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…
Akpata, UNIBEN SUG Saga: Edo Govt Warns against ‘Irresponsible’ behaviour
The Edo State Government has condemned in the strongest terms, the ugly incidence at the University of Benin on Friday, involving the Students Union Government, SUG, of the institution, and candidate of the Labour Party, Olumide Osaigbovo Akpata, who was invited by the senior staff of the university for an interactive session at their Senior…
Our Side of the Story – UNIBEN SUG
Students Union Government, SUG, of the University of Benin reacts to Attack on Labour Party candidate, Olumide Osaigbovo Akpata, at the university’s Senior Staff Club on Friday April 12, 2024. Update on Security Threats and Institutional Disregard The Students Union Government, in its usual mode and advocacy for transparency, wishes to update her students and…
UNIBEN Attack, My Story-Akpata, LP Candidate
Statement by Olumide Osaigbovo Akpata, governorship candidate of the Labour Party, LP in the September 21 Gubernatorial election in Edo State on Saturday April 13, 2024, following attack on him by students at the University of Benin “Good morning, Nigerians. Good morning, good people of Edo State. I am Olumide Osaigbovo Akpata, the Labour Party…
Edo Guber: Akpata, Ex-NBA President Vows He Would Resist Intimidation Following Violent Attack by UNIBEN Students
… Fingers top official of Govt as mastermind With commencement of campaigns for the September 21, 2024 Edo State governorship election barely a few days away, strong indications emerged on Saturday that the battle for the soul of the Heartbeat of the Nation would be fierce and bloody as the state police command and the…
Impeachment: Shaibu to Drag Edo Chief Judge Before NJC
Making good his threat to fight the perceived injustice done to him by his impeachment on Monday, the former deputy governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has written to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, to obtain a complaint form to file a formal petition against the Chief Judge of Edo State,…
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