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US group opposes Benin Bronzes’ return to Nigeria
A United States civil rights organisation, Restitution Study Group, has warned against the return of Benin...
Benin prison escapee, one other arrested for electricity cable theft
One Festus Okoeguare, who reportedly escaped from the White House Correctional Centre, Benin in 2020, has been arrested alongside one...
Court Jails 2 Yahoo Boys For N1.3 Billion Fraud
Justice Efe Ikponmwonba of the Edo State High Court sitting in Benin-City on Thursday May 19, 2022, convicted and sentenced two internet fraudsters....
Man sentenced to 3 years imprisonment for stealing cable wire
An Oredo Magistrate Court in Benin, on Friday, sentenced one Etim Godwin, 37, to three years imprisonment for stealing cable wire, valued at N1.5...
Suspected Beniniose Kidnapper Arrested By Police In Kwara
A transborder suspected kidnapper, Mohammed Alo, has been arrested by operatives of the Kwara State Police Command. In a statement by the command’s...
Chaos in Benin as bus drivers withdraw services
There was chaos in several parts of Benin City, Monday, as bus drivers mostly those driving mini-buses withdrew their services from the roads over alleged...
2 die, 8 injured in Ore-Benin Expressway crash
Two persons died in an accident involving two vehicles on the Ore-Benin Highway on Sunday. Ogun Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission, Mr...
Woman, others jailed 141 years for trafficking cocaine, cannabis
A 25-year-old lady, Chioma Okocha, and five men have been sentenced to a total of 141 years’ imprisonment for trafficking in cocaine and cannabis sativa....
UNIBEN grants ‘amnesty’ to 500 students who overstayed in school
THE Vice Chancellor, University of Benin, Prof. Lilian Salami, yesterday, said the school had granted ‘amnesty’ to 500 students who had overstayed in...
Beninoise kills daughter, beheads neighbours’ corpses for failed money rituals
Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two suspected ritualists for unlawful possession of a fresh human head. The suspects, Monday Karezu, 32,...
Oba of Benin’s wife gives birth to quadruplets
The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II has welcomed a set of quadruplets from his fifth wife, Queen (Oloi) Aisosa Ewuare II into the Benin Royal Family. Oba...
Don’t allow Obaseki take custody of 1,130 stolen artefacts, Oba of Benin urges FG
Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, has asked the Federal Government to temporarily take custody of 1,130 stolen Benin artefacts after they are repatriated from...
UNIBEN student shot dead days after final examination
A 400-level student of the Department of Political Science, University of Benin, Austin Izu, has been shot dead by yet-to-be-identified gunmen in his ...
My wife was crying, guests shocked as Benin marriage Registrar was no where to conduct our wedding
Abel Ugiagbe and his wife, Avuwa Marian, whose wedding was expected to take place at the Federal Marriage Registry in Benin, Edo State, on May 28, 2021,...
Commuters stranded as youths block Benin-Auchi road over killing, kidnapping
Hundreds of commuters were Wednesday stranded in Ehor, Uhunmwonde local government area of Edo state as angry youths blocked that axis of the Benin –...
Four West African countries to buy Nigeria’s idle electricity
Niger, Togo, Benin and Burkina Faso are collaborating to buy the unutilised power produced in Nigeria, the Chairman of the Executive Board of the West...
Accident claims six lives on Sagamu-Benin expressway
No fewer than six persons were confirmed dead in an early Tuesday morning accident involving three vehicles around Ajede Ogbere in-between Ijebu Ode -Ore, on the...
Ologbo killings: Court adjourns till May 26
A Benin High Court on Wednesday adjourned until May 26 the case against Austin Olokor for the alleged murder of two locals, Okhuoimose Omorodion and Genesis Orji....
UNIBEN bursar escapes abduction as gunmen kill NSCDC officer
The Bursar of the University of Benin, Mr Victor Imagbe, on Thursday, escaped being kidnapped by gunmen, who invaded his house at Ogheghe along the Sapele Road,...
Tribunal deregisters doctor whose patient lost right leg
One Dr. Sunday Elusoji, a registered Medical Practitioner and Consultant Surgeon engaged at University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Benin City, Edo State,...
