Benin — Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state received the Champion Man of the Year Award at Sheraton Hotels and Towers Lagos in Lagos, last Tuesday May 16, 2012. Incidentally, the award came barely 24 hours after the Governor led a protest to the Edo state secretariat of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in [...]
The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the governor of Edo State on NEPAD/MDGs Comrade Rabi Mary Egujie has called on marginalized women group in the state to rise and take their rightful position in the society not through violence but through effective participation in societal issues especially political activities in Edo State. She made this [...]
THE need for Edo state government to partner with the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in order to realise the full potentials of its oil and gas resources was yesterday re-echoed as a two day oil and gas summit ends in the state capital. The two days summit which was organised by Edo State House [...]
Against the backdrop of political violence in Edo State in recent time, Louis Odion, Edo Commissioner for Information fielded questions from a group of journalists. Excepts: Lately, Edo politics seems to have assumed a violent dimension. Not being a politician but a technocrat in government, how have you been coping? Well, we live in interesting [...]
Abuja – Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo says the Police in Benin have arrested some people for allegedly being in possession of Direct Data Capturing (DDC) machine in the state. Oshiomhole made the disclosure in Abuja on Friday at an interview with. He spoke after the meeting of political stakeholders and candidates contesting the Edo [...]
BY GABRIEL ENOGHOLASE BENIN – TWO medical personnel attached to the federal government owned Irrua Specialist Hospital, Irrua , Edo State have been arraigned before an Ekpoma Magistrate Court for allegedly raping a 25 year old girl after allegedly administering her with injection. The accused persons are Dr. Ndukwe Kalu, a Pharmacist and Eriyo Omoregie,a [...]
By GABRIEL ENOGHOLASE BENIN — TWO medical personnel attached to the Federal Government’s Irrua Specialist Hospital, Irrua, Edo State, have been arraigned before an Ekpoma Magistrate Court for allegedly raping a 25- year-old woman, after allegedly injecting her with a substance. The accused persons, Dr. Ndukwe Kalu, a Pharmacist and Eriyo Omoregie, a medical doctor, [...]
EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Lamorde The former Chairman Interim Management Committee of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Felix Akhabue, and Secretary, Chikwe Udensi, have been accused of stealing N2.5 billion out of the N3.8 billion released to the association by the federal government. The money was said to have been released by the [...]
Bank workers in Ekpoma in the Esan West Local Government Area of Edo have vowed to paralyse commercial activities in the area, due to incessant armed robbery attacks, the News Agency of Nigeria has reported. The workers threatened total shutdown of all banking activities, including Automated Teller Machine services in the area if the incessant [...]
Bank workers in Ekpoma in the Esan West Local Government Area of Edo have vowed to paralyse commercial activities in the area, due to incessant armed robbery attacks. The workers threatened total shutdown of all banking activities, including Automated Teller Machine services in the area if the incessant attacks were not checked. The Chairman of [...]
The Action Congress of Nigeria ACN, Etsako Central Local Government Area Chapter held a stakeholder meeting recently at Fugar, the Adminisrative headquarters of the Local Government preparatory towards the July 14 gubernatorial election in the State. Delivering his address, the Chairman of the occasion and the leader of the Party in the Local Government, Chief [...]
| Print | E-mail Friday, 18 May 2012 Share The Chairman of Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State, Mr Peter Anyia, has settled the violent land dispute between Imiegba and Okpekpe communities. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the neighbouring communities had clashed over royalty on a disputed piece of land. NAN reported that [...]
BY GABRIEL ENOGHOLASE OROBOSA OMO- OJO is the Special Adviser to Governor Adams Oshiomhole on Arts, Culture and Tourism. Orobosa is also the Publisher of a community paper, the Mid West Herald. In this interview in Benin, he claims that Governor Oshiomhole has fulfilled 95 percent of his electoral promises to Edo people, dismisses insinuations [...]
| Print | E-mail Thursday, 17 May 2012 Share No fewer than 10 houses were burnt in a communal clash between Okpekpe and Imiegba communities of Etsako East Local Government area of Edo recently. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the clash followed argument over the ownership of a land where large deposit of laterite was [...]
OKPEKPE (EDO) – No fewer than 10 houses were burnt in a communal clash between Okpekpe and Imiegba communities of Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo last Saturday. Reports say that the clash followed argument over the ownership of a land where large deposit of laterite was found by a construction firm handling road [...]
Abuja — MILITARY Pension Board, MPB, weekend, said that some people attacking the government over their non-capture by the board in its pension service were in no time served in the military, debunking rumours that the board refused to pay them their entitlements. The Chairman of the Board, Real Admiral Muhammed Mshelia who stated this [...]
Federal Government yesterday banned pregnant women from going on pilgrimage even as it intensified medical screening of the 2012 Hajj pilgrims. Chairman, National Hajj Commission (NAHCON, Alhaji Muhammad Bello who disclosed this in Abuja while briefing FCT Minister of State, Oloye Olajumoke Akinjide on the preparation for the 2012 pilgrimage, said the commission would ensure [...]
