No fewer than 95 suspected cultists have been arrested by the Edo State Police Command following deadly clashes among members of the Maphites, Eiye, and Aiye confraternities. Sunday PUNCH gathered that members of the three groups had, in the last two weeks, engaged in a supremacy battle, leading to killings, maiming, and the disruption of public peace. The police said …

The Edo State Police Command says it has rescued the 10 students who were kidnapped on their way to the Babcock University Annual GYC Africa Conference on Wednesday, between Edo and Delta states. In a statement on Friday, the spokesperson for the command, Moses Yamu, said the police killed one of the kidnappers, while others escaped with gunshot wounds. He …

A fashion designer, Lawrence Edobor, was beheaded by suspected ritualists at about 2 am on Friday in Evbuotubu, Benin City. The 43-year-old was said to be coming home from a burial he attended on Thursday evening before he was murdered and beheaded, an incident which left the community in shock. A resident, who pleaded anonymity, said the deceased was a …

The Edo State Police Command has announced the arrest of the suspected killer of Glory Adekolure, a University of Benin graduate. Adekolure was said to have gone to school (UNIBEN) to submit her project on June 13, 2024, but her remains were found Adekolure was said to have gone to school (UNIBEN) for her final clearance on June 13, 2024, …

Edo State government has condemned the rape and murder of a graduate of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Glory Adekolure, who was allegedly raped and killed in Iyowa Community, Benin City on Monday. Adekolure, aged 22, was said to have been on her way home from processing her clearance, when she was tortured and raped to death by yet-to-be-identified persons, …

Men of the Nigeria Police have arrested Felix Iloghevbo for allegedly defiling his seven-year-old daughter in Edo State. The State Police Command’s spokesperson, Superintendent Chidi Nwabuzor said the suspect committed the crime on September 19, in Idokpa Community, in Uhunmwode Local Government of the state. He said operatives of the Egba Division Police Station while acting on credible information, arrested …

A man identified as Okhiria has been arrested by the operatives of the Edo State Police Command for shooting his wife with a gun during an argument on June three, at Ekae Community in the new Etete axis, GRA, Benin City, the state capital. The suspect was said to have had an argument with his wife and went to pick …

The Edo State Police Command has arrested three suspected members of a cult in Benin, the state capital. A statement on Friday by the Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Chidi Nwabuzor, said the suspects, Bright Amadin, 34; Brown Amadin  29; and Stanley Omoregie, 27, were arrested where they converged to “forcefully initiate innocent citizens in order to mark their anniversary.” …