The Candidate of Labour Party in the September 21 2024 Edo governorship election, Mr Olumide Osaigbovo Akpata has challenged Governor Godwin Obaseki to name, shame cultists in his cabinet, and stop playing the ostrich with cultism. Speaking on Pidgin English Radio programme in Benin City, Akpata blamed the upsurge in cult activities on systemic failure...
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Rehabilitation of Ewo market: A call to action
Ewo market in Okpella, Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State, a historically significant economic hub, is currently in a state of disrepair and requires urgent rehabilitation and reconstruction. The market, once a thriving centre for trade and commerce, now lacks essential amenities and infrastructure necessary for a modern marketplace. The absence of facilities...
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Police defend integrity against grazing on farm
Difficulties in negotiating adequate compensation to four farmers arising from willful destruction by Fulani herdsmen at E’gbe Area in Kwara State, has put the integrity of the Police Command in the State in the spotlight. This was after a viral video of Cattle that invading and eating up crops in the farm, captured by Mr...
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18 arrested over killing of six in Benue attacks
Eighteen criminal suspects have been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Police in Ukun Local Government Area of Benue State. The arrest followed a violent destruction of property in the Area when suspected bandits on the loose, leading to the death of six persons. Ukun is a boundary area between Benue and Taraba State where...
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UNIBEN shuts down after students protest
The Management of University of Benin (UNIBEN) has down academic activities indefinitely, following students protest that locked down the main Campus gate of the institution on Ugbowo Lagos Road on Wednesday July 3, 2024. The Public Relations officer of the University of Benin, Dr (Mrs) Benedicta Ehanire disclosed this on Thursday July 4th 2024 in...
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Edo Govt withdraws charges against BTC officials
The criminal charges preferred against the Secretary to the Benin Traditional Council (BTC), Mr Frank Irabor and six others by Edo State government. This followed the demolition of illegal property in Ulegun village, Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of the State in August 2022. The State government had in August 2022, slammed 29-count charge against some...
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Female circumcision persists despite ban
The Palace of the Oba of Benin in Benin City has expressed concern that despite prohibitive federal legislations against female circumcision otherwise known as Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) by some traditional Birth attendants, the practice still still exist in some parts of Edo State. The age-long cultural practice which has the semblance of a right...
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Obasanjo, Govs push for Nnamdi Kanu’s release
Governors from South Eastern Nigeria have resolved to interface with the federal government to secure the release of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu’s from custody since 2021. Kanu was re-arrested and returned to Nigeria and was charged with reasonable felony trial at the Federal High Court, Abuja, had lost his appeals to...
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Police give update on Delta housewife suicide
The Nigeria Police Command in Delta State has given update about unnamed housewife, caught in the grip of a depression epidemic, and jumped to her death at the weekend at Ekpan flyover on Saturday June 29th 2024 in Uvwie Local Government Area, Delta State. Speaking with TheNewspad during an interview on Tuesday June 2, 2024,...
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How to end Coup d’etat in Africa, by Udenta
A senior Fellow, Abuja School of Political Thought, Prof Udenta Udenta has identified good governance, job creation, food security and other social drill as measures that can minimize rising Coup d’etat in Africa. Speaking at AIT Prime time news belt on Monday July 1st, 2024, Prof. Udenta, sued for the kindling of democratic philosophical thought...