The Minister of Niger Delta Development, Abubakar Momoh, has assured governors of the oil-producing states that all ongoing and abandoned projects in the region would be completed, stating that the ministry would collaborate with the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, towards achieving this. Momoh, an engineer, was responding to the appeal by the Delta State…
UNIBEN Students Attack: Hospital Visit to Injured Lecturer Heartbreaking, Eye-opening, Says Akpata, Edo LP Guber Candidate
The Edo State Labour Party, LP, governorship candidate in the upcoming September 21, 2024, governorship election in the state, Olumide Osaigbovo Akpata, has described as “senseless”, the act of violence that took place at the University of Benin Staff Club Friday, April 12, when he was hosted by members of the club to an interactive…
APC LG Woman Leader, Husband Hospitalised in Edo as Thugs Invade Meeting
A former member of the House of Representatives, Ehiozuwa Johnson Agbonayinma, popularly called EJ, and chieftain of the All-Progressives Congress, APC in Edo State, has narrated his bitter encounter with some alleged political thugs who stormed a political meeting at his behest and beat up participants, including the party’s woman leader in Ikpoba Okha local…
UNIBEN Violence: ASUU Serves Management Strike Notice, Demands Adequate Security for Members
The crisis rocking the University of Benin, (UNIBEN) Ugbowo, Edo State, has taken a new twist as the local branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, on Monday issued management of the university a strike notice over the Thursday April 12 bloody attack on its members by the Students Union Government, SUG. The…
I Was Misled – Danjuma Binkola, Title-craving ‘Garkuwan Hausawa Benin’ Admits, Begs Oba Ewuare 11 for forgiveness
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…
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