In order to defuse the charged political atmosphere in Edo State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended a fresh voters registration exercise ahead of the July 14 governorship election scheduled to be held in the state. This decision was announced yesterday by the Chairman of the Commission Prof. Attahiru Jega while addressing news [...]
Abuja – President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday urged the church to continue praying for peace in the country. Jonathan made the appeal in Abuja while addressing the second session of the 8th Synod of The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) Diocese of Abuja, held at St. James Church, Asokoro. He stressed that with intensive prayers [...]
In the wake of increasing kidnap activities in Delta State, no fewer than 350 kidnap cases have been recorded, 46 killed while 304 others were rescued between 2011 to date, police reports revealed. Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba, the State Commissioner of Police however, said the statistics was recorded before his assumption of office confirmed that under [...]
Orlando Wellington is Ghana’s U20 coach The city of Cape Town the Western Cape government and the South African Football Association yesterday launched the eight-nation under-20 International Football Challenge 2012 which kicks off on Africa Day. Argentina, Brazil, Kenya, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Japan and South Africa jet into the Mother City next week for the [...]
One of the main features of the just concluded Zone D Copa Coca Cola (North Central zonal championship) held at the Area 3 mini-stadium was the array of talents on display. It was a two-day event. Nigeria is known as one of the countries that has continually produced young talented sportsmen and women, especially in [...]
Chief Coach of the Nigerian Weightlifting Federation, Patrick Bassey is optimistic that his two lifters going to the London Olympics will end the long wait of Olympic medals from the federation. Coach Patrick told Sunday Vanguard Sports that the Owerri camp is bubbling and the lifters are in high spirirt and injury free. “The three [...]
Chelsea vs Bayern: Changing Cycles and the African Thread The Blues go to the Allianz Arena on Saturday night needing to bring successful closure to an era where their African players have stayed consistent throughout the coaching changes. Will the quartet of Drogba, Essien, Mikel and Kalou finally win the Champions League? Read More : [...]
Joseph Yobo has been ruled out of next month’s 2014 World Cup and 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. The Nigeria skipper sustained an injury during Wednesday’s Turkish Cup final, whilst playing for Fenerbahce. According to Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi, the Istanbul side suggest Yobo will be out for over four weeks. Keshi has added [...]
Tchidi and his wife Sonia It came as a surprise to many when the news made the rounds that ace movie maker,Tchidi Chikere and his actress wife, Sophia have parted ways. Tchidi has supposedly moved in with another woman. Tchidi and his wife, Sophia are calling it quits after 9 years of marriage due to [...]
Popular Nollywood director, Ikechukwu Onyeka who recently went back to the classroom in far United States, is back in the country to direct a new movie by Oakfil Film Productions. Onyeka disclosed that he was inspired to go back to the classroom because of his insatiable desire to acquire high knowledge in his chosen profession. [...]
We are pleased to announce that actor Van Vicker will guest host with beautiful and talented Nollywood actress Angela Okorie the 2nd annual Nollywood African Film Critics’ Awards. Actor Paul Asher-T of Actors Gallery in Atlanta Georgia will perform Master of Ceremony duties at NAFCA. Nollywood African Critics’ Awards will be celebrated in Durham North [...]
| Print | E-mail Saturday, 19 May 2012 Share Na wah o, Amebos will never limit their ofofo radar to celebrities, as they now pry into the privacy of their relatives, if the information reaching Tatafo is anything to go by. This time round, their radar has caught up with the husband of a popular actress in the Yoruba sector [...]
As if it is a festival of marriage for the spinsters in Nollywood, another actress, this time a Yoruba star actress and GLO Ambassador, Funke Akindele has also announced her wedding date, which according to report has been tentatively fixed for May 26, 2012. Funke Akindele, ER gathered would be second wife as her man [...]
LONDON | Sat May 19, 2012 7:18am EDT LONDON May 19 (Reuters) – European Bank for Reconstruction and Development shareholders agreed a 1 billion euro ($1.27 billion) special fund for the Middle East and North Africa on Saturday ahead of full-scale expansion into the region, the EBRD said in a statement. The fund will be [...]
“We’re looking at a range of options. By the end of May, Cabinet would have pronounced South Africa’s most appropriate response to the EU and US sanctions on Iran,” Energy Minister Dipuo Peters said. “Government is considering all options in terms of the potential impact of the sanctions. “Our concern as South Africa, in particular, [...]
Our book critic David L. Ulin can’t say enough about Alison Bechdel’s 2006 family memoir “Fun House.” In his review of Bechdel’s latest foray into graphic novel memoir, “Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama,” Ulin says that anyone who hasn’t read “Fun House” should “drop everything and get a copy right away.” “Fun House” [...]
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