The Correspondents Chapel of the Edo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, will Tuesday December 14, 2021 bring on the front burner of public discourse the issue of land grabbing.This is an issue that has posed a major challenge to both the state government and the Benin traditional institution. The chapel has…
The World Cannot Afford Fragmented Nigeria – Gov. Fayemi
……Reiterates Urgent Need for Restructuring The need for Nigeria to remain one country, despite agitations for self-determination by some aggrieved sections of the country, was once again on the front burner as Ekiti State governor, and chairman of Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Kayode Fayemi, on Thursday presented the 60th anniversary Distinguished Lecture of the Nigerian Institute…
Perform or Be Stoned-Lawmaker Warns Politicians
A member of the House of Representatives, Dennis Idahosa, representing Ovia Federal Constituency in Edo State, has admonished politicians on the imperative of fulfilling their promises to the electorate after winning election. Idahosa, who is Chairman, House Committee on Legislative Complaince, gave the advice at an empowerment programme on Saturday where he distributed motorcycles to…
Lucky Igbinedion, Ex-Edo Governor Buries Mother
…Obaseki, Ibori, Ogbeha pay last respect The late mother of former Edo State governor, Lucky Nosakhare Igbinedion has been described as a woman of “boundless charity and generosity” not only to her children, but also to organisations, the height of which was her support for all Catholic cultural festivals. The deceased, Madam Maria Oredola Igbinedion,…
How Governor Fayemi Risked his Life for Nigeria – Bolaji Akinyemi, Ex-NADECO Chieftain
Says he earned reward of being Governor Echoes of Nigeria’s struggle for democracy under the dictatorship of late military head of state, General Sani Abacha championed by the National Democratic Coalition, NADECO, reverberated once again Thursday, December 9 at the auditorium of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, NIIA, Victoria Island, Lagos, venue of the…
How Generosity Saved Two Cement Company Officers From Kidnap
Two suspects who plotted the kidnap of their bosses in a cement company in Okpella, Edo State, are now in police net and would soon be arraigned. The suspects, Obi Bright, and Favour Ede, according to sources in Edo State Police Command, allegedly connived with a gang of kidnappers in Kogi State to abduct for…
Obaseki’s Govt Greatest Scam in Edo’s Political History – Imuse
…Says APC’ll Soon Return to Power The new executive of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Edo State led by David Imuse, said it would soon expose why Governor Godwin Obaseki’s administration is the greatest scam that has ever happened in Edo’s political history. Imuse, a medical doctor and retired army colonel, described Obaseki as…
PDP Crisis: Dokpesi-led Edo North Leaders Reject Orbih, Others’ Suspension,
….Vows to Sanction Perpetrators As the ghost of the defection of Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State from his former party, the All Progressives Congress, APC to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, continues to haunt the former opposition party in the state, leaders of the party in Edo North senatorial district, led by a member…
Edo APC Escapes Factionalisation, Elects New Exco Through Consensus
The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Saturday succeeded in staving off a major crisis that had threatened to factionalise it as a last-ditch effort averted the holding of parallel congresses to elect State executives of the party. TELL gathered that the party was able to placate its aggrieved members after…
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