Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki’s seeming onslaught against political opponents appears relentless with the revocation of the certificate of occupancy of an over 18 hectres of farmland belonging to Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) at the September 19, 2020 governorship election in the state. The confiscated land had over the…
E-transmission of Election Results/Voting: Ihonvbere Faults Excuse of Network Challenge
Erudite scholar, seasoned political scientist, and lawmaker representing Owan Federal Constituency of Edo State in the National Assembly, Julius Ihonvbere, has poohpooped the excuse of non-availability of network adduced for voting against electronic transmission of election results and e-voting by the parliament. In a chat with newsmen on Monday when he presented his mid-term score…
ASUP Drags FG to Court over Appointment of Five Unqualified Rectors
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, (ASUP) has frowned at the appointment of allegedly unqualified rectors for five out of the six newly established Federal Polytechnics in the country. According to ASUP, the appointment of the unqualified rectors was against the Polytechnic Act of 2019. National President of the union, Anderson Ezeibe, knocked the federal…
PIB Has Not Done Justice to Host Communities, Omo-Idehen, Biz-Development Expert
The need for the reconciliation and harmonisation of the two different versions of the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB recently passed by the two chambers of the National Assembly has been canvassed by a management and business development expert, George Omo-Idehen. Omo-Idehen suggested that this should be “mandatorily and carefully done, with all objections voiced by…
I’ll Miss My Mother’s Advice, Monthly Prayer Text Messages, Aig- Imoukhuede, Ex-Access Bank MD
It was all eulogies on Tuesday for late Pastor (Mrs.) Emily Okhenren Aig- Imoukhuede, mother of the former managing director of Access Bank, Aigbovbioise Aig-Imoukhuede, as the children held a service of songs for her in her home town, Sabongida-Ora, Owan West local government area of Edo State where the presiding priest, Reverend Augustine Ehigiemetor…
Tokyo Olympics Morale Booster: Edo Govt Gifts Adegoke $10,000
Edo State government on Monday advised its ambassador and sprint sensation, Enoch Adegoke who would be participating in the Tokyo Olympic Games in Japan to be level-headed, follow the rules, and be clean (free from drug use). The state government gave the counsel at a webinar meeting where $10,000 was presented to Adegoke in support…
Obaseki Defers to Benin Monarch on Looted Artefacts
To Seek Audience With Palace To Iron Out Grey Areas The Edo State government on Monday broke its silence on the face-off between it and the Palace of the Oba of Benin, Ewuare 11, Ogidigan, on the custody of stolen artefacts to be repatriated from Germany and other foreign countries. Secretary to the State Government,…
Hope Dims as Edo Police Hit Brick Wall In MFM Pastor’s Whereabouts
…Alerts Wife in SMS Abductors Hired Assassins, Not Kidnappers Is Dan Osato Osamwonyi, a Pastor with Mountain of Fire Ministry, (MFM) Prayer City Region 66, Benin City, Edo State, who was abducted somewhere along Sapele Road over a month and a half ago dead or alive? This is the maze men of the state Police…
Two Weird Sisters Live with Mother’s Decomposed Corpse for 9 Days
…Claim it was in Obedience to the Lord’s Instruction Residents of a neighbourhood in Benin City, Edo State capital, were shocked at the weekend to discover the decomposed corpse of a 78-year-old woman in her apartment kept there by her two daughters nine days after her death. Strangely, the two women, Grace Osagede, 60, and…
Music, Not Drugs, Makes me High – Victor Uwaifo
..How I sold kerosene, Uwaifo sold kolanuts in Benin – Igbinedion Legendary entertainer and octogenarian music maestro, Sir Victor Uwaifo, aka Guitar Boy, Saturday night declared that he has never smoked or taken drugs, but rather, music makes him high. “I have never smoked in my life; I don’t drink. It’s now that I started…
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