The long arm of the law has caught up with two men, who allegedly strangled an UBER driver to death in Lagos before stealing and escaping with his car to Edo State. According to the Lagos State police boss, Fatai Owoseni, the cab driver, Ehobosa Alex, was killed on a Sunday at Fagba, Iju-Ishaga area of the state and his […]
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For three consecutive days, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing and former Lagos State governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, crisscrossed the six states in the South-south geo-political zone, assessing the state of the roads and monitoring progress reports both in the works and the housing sectors. Attention to details “If you noticed, for the first 20 minutes, I wasn’t […]
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The hunt is on for a Truck Driver, Oghoeruke Morrison Oghenero, and his motor-boy, Okechukwu Chimieze, all staff of On Target Logistics, who allegedly conspired to set their employer’s truck on fire after diverting and selling off N20million worth of cargo.
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Following the persistent rains and attendant floods, residents of Ugbor community, in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State, have appealed to the state government to rehabilitate the Ugbor-Amagba road. The residents, who made the call during a protest at the weekend, lamented that the road had become a nightmare for motorists and traders.
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One person was on Wednesday feared dead when a tanker laden with fuel exploded at Upper Mission Junction on the Benin-Auchi Expressway, in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State. The explosion, which was said to have occurred at about 7am, left no fewer than four persons injured. It was also gathered that the fire destroyed property worth millions of […]
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Operatives of the Edo State Police Command on Friday shot dead a suspected armed robber at Oluku bypass, in Ovia North-East Local Government Area of the state. The suspect was said to have been killed during a shootout between some policemen and an armed robbery syndicate specialized in highway robbery. It was learnt that the deceased robber and other members […]
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Residents of Okpuje, a sub-clan in Ilueha, Owan West Local Government Area, Edo State, who are predominantly farmers, say they would not cast their votes for any political party in the September 10 governorship election in the state, as long as the five-kilometer road linking the communities in the sub-clan to Uzebba was not constructed. The people complained that past […]
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Barely three months to the end of his second term in office, Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole, has assured that ongoing road projects will continue, even if price of crude oil crashes to zero percent. He gave the assurance yesterday at the kick-off of a 10-km Uzebba-Okpuje-Okabhor road in Owan West Local Council Area of the state.
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A tow truck belonging to the Federal Road Safety Commission in Edo State and two other vehicles were burnt in an auto crash involving a tanker on the Benin-Ore Road. The FRSC Sector Commander in Edo, Mr. Oluwasusi Familoni, who confirmed the accident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Benin, said the driver of […]
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