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By Editor April 12, 2025 Justice Mrs Nnenna Ogodo, the Chief Magistrate of an Abakaliki Magistrate Court has remanded four persons in prison for the alleged justice jungle. The remanded persons are  Egwuonwu Jonah, Sunday Obasi, Ogonnaya Eze (Boss) and  Godwin Nwoko-Obi. A charge sheet with suit number MAB/181c/2025 and made available to newsmen said the accused and others now at large were charged with 10 count. The charge sheet said the accused and others now at large committed the offences on February 21, 2025 at Mebi-Okpa Okposi Ohaozara, Ebonyi State. It said the suspects  were charged with conspiracy, attempted murder/acts intended to cause grievous harm and armed robbery, trial by ordeal and among others on two widows and a man. Part of the charge sheet read: "That the accused and others now at large on the said date and place in the aforesaid magisterial district did with intent to maim, disfigure or do some grievous harm, unlawfully subjected their vi...

The Oba of Benin Kingdom, Omo N’Oba N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, and Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State  By Sebastine Ebhuomhan April 8, 2025   Monday, 7th April, 2025. Abuja. In a landmark, historic event, Edo State governor, His Excellency, Monday Okpebholo on Thursday visited the palace of the monarch of Benin Kingdom, Omo N’Oba N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, to share the joy of his epochal victory on Wednesday, 2nd April, 2025, the day Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja unanimously affirmed his free, fair, credible and popular governorship election in September, 2024. Widely approved, supported and applauded by political observers, social commentators and communal advocates as an important task in the tradition of recognising the cultural, spiritual and divine role of the greatest throne, the visit drew thousands of appreciative well-wishers and residents of Benin City out of their homes and from the other parts of the state, ultimately ...

By Editor April 1, 2025 Hon.Godfrey Adekoye, Senior Special Assistant on Youths Empowerment to the Kogi State Governor, Usman Ahmed Dodo has reportedly escaped an assassination attempt on his life by the whiskers. DailyMonitorngr learned that the incident happened yesterday at Lounge 1, a popular hospitality joint in Lokoja, the State capital. Narrating his ordeal, the aide to the Governor alleged that the attackers traced him to his house, but unfortunately, they met his absence. Adekoye, however, alleged that the attack on his life was masterminded by the State All Progressives Congress (APC) Youth leader, Hon. Mohammed. U. Mohammed, and one Abubakar Nasara Ola. According to him, during the attack, Abubakar threatened to kill me and pointed a gun at me before the intervention of onlookers who saved me by chance. "The attackers destroyed and broke the windscreen of the vehicle belonging to Hamza Yabagi. The vehicle is now parked in the custody of the Quick Response Sq...

By Editor March 20, 2025 The Edo State Government has approved the contracts for the purchase of four Hilux vans and four Prado Jeeps for the State Oil and Gas Development Commission, EDSOGPADEC, DailyMonitorngr reports that the State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Hon Paul Ohonbamu disclosed this after the State's weekly Executive Council meeting. Ohonbamu said the approval for the purchase of the vehicles was taken during the meeting presided over by  Governor Monday Okpebholo, who is also the chairman in Council on Wednesday. According to him, approval has been given for the purchase of vehicles for the Edo State Oil and Gas Development Commission. They are four Hilux vans and four Prado Jeeps. He also disclosed that the EXCO  ratified major contracts and approved renovation of some public schools and reconstruction of roads in Ovia North East, Esan North East and Oredo Local government areas.  He said the ratification of the contracts wer...

Some of the benefitting Muslim widows from the Eminent Muslims Forum of Nigeria and Secretary to the Edo State Government's empowerment programme. By Editor March 11, 2025  Bbb ñbbbbn jujn.  DailyMonitorngr reports that the empowerment of the 100 widows was on behalf of the Eminent Muslims Forum of Nigeria. Ikhilor, said the N1 million  empowerment of the widows was part of his contribution to the Muslim body in  making the ongoing Ramadan more easy for the beneficiaries. The SSG, made the empowerment as a Special Guest at the Ramadan lecture and empowerment organised by the Eminent Muslims Forum of Nigeria in Benin City. Represented by Alhaji Yusuf Bako, Secretary-general of the Forum, the Secretary to the State Government commended the Forum for its annual empowerment and imparting Islamic knowledge to the Muslim Umnah. According to him, I am informed that part of the activities of the Eminent Muslims Forum is to give  empowerment to widows. "Prior...

By Editor March 10, 2025 Eight passengers have been burnt to death in a tanker explosion in the Agbede community in Etsako West Local Government Area of the State. DailyMonitorngr reports that the accident happened on Sunday in the community by channel 5, along the Auchi- Benin expressway. Cyril Mathew, the Edo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed the accident to newsmen on Monday in Benin City. Mathew said the accident involved four vehicles with two of them carrying diesel and other petroleum products. Mathew said the information available to him, revealed that one of the tankers descending the Ewu hill on the Benin-Auchi road had a failed brake and in the process rammed into other vehicles which ignited fire. According to him, as of today, Monday,  after the fire service had put out the fire, we counted seven corpses including the two that died on Sunday.  "Four victims with varying degrees of injuries were rushed to the hospi...