The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said Germany will repatriate to Nigeria in October over 7,000 artefacts plundered from Benin Kingdom by the European country. The Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Ambassador Gabriel Aduda, announced this at the inaugural Nigerian Cultural Show exhibiting the nation’s diverse cultural heritage, sites and traditional festivals at the Cultural
Little girl calls on her dead father inside an ambulance (video)
It was a very emotional moment as a little and innocent girl kept mentioning her late dad’s name, Iyen Prince while in an ambulance oblivious that her dad is dead. Jkcyno news gathered that this incidence occurred in Edo state as the deceased was a former Senior Special Assistant SSA to the incumbent governor Godwin
ACP Killed, 28 Confirmed Dead In Bloody Clash In Edo
The Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP, name withheld), who was shot on Friday in Benin, the Edo State capital, in the exchange of gunfire with cultists who engaged in supremacy battle, died Saturday at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH). The two other policemen, both Inspectors, who were also shot along with the ACP,
#ENDSARS : Edo declares 24-hour curfew after jailbreak
The Edo State Government hereby imposes a 24-hour curfew across the state till further notice. The curfew is to take effect from 4pm, today, October 19, 2020. This decision has become necessary because of the very disturbing incidents of vandalism and attacks on private individuals and institutions by hoodlums in the guise of #EndSARS protesters.
Governor Ganduje’s Scandalous Dollar Video Seen On The Biggest Roundabout Billboard In Edo
A scandalous video published showing Kano State Governor, Umar Ganduje pocketing vast wads of American dollars in what was said to be bribe payments from public works contractors, has been put on repeat on the biggest screen in the biggest roundabout in Edo State. In the video released by the Editor-In-Chief of Daily Nigerian, Jaafar
Wike Berates Gov. Ganduje in his Latest Edo Guber campaign meeting (video)
Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Campaign Council for the Edo State governorship election, Nyesom Wike, has said threats by his counterpart in the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje, to “isolate” him until the elections were over, had exposed the plot by the ruling party to take undue advantage of security agents. Ganduje had on
War in Edo state as Governor Obasaki Seeks for Oshiomhole’s arrest (Video)
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has requested for the prompt arrest and prosecution of the Former Governor, Adams Oshiomhole. The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has written to the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to seek the “immediate” arrest and prosecution of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole. The Deputy Governor, Philip
Gunmen abduct Catholic priest in Edo
Gunmen have abducted a Catholic priest, Reverend Father Isaac Agubi in Edo State. Father Agabi who is the priest in charge of Holy Name Catholic Church, Ikpeshi, in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of the state was kidnapped last Sunday. It was gathered that the cleric was abducted along Auchi-Igarra road at about 5.00 p.m. while
Libya Returnee’s Beg Gov. Obaseki To Redeem 100m Pledge
Some returnees from Libya have appealed to Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo to fulfill his pledge and release the grant of N100 million for 150 hectares of land to them. They appealed to the governor to give the land he promised to the 150 trained returnees. Some of the trained returnees made this appeal
Gov. Obaseki Approves 150 Hectares Of Land, N100m For 150 Libyan Returnees In Edo
The Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has approved 150 hectares of land and N100million seed capital for the 150 Libyan returnees and victims of human trafficking, who completed a skills acquisition training at the Edo Agricultural Development Programme (ADP) office in Benin City, the Edo State capital. Obaseki, who made the announcement on