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--Seek political parties' waiver for elective positions  By: Idris Umar Momoh Mar 29, 2022 The Women's Wing of Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD), Edo State on Tuesday lamented the lack of male suitors willing to have them in matrimonial homes. The women's wing made the remarks at a press conference in Benin City to mark the 2022 International Women's Day with the theme, "Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow", sponsored by JONAPWD, Edo State Chapter. Ann Ojugo, chairperson of the association in the state lamented that the physically challenged persons especially the women lived their whole life with the title of miss. According to her, most physically challenged women  live their whole life with the title of 'miss' even in their 50s, 60s, 80s because they are so discriminated that men don't think of marrying them. "How many men can take the bold step to marry physically challenged woman&qu

By: Idris Umar Momoh, Benin Mar 25, 2022 The Director- General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Major-General Shaibu Ibrahim has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to provide the necessary enablement for the actualization of the proposed NYSC Trust Fund if passed into law. Shaibu made the call recently at the swearing-in ceremony of the 2022 Batch 'A' Stream II Corps members. He said the provision of the necessary enablement will enhance the smooth operation and actualization of the proposed Trust Fund, especially by addressing the challenge of infrastructure. He said it will also boost its skills and entrepreneurship development programme aimed at empowering corps members for self-employment  and wealth creation. The NYSC Director-General, who commended members of the House of Representatives for the progress made so far in the legislative process on the bill, thanked Nigerians for the continuous show of support for the proposed Trust Fund. Shai

By: Idris Umar Momoh Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC)Plc, Mrs Funke Iyabo Sobodu, the chairman of the company who is also her husband, Victor Gbolade Sobodu, the electricity company and Vigeo Power Limited have been dragged to a Federal High Court, Lagos for alleged $91.4 million debt. The BEDC owners and others were dragged to the court by Stanbic-IBTC, Fidelity Bank Plc, Keystone Bank Limited, ALM Consulting Limited and Stanbic-IBTC Trustees Limited. The three banks and two firms  approached the court for an order and injunction towards recovering of the alleged $91.4 million debt from Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) Plc and its chairman Victor Osibodu and the company's managing director, Funke. In the suit marked: FHC/L/CS/ 239/2022 , the counter-claimants/applicants also listed Vigeo Holdings Limited (In receivership), VHL International Limited, Global Utilities Management Company Limite

By: Idris Umar Momoh The Edo State office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday expressed worry over the low turnout of residents participation in the ongoing Continuous Voters Registration in the state. Dr Johnson Alalibo Senikiem, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Edo State made the remarks at a recent stakeholders' meeting on the Continuous Voter Registration rotation organised by the commission in Benin City. Alalibo, however, said a total number of 103,101 new voters have registered  since the commencement of  the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) in 2021. The resident electoral commissioner, urged actors to mobilise their people to turn out en-masse and participate in the ongoing registration in the state. He added that new voters had completed their registration out of the 267,460 that registered online. He also said that in 2021, the commission approved the conversion of 1,892 voting points to substantive polli

PDP Crisis: Orbih, others shun reconciliation rally By: Idris Umar Momoh The National Vice Chairman, South -South of the People's Democratic Party, Chief Dan Orbih along other prominent members of the party in Edo state on Thursday shunned the reconciliatory rally of the party in the state. Dailymonitorngr.com reports that the rally was put together in less than 24-hours by the state government was to find a lasting solutions to the  leadership crisis rocking the party in the state. The rally was attended by the National Chairman of the party, Senator Iyorcha Ayu; its Board of Trustees Chairman, Senator Walid Jibril and some members of the National of the Working Committees. Dailymonitorngr.com ,  also observed that no state governors in the South-South, members of the party in the National Working Committee and top chieftains of the zone were at the rally. The state governor, Godwin Obaseki, had last Sunday at an expanded caucus meeting of leaders and members of

By: Idris Umar Momoh, Benin Abdul Egele, the Edo State chairman of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association Nigeria (IPMAN), Benin depot, on Thursday  said there is no way members of the association can sell the Premium Motors Spirit (PMS) popularly known as fuel at the official government approved price of N165 per litre. Egele who spoke in Benin City said the current hike in the pump price of fuel in the country was occasioned by the exorbitant price  that the  independent marketers buy from private tank owners. The IPMAN chairman, who absolved independent marketers of blame in the current lingering nationwide scarcity of petroleum products, noted that motorists currently buy the products between N200 and N250 as against the government approved price of N165 a litre. He, however, opined that the scarcity and subsequent high price of fuel is not the fault of independent marketers but as a result of high price from private tank owners.  According to him, there is no way we can s