Traders at the new Benin market defied police-imposed movement restrictions to engage in brisk business on Saturday morning as the Edo governorship election commenced. By 7 a.m., vendors had set up makeshift stalls along the main thoroughfare, selling goods despite official warnings to maintain order for the electoral process. EDITOR’S PICKS Gospel Singer Dele Gold … Read more
Thieves who looted goods from the stores of victims of Ekiosa Market fire disaster on Sunday have returned some items they stole, less than 24 hours after juju priests invoked curses on them. The priests were from the dreaded Ayelala Shrine It was gathered Tuesday morning that many of the suspected looters have been returning … Read more
The Popular Ekiosa market in Benin,Edo state has been destroyed by fire,a five-storey office complex of the Edo Property Development Agency, located on the Sakponba Road. Ekohotblog gathered that the inferno that destroyed the market started around 11am, caught the residents, most of who were still in church, unawares and forced many of them to abandon … Read more