LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, yesterday, gave the state Commissioner of Police, Abutu Yaro seven days ultimatum to unravel the circumstances surrounding the 20 embalmed bodies found in an uncompleted building in Ekenwan road axis of Benin City. The Special Adviser to the governor on Media Projects, Crusoe Osagie, gave the ultimatum…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was a mild drama, on Thursday when one Osaro Nappiar, an Edo resident, identified his mother’s corpse at an uncompleted building at Ekenhua road in Benin City. The man was among those who visited the site when the operatives of the Edo State Police Command were cordoning off the building, residents…
LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of Edo state police command have busted a suspected ritual shrine in Benin, the state capital. A graphic video of the shrine showed mummified bodies stacked on an iron rack and others standing against the wall of the room. A statement late Wednesday night by the command’s deputy image maker, ASP…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than eight people have been reportedly killed in the last 24 hours in a fierce rivalry between two cult confraternities, in Benin, Edo State. The incident has set the state capital boiling, with the eight confirmed deaths occurring at various locations in the city. Two of the victims were reportedly…
LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Oba of Benin Kingdom, His Royal Majesty Omo no’ Oba n’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, Ogidigan has commended President MuhammaduBuhari GCFR for approving that the enhanced ePassport Centre be located in his Kingdom. The Monarch made the commendation recently during the commissioning of the enhanced ePassport production Centre in the…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ace musician, Ambassador Osayomore Joseph, who was kidnapped on October 3, shortly after he performed at the one year coronation anniversary of the Oba of Benin, at the palace, has died. The death of the music maestro was confirmed in a post by the chairman of COSON, chief Tony Okoroji. Okoroji said:…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force has ordered the immediate and indefinite suspension of the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) Chairperson for the Edo State Police Command, Mrs. Helen Atekha Odemwingie. The Force equally decried the illegal use of police uniforms, kits and accoutrements by non-police individuals and groups. A statement signed by…
LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The long and on-going communal clash between Agbo community in Cross River State and Esan community in Edo State in Nigeria has left a 39-Years- old man dead over cultural infractions in Port-Harcourt, Rivers state. The victim, Mr Effiong Itang was reported to have been short dead by unknown gunmen in Port…