At least seven suspected kidnappers were set ablaze and killed in a "barbaric" mob attack in Nigeria's southern town of Uromi, in Edo state, the governor said on Friday.

The Police Service Commission has approved the appointment of Monday Agbonika of the Police Mounted Troop as the new Commissioner of Police in Edo State. In a statement by Ikechukwu Ani, Public ...

The Edo state government has initiated steps to address the controversy surrounding the ceding of oil wells at Orogho in Orhionmwon Local Government Area to neighboring Delta State. Deputy ...

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has urged Igbos to prepare for self-defense following the killing of some Northern hunters in the Uromi area of Edo State. IPOB warned the Hausa community to ...

The All Progressives Congress has described the ruling of the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal affirming Governor Monday Okpebholo’s victory as a validation of the people’s will.

Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has suspended the Commander of the Edo State Security Corps, Friday Ibadin, following the March 27 lynching of travellers in Uromi, the Esan North East Local ...

NIGERIA-OIL/ (EXPLAINER):EXPLAINER-What to know as a new CEO takes over at Nigeria's state oil firm NNPC LAGOS, - Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has appointed ex-Shell executive Bayo Ojulari and ...

Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, don call for a public parade of di suspects arrested in connection wit di killing of 16 Kano indigenes for Udene, Uromi Local Government Area of Edo State.

LAGOS, April 7 (Reuters) - Gunmen have killed at least 52 people and displaced nearly 2,000 others over several days of attacks in Nigeria's northern Plateau state, which has a history of violence ...

SaharaReporters earlier reported that at least 16 travellers from Northern Nigeria were brutally killed in the Udune Efandion community of Uromi, Edo State, after being labelled as kidnappers.

The victims, who were hunters traveling from Rivers State to Kano State for the Eid celebrations, were attacked by a vigilante group and armed youths on Wednesday. Former Vice President, Atiku ...

The president accused the Rivers State governor of being unable to control vandals and militants in the region. The suspension marks the first declaration of emergency rule since 2013. Nigerian ...