Author: Iduozee Efe Paul

Former President of Nigerian Bar Association and governorship aspirant of Labour Party (LP) in the 2024 Edo State governorship election, Olumide Osaigbovo Akpata, has said the party must field a strong candidate if it wants to win the election. Akpata, who was a guest speaker at the 2023 Press Week of Edo State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), said LP “must put forward a candidate that can match up to the opponents we know we will confront at the election.” The former NBA president, who said he is the candidate that can deliver for the party, urged the…

Chairman of the Coalition of Registered Political Parties (CRPP) in Edo State, Samson Isibor, has called on the state government to give out the state’s share of the federal government palliatives. He made the call while giving awards to some distinguished personalities “who have contributed immensely to the social-economic growth of Edo State and impacted many citizens particularly the downtrodden, the less privileged in our society both spiritually and physically.” He said, “Give us our fuel subsidy federal government palliatives of food items and other items inclusive. We are hungry give us our rice, beans, cooking oil or share our…

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has declared that his embattled deputy, Philip Shaibu, is as free as air to aspire to any political office of his choice. Obaseki, who spoke to journalists after a closed-door meeting with his Bauchi State colleague, Senator Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir, at Ramat House in Bauchi on Thursday, said that he is not stopping Philip Shuaibu from contesting any office in Edo State. According to him, “He is a Nigerian, and by the Constitution of Nigeria, he is very free to aspire. I am not stopping him; he has the right to aspire anywhere in the…

A university don, Prof Ernest Ugiagbe, has said that the rising wave of drug abuse in society is encouraged by bad management of national resources, unemployment and inequitable distribution of wealth among citizens. Ugiagbe stated this in a keynote address he delivered at a Stakeholders Dialogue On Gender-Based Violence, Human Rights Violation and People Who Use Drugs in Benin City The dialogue, which had as its theme: No To Stigmatization and Criminalization, Enhance Prevention And Human Reduction, was organised by Securing The Creative Goldmine In Youths Initiative, a Benin based NGO. Prof Ugiagbe said drugs have destroyed so many marriages…

The Benin Traditional Council (BTC) has clarified that the Enogie of any community in Benin is not a traditional ruler but a palace chief appointed by the Oba of Benin to represent him in that community. Making the clarification at a press conference in Benin, Prof. Edoba Omoregie, SAN, on behalf of the palace chiefs, said there is only one traditional ruler in Benin kingdom and that traditional ruler is the Oba of Benin. The clarification came three months after the Benin Traditional Council (BTC) issued a statement on “Clarification on the Structure of the Benin Traditional Institution,” in response…

Edo State deputy governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu has said that nothing can stop him from winning the 2024 Off-Cycle Governorship Election in the state. Shaibu, who recently declared his intention to run for the governorship on the platform of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), has been having a running battle with Governor Godwin Obaseki over his ambition. He said even though he has been pressed but not crushed, persecuted but not abandoned, badly hurt but not destroyed, he is resolute with the tireless and irrepressible spirit of the Edo people, and by the grace of God, nothing and no one…

Bendel Insurance Football Club of Benin last weekend defeated league table toppers Lobi Stars of Makurdi 1-0 in one of the Match Day 11 fixtures of the Nigeria Premier Football League. Miracle took place in the field as the substitute Osaghae Jr scored the only goal of the match in the 95th minute to end their goal drought and sealed a 1-0 victory for the Benin Arsenals over Lobi Stars of Makurdi The match played at the Samuel Ogbemudia stadium, Benin looked condemned to another stalemate after the six minutes extra time added by the match officials was drifting away…

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has congratulated Bendel Insurance Goalkeeper, Amas Obasogie, on his call-up to the Super Eagles ahead of the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers. The 23-year-old Obasogie was invited by Super Eagles coach, Jose Peseiro to replace Maduka Okoye. He competed with Francis Uzoho (Omonia Nicosia) and Olorunleke Ojo (Enyimba) for a starting shirt in the November internationals against Lesotho and Zimbabwe. In a statement, Obaseki said, “I heartily congratulate our own dear Bendel Insurance Goalkeeper, Amas Obasogie, on his call-up to the national team, the Super Eagles ahead of the FIFA World Cup Qualifier games against…

The Pere of Olodiama Clan in Edo State, Pere Godwin Oguoyibo, the Alagbabunafa lll, has specially recognized Chief Bibowei Braie, the President of Ijaw National Congress in Edo State, for hard work and philantroplist gestures. The Pere of Olodiama clan in Edo state said the honour was to support Chief Braie’s moves to broker peace in the state. Chief Braie who is presently the President of the Boys Brigade Nigeria, Edo State Council, told journalists in Benin that he had always stood for the overall peace for the Ijaw People. “My intention is to achieve a goal, and be a…

Edo State Deputy Governor, Mr. Philip Shaibu, has finally decided to run for the governorship of the state despite opposition to his aspiration by Governor Godwin Obaseki. The formal declaration has been scheduled for next week in Benin City. Shaibu has been consulting and meeting with politicians and the media on his governorship aspiration for several months now, including Governor Obaseki. An aide to Shaibu who did not want his name mentioned said, “If everything works according to his plans, he will officially declare his intention next week. “He has already secured a campaign office along Airport Road. Some of…