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The withdrawal of CSP Ayodele Suleiman, the Divisional Police Officer, Auchi, has been ordered by the outgoing Commissioner of Police, Edo State Command, for debriefing. The DPO was summoned to appear at the State Headquarters of the Command with immediate effect concerning the circumstances that led to the death of one of the surviving members of the monstrous gang that attacked the convoy of Apostle Johnson Suleman, the General Overseer of the Omega Fire Ministries.

Di Kwara State Police Command say dem don find di deadi bodi of one woman dem declare missing on 21, November 2021 inside di office of di chief medical doctor of Kaiama General Hospital for Kaiama Local government area of Kwara State.

The Edo State Government has assured stakeholders in the solid minerals sector that it would lift the ban on gold mining in the Dagbala Community

The Nigeria Police Force, Edo State Command says it has raided cultist enclaves on the coastline and some maritime settlements in Edo State.  It said eight different kinds of arms and ammunition with other incriminating items were recovered during the operation.  Although it said no one was arrested during the operation, the command said the raid was in continuation of the ongoing onslaught on criminal hideouts and cultist enclaves in the state.

The Nigeria Police Force says it uncovered a suspected ritualist den with 20 mummified corpses in Benin City, the Edo State capital. The Edo State Command of the Force disclosed this in a statement issued through its spokesperson, ASP Jennifer Iwegbu on Wednesday. Iwegbu said three suspects have been arrested in connection with the crime. The Command in the statement said following a tip-off, its operatives were mobilised to a building along Asoro Slope, off Ekenhuan Road, Uzebu Quarters in Beni...

Seven operatives of Edo Police Command undergoing investigation over alleged involvement in various corruption practices.

Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen struck on Monday and kidnapped Mr Godwin Aigbogun, the chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ugu Ward,

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, said his government has taken steps to retool politics in the state to build public trust and engender sustainable growth and development.

The Edo State Command of NDLEA, has decorated the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, as the Grand Ambassador of War Against Drug Abuse in Edo.