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By Editor  Oct 31, 2025 A 16-year-old student was reported shot dead while six others sustained degrees of gunshot injuries during an alleged attack involving the combined team of military and personnel of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), suspected drug barons, and cannabis cultivators in Edo State. DailyMonitorngr reports that the attack occurred on October 27, 2025, at Okpuje Community in Owan West Local Government Area of Edo State. Among the injured persons is an officer of NDLEA who was shot on the hand during the attack and is currently receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital in the state. The Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Blessing Agbebaku disclosed this at the plenary sitting on Tuesday, October 28, 2025. Agbebaku, who condemned the alleged killing, expressed sympathy to the deceased, the injured victims and their families. While urging the Commissioner of Police in the State, Monday Agbonika, to investigate the accident, he...

Dr Samson Isibor, Edo State chairman of CRPP   Editor   Oct 30, 2025 The  Coalition of Registered Political Parties (CRPP) in Edo state has urged  Governor Monday Okpebholo to enrol all practising journalists in the state into the State's  Health Insurance scheme. Dailymonitorngr reports that the Chairman and Secretary of the body, Dr Samson Isibor and C.Nkama made the call in a statement in Benin City. Isibor said the appeal became necessary following the sudden death of Mr Adibe Austin Emenyonu, the State Correspondent of ThisDay newspaper on  October 17, 2025, in Benin City. He opined that most of the journalists are working under strenuous conditions due to the high cost of living in the state. He added that the practice of the profession becomes a herculean task for journalists in the state, coupled with the economic downturn, for them and other citizens to purchase drugs and food items.  The CRPP chairman, also appealed to the Monday ...

By Moses Friday The political tension in Kogi West and the Kabba/Bunu/Ijumu federal constituencies has reached a critical point as Senator Sunday Karimi and Hon. Salman Idris have openly distanced themselves from the widely publicized endorsement of Tinubu and Ododo’s second term.  Their absence from the key rallies and official APC state events sends clear signals of discord and a break from the expected party unity, raising questions about loyalty and true intentions within the state leadership. Senator Karimi did not hold back in his recent press statement, labeling the endorsement as an act of “bullying,” which ignited sharp criticism from his own Western senatorial district leaders who quickly branded him ungrateful for the support he has received. On the other hand, Hon. Salman Idris has remained publicly silent regarding his deliberate and conspicuous absence from APC functions in Kogi State, despite being seen in the state during the endorsement rally.  How...