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Tragedy struck on Saturday, January 21, 2023, when midday fire burnt a lot of shops in the popular Lagos street of the Oba Market in Benin city, the Edo State capital. Goods and property worth millions of naira were destroyed in the inferno. One of the eyewitnesses, who said she did not want her name to be mentioned, told National Point that they could not really explain how the fire started. The source said when they discovered that there was a thick dark smoke in one of the shops in the building before the fire spread to other shop, they…

The Edo State Commissioner of Police, Muhammed Dankwara, said the police have arrested 30 kidnap suspects, 22 armed robbery suspects and 36 cultists in less than three months since he assumed office in the state. CP Muhammed Dankwara who made the disclosure at a press briefing in his office at the State Police Command Headquarters, Benin City. He gave the breakdown of arrested suspects and items as: two fraud suspects, six murder suspects, 20 attempted murder suspects, 10 stealing suspects, one gun running suspects, two for unlawful possession of fire arms, 5 AK 47, 105 cartridges, seven live ammunitions, 10…

The Edo state former governor and the All Progressive Congress APC Senatorial candidate for Edo north district, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, recently suffered a political blow in Auchi with the defection of his two strong loyalist to the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP. The two loyalists who led their supporters in the defection are Hon Maryam Abubakar and Prince Charlaman Mko Momoh. Hon Maryam Abubakar was former Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s commissioner nominee in the Governor Godwin Obaseki’s first tenure on the APC banner. The former commissioner who came into politics after a successful career in the banking is noted for her political…

Following the rise in fuel price and the consequent scarcity of the product, protesters, comprising youths, on Thursday, blocked the ever busy Lagos-Benin Expressway at Oluku Junction. The commuters who were on their way to Lagos and those hoping to do business in the axis were stranded for long hours. The transporters who lamented the blockade, expressed dissatisfaction over the incident. Speaking, a trader, Grace Emmanuel who was conveying her goods to Ekiadolor said it was pertinent for her to take her perishable good to where she would sell them to avoid incurring losses. “It is unfortunate that this protesting…

President of the World Medical Association (WMA), Dr. Osahon Enabulele has informed that very soon physicians who distinguish themselves by adding more value and ideas to the advancement of the profession will be honoured with the Global Excellence Award (GEA). Dr. Enabulele said part of the strategies the current leadership of WMA is adopting is to encourage physicians who advance the profession and are more industrious in their fields are honoured with the award. Dr. Enabulele made the disclosure at the Annual Assembly of the Swedish Medical Association held at the Radisson Blue Hotel, Stockholm, Sweden, where he condemned the…

The Edo State Government led by Governor Godwin Obaseki, has vowed that with effect from March 31, 2023, mosques, churches, event centres, clubs, lounges and other public spaces that fail to meet the state’s guidelines on noise pollution will be sealed. The governor said such centres must instal sound-proof facilities. This followed a joint task force comprising officials of Edo State Ministry of Physical Planning, Housing, Urban and Regional Development (MPPHURD) and the Ministry of Environment and Sustainability serving notices to the facilities, intimating them that a 90-day grace period has been granted for those affected to install soundproof materials…

The All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has urged the people of Edo State to unite and take back their state from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP). The former governor of Lagos State assured the people of Edo State that he will make money for Nigeria and create prosperity for the people of the state by developing the gas deposits in the state. Tinubu made the statements on Sunday at the town hall meeting in Benin city with Edo APC stakeholders, interest groups, and civil society organizations. He said under his leadership Nigeria will pipe gas to…

Faith and Expectation are not the same thing? Although they are closely related, faith and expectation are distinctly different. You can have faith without expectation but you can’t have expectation without faith. Many believe the Bible is true. They have faith in promises of the Bible and believe scriptures like Isaiah 53:5 when it says: “But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.” They believe it’s a provision of the Word that God heals, but they don’t expect healing to…

Rivers State is infamous for its cycles of electoral violence. “Do or die” politics has returned fully in the violence prone state, following attacks on the APC, SDP and Accord.

Several weeks before the Polo Field disaster occurred, Kings Assembly Church had sent out public invitations for people desiring to participate in the 2022 Shop-For-Free seminar to be at the Polo Field venue of the event. Church members were encouraged to invite their neighbours, friends and families to attend the seminar. A day before the incident, church workers and events managers set up canopies, seats and stages for the event at Polo Field. As early as 5 am on the on the D-Day thousands of people had begun to converged on the neighbourhood of the event. People came from as…