembly on Monday formally impeached the suspended Speaker, Blessing Agbebaku. Agbebaku, who represents Owan West Constituency 1, had, on Monday, August 17, 2026, resigned his position as the Speaker of the House. Yekini Idaiye, the lawmaker representing Akoko-Edo 1, was then elected in his place as the new Speaker. The…
Judiciary workers under the auspices of Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), on Monday, locked out workers of the Edo State House of Assembly over plans to repeal financial autonomy for both the judiciary and legislature. The Judicial workers blocked the entrance gate with placards demanding a stop to the planned repeal of the financial…
Officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Edo State Command, have arrested three male suspects in a cannabis sativa plantation in the Ukaro Forest of Owan West Local Government Area. The Edo State Commander of the agency, Dr Mitchell Ofoyeju, disclosed this in a statement in Benin City. According to him, the plantation…
Veteran Nollywood actor, filmmaker and screenwriter, Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo, has died at the age of 66 after a battle with stage-four cancer. Hassan died on Sunday, August 23, 2026. His daughter, Kira Hassan, confirmed the death during an emotional Instagram Live session, where she struggled to contain her emotions while breaking the…
…101-year-old great-grandmother arrested for selling cannabis; cocaine hidden in fufu intercepted The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered a new maritime route being exploited by international drug syndicates to smuggle synthetic cannabis into Nigeria, following the seizure of 1.49 tonnes of “Loud” worth more than N4.4 billion at the Apapa and Lekki ports…
The Coalition for Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF) has accused the FCT Police Command of shifting attention from the alleged assault of Pinnacle Daily Editor, Sunday Ogwu, to his conduct following the incident, describing the development as an attempt to divert attention from the substantive allegations. The Coalition, in a follow-up statement issued on…
Three suspects have been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Edo State over an alleged Facebook-based fraud scheme through which a Nigerian living in Italy reportedly lost more than seven million naira. The suspects—Peter Odion, 21; Anthony Ernest, 20; and Destiny Saturday, 20—were arrested in Ebele, Igueben Local Government Area…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission have commenced investigations into the utilisation of the N12bn Federal Government intervention fund released to the Nigeria Football Federation for players’ wages and bonuses. The fund was approved by President Bola Tinubu in 2024 to clear outstanding payments owed…
A Special Committee set up by the Edo State Government to investigate the ownership, funding and status of the Museum of West African Art, MOWAA, has recommended that the facility be renamed the Benin Royal Museum of African Art and returned to the Oba of Benin for management. The committee, chaired by former Edo State…