Author: Iduozee Efe Paul

Tragedy struck recently in Benin City, Edo State when a security exercise resulted in the death of a vigilante at a funeral ceremony. Mourners ran for scampered to safety when a trigger-happy vigilante member accidentally shot to death his colleague who had only a few days earlier, bought a flight ticket to travel to the United Kingdom after he successfully secured a five-year work visa. The killing brings to four the number of members of the Edo State Security Network (ESSN) shot to death within a spate of one month in the state capital. The latest victim, Cyril Igiebor, aged…

Promise Wosu, also known as Wene, on Sunday completed a 606-kilometre journey of foot on Sunday from to Port Harcourt and was received at Government House by Governor Siminalayi Fubara, who said Wosu’s feat would encourage him to support youths that do the state proud. Wosu’s feat, reputed to be a record fitting to be documented by Guinness Book of World Records, has however attracted controversial reviews on social media. Many think that the record is doubtful. Governor Fubara advised youths to stay away from criminality, engage in meaningful ventures while propagating news of productive activities taking place in their…

Former representative of the Rivers South East Senatorial District at the 8th National Assembly, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe has condemned the current political imbroglio in Rivers State. The senator in a statement on his Facebook account on Monday titled: ‘I Condemn the Ongoing Unrest in Rivers State says there can only be one governor of a state at a time according to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The statement made available by Parry Saroh Benson, his media spokesperson reads: “In as much as I have chosen to remain silent on the Political issues in Rivers State, let…

What is your impression about the election so far? My impression so far is that the election is going on, accreditation and voting are going on. There are pockets of violence, especially at Sagbama where materials were hijacked, at Amassoma where a Senior Presiding Officer was abducted, and at Famgbe, where there was shooting on Friday evening. Somebody was hospitalized. I want to sympathise with the police. One of their vehicles had an accident at Imgbi Road Junction and the car is still there. NPF 6790 D. I think other places are where I also want to sympathise with INEC…

Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested two suspects, Marvelous Imiefoh, 20, and Uwaghele John, 24, for allegedly kidnapping and raping a 24-year-old lady, whose identity is being withheld by the police for security reasons. The suspects were arrested by the police at Ekpoma after the victim had reported her ordeal at the Ekpoma Police Division. Edo State Police command’s spokesperson, Chidi Nwabuzor, said the victim reported to the police that she was attacked and raped by the two men who met her in front of a club in Ekpoma. He asserted that the suspects solicited her company…

The ancient kingdom of Beni marked its new yam festival in the Edo State capital last week with Omo N’Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, CFR, saying the Emoro new yam festival is to rekindle the rich Benin cultural heritage. The Oba of Benin said the festival is also meant to demonstrate love among one another in line with the divine order. The first class monarch made the statement at the first Ugie Emoro festival at the Palace ground in Benin City, ahead of his 7th coronation anniversary. The in Oba Ewuare ll disclosed that subsequently, the Emoro…

The Nigeria Union of Journalists, Edo State chapter has called for urgent action on both the abandoned Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, projects and the rehabilitation of all federal roads in the state- the Benin/Auchi Road; Benin/Agbor Road; Benin/Abraka Road; Benin/Sapele Road; Benin/Akure Road and the Benin/Lagos Road. The union also admonished journalists to be neutral and professional in their reportage of political activities ahead of the Edo 2024 elections as it decried the pervasive tendency of some journalists to publish fake and unverified news items. The NUJ made the demands in a statement issued at the end of its…

The bad state of the healthcare system in the country recently came under serious scrutiny again, at the annual lecture of the Federated Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) held in Benin City, the Edo State capital. Stakeholders at the lecture decried the sorry state of the sector and blamed both the federal and state governments for paying lip service to the issue of adequate funding and welfare of healthcare professionals. Leading the condemnation, president of the World Medical Association (WMA), Dr. Osahon Enabulele, who blamed both tiers of government for the rot in the sector, explained that…

The people of Edo Central Senatorial District have issued a strong worded advice to the state’s deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, to exercise restraint and stop blackmails in his bid to pressurize Governor Godwin Obaseki to disregard the senatorial zoning arrangement of the state which provides for the district to produce the next governor. The people who, gave the warning at a press conference held at the secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Edo State Chapter, in Benin City, said the frustration Shaibu is expressing is only a decoy to make it seem as if he is being victimized…

The Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp, located in Benin City, Edo State has graduated a total of 18 students from various universities in Nigeria. Making this known to newsmen, the coordinator, Home for the Needy Foundation, Pastor Solomon Folorunsho, added that over 80 students have graduated so far from the IDP Camp, while 200 undergraduates are presently in different universities learning while another 150 are still processing their admissions. He pleaded with the state and government at all levels in Nigeria, and the world at large, to join in investing in the lives of the children, stressing that over 3,000…