LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Some youths in Edo State, yesterday pelted the state Governor, Godwin Obaseki, with stones at the Esan Central Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that the incident happened in Irrua where Obaseki had gone to consult with leaders of the All Progressives Congress in the Edo Central Senatorial District….
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Edo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Johnson Kokumo how combined force of Policemen, who were on guard duty foiled armed robbery bank attack on a bank in Igarra, in Akoko Edo Local Government Area of Edo State. He disclosed that three of the armed robbers were killed during a gun duel. While…
LAGOS JULY 17T (NEWSRANGERS)-Some aggrieved youths of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Edo State have accused Governor Godwin Obaseki of alleged marginalisation of some leaders of the party. They alleged that many of the party members and leaders, who worked to ensure Obaseki’s emergence as governor in the 2016 governorship election, had allegedly been…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was a heavy clash between supporters of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and those of the All Progressives Congress (APC) outside the VIP arrival hall of the Benin city airport Friday evening, over a senator’s anti Buhari comment at the Senate. Security operatives, led by the Edo State Police Commissioner, Mr….
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senator representing Edo South in the National Assembly, Matthew Urhoghide, yesterday revealed what happened to him after he moved the motion for President Muhammadu Buhari’s impeachment. The Senator who said he has no regrets for moving the motion, alleged that the Chief of Staff to Governor Obaseki, Taiwo Akerele, mobilized thugs tojustassault…
LAGOS APRIL 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday sacked the Commissioner for Environment and Sustainability, Mr. Reginald Okun. Obaseki also approved the retirement of the General Manager of the Edo State Waste Management Board, Mr. Aiyamenkue Akonofua. The governor, according to a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government,…
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unknown gunmen have shot dead Samson Sedi, a leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo state. Sedi, the youth leader of the APC in the area, was killed in Jattu on Wednesday. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Johnson Kokumo, confirmed the…
LAGOS MARCH 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three people were reported to have been injured as the convoy of Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki was yesterday involved in an accident along the Benin-Lagos Express Road. NewsRangers learnt that no life was lost in the accident which occurred in front of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH). When our…
