Edo State Police Command has rescued 11 persons abducted by suspected kidnappers in Ogbido Community, Iyahmo, following a coordinated operation involving police officers, local vigilantes and hunters. The victims, who were reportedly kidnapped while working on their farms, regained their freedom after security operatives engaged the armed suspects in...
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Edo State Police Command has made significant progress in the investigation of the kidnapping incident that occurred at the Vegetable Market along Airport Road in Benin City on June 14, 2026. The breakthrough followed a coordinated operation carried out by operatives of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) on the...
Edo State Government has dismissed reports alleging that students were kidnapped in Sabongida-Ora, describing the claim as false and deliberately intended to create panic among residents. The Sate Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Prince Kassim Afegbua, who made the rebuttal in a statement issued on Thursday, said investigations revealed...
Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has expressed concern over what he described as the growing involvement of some residents in facilitating kidnapping and other criminal activities across the state. The governor made the remarks during the 2026 Ministers’ Conference organised by the Edo State chapter of the Christian Association...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have agreed to partner together towards ensuring credible and transparent election in the 2027 general election. This understanding was reached on Tuesday June 9, 2027 when the Edo State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Obo Etfanga paid...
Edo State Police Command has uncovered a carefully orchestrated kidnapping scam and arrested four suspects who conspired to fraudulently obtain Fifty Million Naira (₦50,000,000) as ransom from unsuspecting family members through a fabricated abduction plot. The command’s spokesman, ASP Eno Ikoedem, disclosed this is in a statement issued on...
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested three suspected kidnappers in Jattu, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State, following intelligence gathered after the abduction of a female victim earlier this month. The arrest was confirmed in a statement issued by the Command’s Public Relations Officer,...
2027 Edo South: Grateful Ogbeide-Ihama thanks supporters, says ‘the journey forward begins together’
2027 Edo South: Grateful Ogbeide-Ihama thanks supporters, says ‘the journey forward begins together’
Former member of the House of Representatives, Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama, has expressed gratitude to the people of Edo South Senatorial District following his victory at the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial primary election, declaring that “the journey forward begins together.” Ogbeide-Ihama made this known in a personally signed letter of...
Edo State Police Command has recorded another breakthrough in its ongoing offensive against kidnapping and violent crimes with the rescue of an abducted victim and the arrest of suspected kidnappers during a tactical operation in Uhunmwonde Local Government Area. The operation, which was carried out in the early hours...
Edo State Police Command has commenced investigation into a fatal shooting incident that occurred on Sunday, 10th May, 2026 at about 1700hrs around the University of Benin axis, Benin City. Preliminary investigation according to the police, revealed that three occupants of a Mercedes-Benz GLK vehicle namely; Onwuke Blessed ‘M’,...
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command in collaboration with the Edo State Security Corps (ESSC) have arrested twelve suspected cultists following a swift response to credible intelligence at Amazing Grace Estate, Elele Community, Uzairue, Auchi. The Command’s Spokesperson, ASP Eno Ikoedem, disclosed this in a statement issued on...
There are two broad categories of success in this country. The first announces itself long before it arrives. It travels with noise, dresses in spectacle, and insists, sometimes rather impatiently, that you take notice. The second is quieter, almost reluctant to be seen. It builds, it steadies, it gives,...
Edo State Police Command, under the leadership of the Commissioner of Police, CP Monday Agbonika, has successfully rescued a kidnapped victim following a swift and coordinated search and rescue operation. Police spokesman, ASP Eno Ikoedem, confirmed the rescue operation in a statement issued on Saturday in Benin. ASP Ikoedem...
Edo State Police Command has confirmed the safe rescue of all passengers abducted during the recent kidnapping incident along the Benin–Lagos Expressway, bringing relief to families and commuters along the busy corridor. In a statement issued by the Command’s spokesperson, ASP Eno Ikoedem, the police said the victims were...
Officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone C, Owerri, have intercepted a massive consignment of illicit drugs worth over ₦1 billion, concealed within legitimate goods along the Okada/Ofosu Expressway in Benin City. The Comptroller of the Unit, Bishir Balogun, disclosed during a press briefing...
Nigeria Police Force, through the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) Abuja, has recorded a major breakthrough in the investigation of a transnational fraud, identity theft, and money laundering case involving a United States-based victim, in line with the ongoing drive of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu,...
There are moments in the life of a people when something unusual appears on the horizon. Not the familiar politician whose promises arrive with great fanfare and depart with suspicious speed, but something steadier. Something that does not merely announce itself but offers direction. It seems the people of...
The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of Osamudiamen Philip Ikilo for fraud of $19,400 bitcoin. The convict was arraigned on one count charge of stealing before Justice W.I. Aziegbemhin of the Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City....
Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested a man suspected of being behind the recent attempt to assassinate the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, in Benin, the Edo State capital. Obi, a former governor of Edo State, Chief John Oyegun, and several chieftains...
Security operatives in Edo State have arrested 113 suspected kidnappers following a coordinated early-morning operation in Agbede and Iruekpen. The raids, carried out around 3:00 a.m. on Wednesday, were led by the Commissioner of Police, Monday Agbonika, and targeted settlements locally known as “zangos,” where ransom payments were allegedly...