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…
Oba Ewuare 11, Gov. Obaseki, Disagree over Custody of Looted Benin Artifacts
As controversy rages between Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, and the palace of the Oba of Benin, Ewuare11, Ogidigan over who takes custody of looted artifacts to be repatriated from Germany and other countries, the Benin monarch on Friday declared unequivocally that the artifacts are not property of the state government or any private corporate…
Edo PDP Lifts Suspension on State Chairman
….Clears Him of Alleged Misconduct The suspension slammed on Edo State chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Tony Aziegbemi, has been lifted. The decision to lift the suspension on the hitherto embattled chairman was announced on Saturday by the State Working Committee, SWC of the PDP. Recall that Aziegbemi was suspended following the decision…
How Kanu, IPOB Leader was Arrested
…. Taken to Court in Handcuffs Nigeria’s most wanted fugitive, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, has been arraigned at the Federal High Court, Abuja, even as more details emerged on circumstances surrounding his arrest and repatriation on Sunday, June 27, 2021. Federal attorney general and minister of justice, Abubakar Malami,…
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