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The burnt Sienna Bus that claimed the life of Irete By Abu Bello, Ekpoma Dec 29, 2023 It was a Black Thursday, December 28th, 2023 for the entire Ukhun kingdom in Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State when her son inlaw, IRETE EHIKIOYA lost his life in the ghastly motor accident.  The body was burnt beyond recognition in the Sienna car with registration number YAB 842 DB he was driving. Mr Irete is survived by wife and three kids. Eye witnesses attributed the cause of the accident to bad road and the indiscriminate dumping of refuse on the road by refuse contractors who more often than none drop the refuse at the middle of the road thereby reducing the two lanes access to one.  It was  said that in an attempt to avoid a head on collision with a tipper vehicle,  Irete ran into a burning refuse heap on the road resulting in a confragration that led to his death. Recall that the 8 kilometer road was constructed in 1980 by the then governor of old Bendel state, late  Pro

By Editor Dec 26, 2023 The Deputy Speaker of Edo state House of Assembly, Hon Maria Edeko has urged Christians to live harmoniously with one another and with adherents of other faith. Edeko made the call in her Christmas message to the people of Esan North- East constituency II she is representing in the Edo State House of Assembly. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmaker noted that it is only  harmonious relationship with one another that can guarantee atmosphere of peace in which the state can grow to a huge and highly beneficial economy under the MEGA agenda of Governor Godwin Obaseki. She also congratulated Governor Godwin Obaseki, the people of Esan North-East Local Government Area and Edo people on the occasion of Christmas celebration. She, however, opined that the Obaseki-led administration has re-engineered the state for socia-economic and infrastructural growth.  She also expressed confidence that year 2024 would be a year of renaissance for the state. Edeko,

Mr. Kingsley Uaifo Ulinfun, LP Governorship Aspirant -----To Create 200,000 jobs in 4 years By Editor Dec 24, 2023 An aspirant on the platform of the Labour Party (LP) for the 2024 governorship election in Edo State, Mr. Kingsley Uaifo Ulinfun has promised to make 10,000 youths millionaire in four years if elected the governor of the state. DailyMonitorngr reports that the former managing director, United Bank for Africa (UBA), Tanzania made the promised while formally declaring his intention to contest the election. Ulinfun, said, when nominated candidate of the party as well as winning the governorship election, his administration will empower 2,500 youths annually with a grant of N5 million each to boost their entrepreneurship. He said  with the initiative the 2500 youths are projected to create 50,000 jobs annually,  an average of 20 jobs each and 200,000 for four years. The former banker, who said 60 percent of women would be beneficiaries of the empowerment, added tha

Benin Monarch, Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II By Editor Dec 22, 2023 Maria Edeko, the Deputy Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly  has felicitated  the Benin Monarch, Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, on the celebration of this year’s Igue Festival. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmaker representing Esan North-East constituency I, in her  congratulatory message rejoiced with the Benin Monarch and people of Edo state on the historic occasion. Edeko wished the Benin Monarch a glorious celebration, excellent health and the divine wisdom to continue to lead the people to greatness.

Dr Ernest Afolabi Umakhihe By Editor Dec 19, 2023 A group under the aegis of  Concerned Edo Citizens Forum (CECF) has called on Dr. Ernest Afolabi Umakhihe the outgoing Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, to the join the race for the 2024  governorship election in the State to liberate it from the shackles of oppressive leaders. Dailymonitorngr reports that the group noted that the state had over the years been governed by oppressive leaders. The group at a press briefing in Benin City on Tuesday appealed to the Permanent Secretary to accept the patriotic call to serve father land. Addressing the press, the state Coordinator of the group, Endurance Dirisu and the Director, Publicity and Mobilization,  Comrade Felix Osas Osagie, noted Afolabi Umakhihe has the requisite criteria and also rich in experience  in public sectors that can galvanize the state to a greater height. Dirisu who described the permanent secretary as a home boy, noted t

  Dr Azemhe Azena By Austen Akhagbeme Dec 12, 2023 To have hope at all is good. But to anchor such hope on something or someone that is undeniably reliable is most soothing and comforting.  Dr Azemhe Azena, among so many of his contemporaries, is a unique hope that must be leveraged. Here is a homeboy, a pure breed, brought up, schooled, worked and lived in Edo state all his life.  He not only understands the problems of the people and the needed solutions to curb them, but he's equally humble and readily approachable and available to serve the people in the most altruistic manner you can ever wish for. This ebullient philanthropist and Televangelist is not coming to learn the ropes but to continue what he has been doing to make our society a better place to stay and be glad. For over a decade, Dr Azemhe Azena has been a packaged answer to the cry of many distressed widows,  students, prison inmates, ex-prisoners, hospital patients and indigent communities, especially i

Michael Ovienmhada By Michael Ovienmhada  Dec 12, 2023 Noise. A whole lot of noise. Noise over the spoils of power. How beautiful it would have been if the noise were to be over the work that needs to be done to rescue Edo State, to rescue the country.  Need we look too far to see how the fight for power has in its roll call, a plethora of political apparatchiks, people whose only call to fame, to riches, does not constitute in how many people they hire in their corporations as they have none, but how much wealth they have accumulated by their proximity to power?  As it is their business to do, the rest of us, hard-scrabbling hapless people of the country - we must clear the way for the entitled - those who choose, choose, and must choose again, each of them, slaves to their ambitions, all of us, servants to their ambition. Hail to the chiefs!  There’s work to be done. Interestingly, a branch of the government of Nigeria made us aware of some staggering statistics last week

Hon Anamero Dekeri, reading his declaration speech at the APC secretariat in Benin City  By Editor Dec 3, 2023 Hon Anamero Dekeri, the lawmaker representing Etsako Federal Constituency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirant for the 2024 governorship election in Edo State at the weekend said if given the mandate to  govern the state, his administration would not embark on endless signing of Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) for the development of projects. DailyMonitorngr reports that Dekeri, popularly known as "DANCO" said this while officially declaring his intention to contest the governorship election at the party's secretariat in Benin City. He also said that he will not  hire social media influencers or bloggers to build Edo schools on social media platforms and fix roads on Facebook to cover up failures. The federal lawmaker who expressed optimism to win the party's primary as well as the September, 2024 gubernatorial election, christened