Three persons were on Wednesday confirmed dead and 12 others seriously injured in a lone accident involving a private transport company at Iruekpen along the Benin – Ekpoma Road in Edo State. The Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC attributed the ghastly accident to over-speeding. The Toyota bus, belonging to Big Joe Motors, a popular Benin-based…
Edo APC Faults Obaseki on Slamming Treason, Sedition Charges on 14 Lawmakers-Elect
Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC has berated the state governor, Godwin Obaseki over his threat to sue the 14 embattled lawmakers-elect of the state House of Assembly for treason and sedition. In two separate reactions on Sunday, the state chairman of the party, David Imuse, retired army colonel and medical doctor,…
SCOAN Confirms Death of Founder, T.B. Joshua
The Synagogue Church Of All Nations, SCOAN has issued a statement formally announcing the demise of its founder, Temitope Balogun Joshua, popularly called Prophet T. B. Joshua, thus laying to rest the uncertainty surrounding the news of his passing on.The church however requested a time of privacy for the family. The charismatic, televangelist and philanthropist,…
FG Hammer Falls on Marriage Registrar in Edo for Ruining Wedding
…Fails to Show up to Join Couple. For leaving a couple stranded on their wedding day, May 28, 2021, the federal government on Friday relieved the Registrar of the Benin Federal Marriage Registry, Ozurunoye Chukwuma, of his duties. A disciplinary action has also been instituted against Chukwuma for negligence of duties. Recall that some sections…
Edo Govt Agency Apologises to Obayuwana, CSOs over Violent Disruption of Protest
The management and staff of Edo State Public Works Volunteers, PUWOV on Friday, formally tendered unreserved apologies to the person of former state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr. Osagie Obayuwana, and the entire civil society organisations, CSOs in the state over the face-off between them Monday May 31, 2021. The PUWOV management admitted…
Ezeife, Ex-Anambra Governor Fingers FG in Southeast Insecurity,
*Says Sponsors Don’t Want Elections, Igbo Presidency *Alleges Plot to Impose Emergency Rule in Anambra Former Anambra State governor in the third republic, Chukwuemeka Ezeife, Wednesday night suggested that the federal government may be behind the spate of bloody attacks on national infrastructure, which had claimed the lives of policemen and other residents in the…
Obaseki Spurns Overtures for Reprieve for 14 Embattled Lawmakers-Elect
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, says he would not forgive the 14 lawmakers-elect whose seats were declared vacant Wednesday December 4, 2019 by the Frank-Okiye-led House of Assembly for not fulfilling the 181 mandatory days for attendance at plenary. He said rather, he would start to press charges against them for alleged treason and sedition…
Trouble Looms in Oil Sector over NDDC as Tompolo’s Ultimatum Gathers Momentum
The threat by ex-Niger Delta militant, Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, to cripple the economy of the nation if within seven days the federal government refused to inaugurate a substantive board for the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has started to gain traction. A group known as the Niger Delta Volunteers for Good Governance, NDVGG, on…
Nigerians on Twitter Call Out Ovation Publisher, Dele Momodu Over $20k Bet with Okupe on 2015 Presidential Poll
Popular journalist, and chief executive officer, CEO/ publisher of Ovation International magazine, Dele Momodu, on Monday set the social media abuzz when he tweeted on how he took a $20,000 bet with Dr. Doyin Okupe, former presidential aide, who had sworn it was impossible for then incumbent President, Goodluck Jonathan to lose the 2015 presidential…
Benin NBA Demands Apology From Edo State Govt, Sanction of Erring PUWOV Officials over Assault on Peaceful Protesters
The Benin Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA has demanded an apology from the Edo State government for what it called a “brazen attack” on some protesters led by Dr. Osagie Obayuwana, human rights activist, and former Attorney General and commissioner for Justice in the state. The NBA also demanded that erring officials of…
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