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Edo State NDLEA Commander, Mitchell Ofoyeju  By Editor Aug 11, 2025 The Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 46 suspected drug traffickers in the state. The suspects were arrested during a coordinated raid on Ihama Road, Government Reservation Area, Benin City and other flashpoints within the state. Dailymonitorngr reports that the Edo State Commander of the agency Mitchell Ofoyeju disclosed this on Monday in Benin City while presenting the command’s scorecard for the month of July 2025.  Ofoyeju said the arrest of the suspects resulted in the  seizure of nearly 40,000 kilograms of assorted illicit drugs and the destruction of 15.852 hectares of cannabis plantations. He said a total of seven cannabis farms measuring 15.85 hectares across Oke Forest in Uhunmwonde and Ewere Forest in Uzebba, Owan West Local Government Areas, were destroyed. He gave the breakdown of the arrested suspects to include 38 males and 8 fema...

By Editor Aug 9, 2025 The Newly Appointed Chief Medical Director of University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Prof Idia Ize-Iyamu has assured that together with the management, staff and students, she would keep the hospital at the forefront of medical excellence. Dailymonitorngr reports that Prof  Ize-Iyamu, a globally trained specialist, a Commonwealth Fellow and a Craniofacial Orthodontist was on Friday, August 8, 2025, appointed the new Chief Medical Director of the teaching hospital by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In her appreciation message, Idia Ize-Iyamu also assured that her administration would together with the management, staff and students strengthen the standards and innovate in care delivery of the hospital. She opined that the appointment is not hers alone but to all who have shaped her journey, championed her mission, and believed in the power of dedicated service. According to her, today marks a moment of profound gratitude for me, a reminder that ...

By Editor Aug 6, 2025 Edo State Government has banned a private consultant, Atalakpa Recovery Concept limited and other various transport unions from collection of any form of dues, levies, taxes or charges from motorists in the State. Dailymonitorngr reports that the Secretary to the State Government, Umar Musa Ikhilor disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Benin City. Ikhilor also said the private consulting firm, owned by the Edo State youth leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the transport unions are banned from collection of taxes from any member of the public in the state. He said, the Atalakpa Recovery Concept Limited  was earlier engaged by the government to enforce payment of tax compliance by taxpayers in the State. He posited that credible reports reached the State Governor Monday Okpebholo that the consulting firm  and its workers have became complicit in widespread extortion and abuse of mandate, thereby b...