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Edo Triumphs with 36 Medals at 2025 BESS Games as Okpebholo Celebrated for Sports Development Excellence

Team Edo has emerged overall champions of the 2025 Basic Education School Sports (BESS) South-South Zonal Competition, consolidating the state’s growing reputation as a rising force in grassroots sports development. The second edition of the championship, hosted across three venues including Uwa Primary School, the National Sports Commission South-South Complex, Etete, and the Samuel Ogbemudia […]

EDO SPECIAL SECURITY SQUAD BUSTS NOTORIOUS KIDNAPPING HIDEOUT, NABS KEY SUSPECTS

Edo State’s renewed offensive against violent crime gained significant momentum at the weekend as Governor Monday Okpebholo’s security architecture delivered another decisive victory, with the demolition of a property used as a major operational base by kidnappers in Egbai community, Ovia North-East Local Government Area. The operation, executed by the Edo State Special Security Squad, […]

Army Captures Four Suspected Kidnappers in Edo State

The 4 Brigade Command of the Nigerian Army, Benin City, Edo State has intensified its crackdown on kidnapping and related criminal activities along the Ahor and Uselu-Nahor axis of Uhunmwonde Local Government Area, leading to the arrest of four suspected kidnappers in a coordinated operation. Speaking to newsmen while parading the suspects at the Brigade […]

We Are Raising Tomorrow’s Leaders Through Sports, Says Governor Okpebholo

Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to deploying sports as a strategic tool for youth development, leadership grooming, and social cohesion. The Governor made this known at the grand opening of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) and State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) South-South Basic Education School Sports (BESS) […]

Major Edo Crackdown: 31 Cultists Arrested as Security Squad Issues 7-Day Ultimatum to Runaway Gang Members

The Edo State Special Security Squad, operating under the code name “Operation Flush Out Kidnapping and Cultism”, has arrested 31 suspects following coordinated raids across Uromi in Esan North-East Local Government Area. The operation is part of the State Government’s intensified efforts to curb cult-related violence and rising criminal activities. The arrests are linked to […]

Agric Transformation Takes Off in Edo as Governor Okpebholo Presses for Obaseki’s Repatriation”

Edo State Government, on Monday marked a major policy milestone with the unveiling of what has been describe as the largest single agricultural mechanisation investment in the State’s history, signalling Governor Monday Okpebholo’s commitment to repositioning Edo as a national hub for commercial agriculture and food security. The commissioning ceremony, held at Government House, Benin […]

MOWAA CONTROVERSY: THOSE INVOLVED IN SHADY DEALS WILL BE PROSECUTED – GOV OKPEBHOLO VOWS

Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has reiterated his administration’s uncompromising commitment to transparency, accountability, and institutional integrity in the ongoing controversy surrounding the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA), stressing that the state is not at war with investors but will not hesitate to prosecute any wrongdoing uncovered in the project. Governor Okpebholo gave […]

THE DEPLETED PDP HAS GONE MAD AGAIN

The Edo State Government has observed a troubling pattern of misinformation being circulated by certain political actors whose aim is to mislead the public and distort the achievements of the current administration of Governor Monday Okpebholo. Recent comments credited to the Edo State factional chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Anthony Aziegbemi, fall squarely […]

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