Latest breaking city news, emergency reports, civic updates, and metro stories across Benin City and Nigeria’s South-South region.”
Human rights activist, PhD research fellow at Middlesex University, London, and Founder/CEO of Legal Supporters, SRTV Media, and SRTV Film Academy, Ogbevire Christian Ashaiku (popularly known as Daddy Kris), has issued an open letter to the Governor of Delta State, Read more…
A comprehensive, month-long slate of cultural, sports, educational, and social events has been rolled out to celebrate the 10th coronation anniversary of the Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku’Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, CFR. The lineup was Read more…
The Edo State Government has kicked off a comprehensive program to eliminate bulk electricity billing, paving the way for residents across all 18 local government areas to secure personal utility accounts and individual prepaid meters. The Commissioner for Power, Paul Read more…
The Nigerian Federal Government has unveiled a temporary price reduction for premium motor spirit (PMS) dispensed through retail outlets of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC). The month-long relief initiative gives commercial transport providers first preference in purchasing the Read more…
At the 59th anniversary memorial of the 1967 Asaba Massacre, former President Olusegun Obasanjo called on survivors and victims’ families to embrace forgiveness and reconciliation to ensure such a civil war tragedy never recurs. In response, the Asagba of Asaba, Read more…
Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has ordered immediate emergency medical intervention and a comprehensive environmental cleanup following a massive oil spill along the Trans-Forcados pipeline, which has now devastated at least 216 communities across the state. Speaking on Read more…
The Edo State Police Command has released Pa Joseph Iduoriyekemen, 90, the father of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) senatorial candidate for Edo South, Hon. Matthew Iduoriyekemen, following an invitation over a petition alleging conspiracy, forcible entry, gun running, cultism, Read more…
An academic staff member of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, identified as Matthew Uwuigbe, has died in a hotel room in Edo State following an encounter with a 21-year-old sex worker. The event transpired on October 5, 2026, within the Read more…
A member of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) was shot and killed on Sunday morning at Abijo Bus Stop in Lagos State by suspected cultists. According to a local police source who spoke to journalists, two armed Read more…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared three days of national mourning following the tragic crash of a Nigerian Air Force military aircraft in Ondo State on Monday. Expressing profound grief over the fatal incident, President Tinubu described the loss as Read more…
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