Edo State

Usman Mohammed, 30, came to Edo State to rear cattle but quickly discovered the easy way to make money through his friends. The Police in Edo State arrested Mohammed on Saturday, 24 September 2022, after his five men gang kidnapped and…
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Rotimi Fisher and Sherif Adebayo, two suspected scammers, are accused of defrauding a 23-year-old woman in Lagos State's Ipaja neighborhood. In addition, the woman was allegedly lured by the accused to an unfinished structure on…
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"fleeing bandits, not ISWAP, attacked police's checkpoint." The report that the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) attacked and killed police officers in Edo State is not true,…
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A suspected kidnapper has been shot dead in Edo State after two persons were kidnapped. The suspect, unidentified at the time of this report, was shot dead around Obadan community on Thursday, 22 September 2022, at about 5pm. …
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BENIN CITY, EDO - A 32-year-old man, abducted in Auchi, Etsako West local government area of Edo State, was found dead in a forest near Okpilla, Edo State, and the culprits went on the run. Seven months after, the Nigerian Police said…
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BENIN CITY, EDO - Detectives investigating an alleged serial killer medical doctor, Abbas Abdio Adebowale, have uncovered another of his victim in Ilorin, Kwara State. The investigation, led by the Edo State police command, traced the…
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EDO STATE, NIGERIA - Nigerian police have killed three suspected baby snatchers following a report from residents. The suspects were killed in Edo State on Tuesday, 13 September, at about 7.30. Standard Gazette gathered that Edo…
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Nigerian police have shot a suspected kidnapper in Edo State. It was gathered that the gang of kidnappers was intercepted along the pipeline axis of Ughiole forest in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State on 11 September 2022. …
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An alleged serial killer medical doctor who claimed to be a staff of General Hospital in Kalama, Kwara State, has been arrested after allegedly murdering a taxi driver. Abbas Adio Adeyemi Adebowale allegedly murdered Emmanuel…
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Some men allegedly terrorizing Okomu and other nearby areas have been arrested in Edo State. The arrest is not unconnected to the cult war that has led to the death of more than three youths. Nigerian police raided the cultists'…
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