Author: Iduozee Efe Paul

The Benin Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused authorities of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma of failing to remit nearly N1 billion deducted ASUU dues and members’ welfare savings/loan repayments to the union. The union also alleged that the university has failed to pay salary arrears of up to two years to many academic staff of the University. It therefore urged all well-meaning stakeholders of AAU and the Visitor to the institution and Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki to prevail on the authorities to pay all outstanding salaries of staff. In a statement issued in…

Edo State deputy governor and frontline Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in the 2024 election, Comrade Philip Shaibu, has accused the Governor, Godwin Obaseki of betraying former Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike. Shaibu, who does not enjoy the endorsement of Governor Obaseki in his gubernatorial aspiration, however said that he was not fighting the governor over his decision to support Mr. Asue Ighodalo from Edo Central to succeed him. Shaibu, who hails from Edo North Senatorial Zone nevertheless stressed that it was Governor Obaseki that was fighting him. The deputy governor who was a guest on a live…

The President and Founder of American Heritage University of Southern California, (AHUSC), United States, Prof. Tony Ogiamien has raised alarm over the fraudulent sale of the university’s degrees by a former Abuja-based university vice-chancellor and an Abuja-based consultant. Prof. Ogiamien, who spoke to National Point from his base in the United States, accused the erstwhile Vice Chancellor and one Dr. Kekere of selling the school’s certificates, degrees and awarding honourary or postgraduate degrees to unsuspecting general public. He said that he has done a petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against the two persons on the fraud,…

Edo State Deputy Governor, Mr. Philip Shaibu, has said that his insistence on running for the governorship of the state in next year’s election is because he had received an assurance from God that he would be governor. Shaibu, who spoke in Benin when he hosted members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) at an end-of-year party, said God had authorized him to speak on this matter and that whatever God had asked him to say never came to nothing. Shaibu had been at loggerheads with the incumbent Governor, Godwin Obaseki, over his aspiration. Obaseki, whose tenure runs out…

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has approved the release of the sum of N1billion to cover free health insurance for pensioners and vigilantes in the state. The director-general of the Edo State Health Insurance Commission, Dr Rock Amegor, who disclosed this in Benin City, said the initiative was to address the health needs of senior citizens and government’s commitment to ensuring quality and affordable healthcare delivery. He said it will also reduce the burden of citizens who have to pay for healthcare services from their pockets in these difficult economic times, saying the scheme would enhance the effort to…

A frontline Edo 2024 Governorship aspirant on the platform of the People Democratic Party, (PDP) Dr. Asue Ighodalo, has said vowed that if elected governor of Edo state, he would improve on education, roads and other infrastructure and amenities that would make life easy and meaningful for the people. Ighodalo made the statements during interactive session held with members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Edo State Council at the Union’s secretariat, GRA, Benin City, Edo state. He asserted that his priority is to build on the achievements of past governments. He said, “l remain neutral and l would…

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…