The immediate past President of the Nigeria Bar Association, (NBA) Olumide Akpata, has thrown his hat into the ring to vie for the governorship of Edo State on the platform of the Labour Party (LP). Formally announcing his ambition on Thursday at the party Secretariat in Benin City shortly after meeting with the leadership of…
Mental Health Patients Need Empathy, Support, Says Psychiatric Expert, Expresses Need to Break Stigma
A professor of Psychiatry, at the University of Benin, (UNIBEN) Kingsley Akhigbe, has advocated empathy and understanding for patients suffering from mental disorders. He also underscored the need to break the stigma associated with mental health issues. Professor Akhigbe, mental health practitioner at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, (UBTH) Benin City, Edo State, made…
BEDC Punishing Us with Blackout for Apprehending Staff for Cable Theft, Edo Community Alleges
Ugbegun community in Esan Central local government area of Edo State has accused the Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC of victimising residents by throwing them into darkness for apprehending and handing over to the police one of its officials caught in the act of vandalising and stealing armored cables. The traditional ruler and residents of…
Tanker Fire: Oborevwori Mourns, As Several Persons Were Roasted to Death in Delta
An early Sunday morning petroleum tanker fire has claimed scores of lives in the Koko area of Delta State, casting gloom on Nigeria’s 63rd Independence celebration. The state governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, in a press statement, has sympathised with families of the victims, while at the same time advising against “the dangerous act of scooping fuel…
Edo Govt Mulls Over Further Increase in Current ₦40, 000 Minimum Wage for Workers
Though it pays the highest minimum wage in the country, Edo State government is working on further reviewing upwards the current ₦40, 000 being paid to its workers. Disclosing this in his 2023 Independence Day anniversary broadcast, Governor Godwin Obaseki, said this is part of measures to cushion the impact of the fuel subsidy removal…
7 Times A Winner! Delta Maintains Supremacy At Close of 7th National Youth Games
Delta State on Saturday maintained its winning streak, dusting other states of the Federation as the curtains drew on the 2023 National Youth Games (NYG) tagged “Asaba 2023” with a haul of 116 medals. With this victory on home soil, Delta State has won the games back-to-back for a record seven times since inception in…
Public Apology: Go and Sin No More, Obaseki Tells Penitent Deputy
The frosty relationship between Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, and his hitherto estranged deputy, Philip Shaibu is about to be normalised with Thursday’s acceptance of the public apology tendered exactly a week ago by the remorseful deputy governor over what the governor described as his “aberrant behavior”. In a personally signed statement titled “Re:…
Nigeria Hit by Dire Dearth of Doctors, Enabulele Laments
Says About 50, 000 Doctors in Active Practice Instead of WHO’s Recommended 250, 000 The President, World Medical Association, WMA, Osahon Enabulele, has painted a very disturbing picture of state of healthcare in Nigeria, observing that while doctor-to-patient ratio, by international standard, should be a doctor to about 600 patients, what entails is a doctor…
Omo-Agege Says Tribunal Judgement Grave Injustice, Can’t Stand Appellate Scrutiny
Former Senate President, and candidate of the All-Progressives Congress, APC in the March 18, 2023, governorship election in Delta State, Obarisi Ovie Omo-Agege, has picked holes in Friday’s judgement of the state Election Petition Tribunal which affirmed the victory of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori. A unanimous judgement by the three-man tribunal headed by Chibuzo Ahuchaogu, struck…
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