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Veteran Journalist and former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abdul Oroh, has declared his intention to return to the National Assembly ahead of the 2027 general elections, receiving unanimous endorsement from leaders of the All Progressives Congress in Owan Federal Constituency. Oroh, a pro-democracy activist who represented the constituency between 2003 and 2007, was endorsed by party leaders …

Dr. Don Pedro Obaseki on Tuesday declared that he has forgiven those who assaulted him on Sunday, December 28, 2025, at Uwa Primary School, Benin, bringing a dramatic turn to an incident that stirred outrage across Edo State. Obaseki was reportedly attacked by a group of thugs allegedly led by Osaze Adun, popularly known as Kapuepue, while he had gone …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Edo State, on Monday, impounded two truckloads of substances suspected to be cannabis, weighing 7,245 kilograms, concealed in cartons of beer. Edo State Commander of the NDLEA, Commander of Narcotics, Mitchell Ofoyeju, disclosed this while addressing journalists in Benin City on Monday. He said the first truck, with registration number OYO LUY …

Freedom Ambassadors Organization, a civil society group has called on the Edo State Government to prioritize investment in modern sanitation infrastructure rather than pursue an appeal against a recent court judgment voiding restrictions on human and vehicular movement during monthly environmental sanitation exercises. The group’s position follows a March 26, 2026 ruling by Justice Isoken Urhomwen Erameh of the Edo …

The Gaza ceasefire came into effect in October but is yet to move to its next stage Hamas has rejected the disarmament plan of a top figure in President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace efforts, a senior Palestinian official familiar with the negotiations has told the BBC. He accused Nickolay Mladenov, the high representative for Gaza on the US-led Board of …

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon and Israel are set to hold the first direct diplomatic talks in decades on Tuesday in Washington following more than a month of war between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group that has rocked the tiny Mediterranean country. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will take part in the talks in Washington with Israeli Ambassador to …

Marathon talks that failed to produce a breakthrough between the United States and Iran were not the final word in negotiations, officials in the US and the region said Monday, as the contours of the two sides’ disagreement — primarily over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions — came into sharper focus. In Islamabad on Saturday, American negotiators proposed a 20-year pause on …

Food prices have risen in countries such as Iraq during the US-Israel war with Iran The global economy is at risk of recession if the US-Israel war with Iran continues and high energy prices persist, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned. In its World Economic Outlook report, the IMF said in a worst case scenario – where oil, gas …

Teachers and local government workers in Edo State who retired in 2012, on Monday began receiving their long-awaited gratuities, following the disbursement of N1 billion recently approved by Governor Monday Okpebholo. The exercise, which according to the government, also captured some pensioners who retired between 2009 and 2011, saw many aged and frail beneficiaries break down in tears as they …

Six Police officers implicated in an alleged organized extortion ring operating within Benin City, have been dismissed by the Edo State Police Command. The Command vowed that all those involved will face prosecution. The affected officers were found to have allegedly participated in a criminal syndicate accused of harassing, abducting and extorting unsuspecting members of the public while posing as …