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February 25, 2022

Edo: Gunmen kill seven people; attack four banks, police headquarters

Witnesses said the gunmen, who stormed the town in several vehicles, attacked the four banks with dynamite.

First Bank attack in Edo
September 21, 2021

Auto crash claims four lives, injures others in Benin

The police said four people died, as opposed to the nine reported by those at the scene of the accident.

June 30, 2021

UNIBEN student shot dead, one critically injured by gunmen

The police command in Edo has confirmed the killing of Augustine Izu, a final year Political Science student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN).

University of Benin campus gate (Credit: Guardian)
June 28, 2021

Benin City: Husband kills wife over N2,000

A 45-year-old man, Christopher, has been arrested for killing his wife because she refused to give him N2,000.

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