What would have resulted in a major crisis between the Benin traditional institution and the Hausa community in Edo State was on Friday averted following a public apology tendered to the Oba of Benin, Ewuare 11, by one Alhaji Danjuma Garba Binkola, whose planned installation as the ‘Garkuwan Hausawa Benin’ had been widely publicised. According…
Basic Education: World Bank Commends Obaseki for Positive Impact of Reforms
The World Bank has commended the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, for his government’s reforms in the basic education sector, expressing satisfaction with the progress and impact of the reforms in the last seven and half years. A World Bank delegation led by the Bank’s Education Economist, Martín De Simone, said the state has continued…
Human Trafficking: NAPTIP Arrests Fake Rev. Sister with 38 Minors in Delta, Launches Manhunt for Accomplice
A fake reverend sister, Ikejimba Maryvianney, aka Oluchi, has been arrested by the Edo Zonal Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, (NAPTIP) for allegedly trafficking 38 children in Delta State. It was gathered that the 40-year-old apprehended suspect, and one Chidera, now on the run, were handed over the…
Trouble Brews between Benin Palace and Hausa Community in Edo as BTC Denounces Planned Installation of a ‘Garkuwan Hausawa Benin’
The Benin Traditional Council, BTC has kicked against the planned turbaning scheduled for Sunday May 5, 2024, of one Danjuma Garba Binkola as ‘Garkuwan Hausawa Benin’ by someone claiming to be “His Royal Highness Alh. Adamu Isah Adamu”, and who described himself as ‘Sarkin Hausawa’.”Garkuwan Hausawa” means ‘the Shield of Hausa Benin’. The BTC warned…
Tension, Uncertainty as Illegal Occupiers of Delta University Land Get Demolition Notice
Delta State Government is set to repossess lands belonging to the state-owned Dennis Osadebay University, Asaba illegally sold by suspected land speculators. To this effect, the government, through its Taskforce on Recovery of Government Lands, on Tuesday, issued demolition notice to the illegal occupants. The Chairman of the Taskforce, Frank Omare, gave the demolition notice…
Obaseki’s Commissioner, One Other, Stripped of Chieftaincy Titles, Ostracised for Disrespecting Royal Father
For allegedly showing disrespect to her royal father, the Onotare of Ozalla Kingdom, His Royal Highness, Nathaniel Igelugbo Omogbai, Okpamen the IX, Edo State commissioner for culture and tourism, Mrs. Uyi Oduwa-Malaka, has been stripped of her chieftaincy title as the Uzoyare of Ozalla Kingdom. Oduwa-Malaka incurred the wrath of the Onotare when on Friday…
Payback Time for Cable Thief in Edo, Electrocuted in Action
A middle-aged man whose identity is yet to be ascertained has been electrocuted while trying to vandalise the Benin Electricity Distribution Company, (BEDC) Plc’s transformer along Airport Road, Benin, City. The deceased had succeeded in cutting some of the cables before his electrocution. The BEDC, in its reaction at the scene where the body of…
Why I Advised Oshiomhole Against Offering Urhoghide AC Senatorial Ticket – Idahosa, Ex-Political Adviser
A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP in Edo State, and estranged former ally of Governor Godwin Obaseki, Charles Idahosa, has taken responsibility for advising immediate past governor of the state, Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, against offering Senator Matthew Urhoghide the senatorial ticket for Edo South as members of the then ruling Action Congress (AC)…
Again, Obaseki Brings Down Sledgehammer on Shaibu, Demolishes Security Post at Private Residence
Following his impeachment and removal from office as deputy governor of Edo State last Monday, Philip Shaibu has been stripped of his security paraphernalia as the security post that had for more than seven years adorned the front of his private residence at the Aideyan Avenue, Government Reserved Area, GRA, Benin City, was on Sunday…
Oba Ewuare 11 Installed Chancellor of NOUN, Makes case for robust funding of institution
The Benin monarch, Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolor, Ewuare II, has been installed as Chancellor of the National Open University of Nigeria, (NOUN) with a mandate to improve on the fortunes of the University towards achieving the core mandate of the 42-year-old institution. The visitor to the University, President Bola Tinubu, represented by…
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