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   •Ojeikere  Hendrix Oliomogbe  Ahead of the 2027 election, the Edo State branch of the budding African Democratic Congress (ADC) - Coalition has set up a media committee to manage perceptions and propagate its manifesto, programmes and policies to Edo people and Nigerians in general. The committee is headed by Mr. Chris Ojeikere, a renowned publicist and former deputy spokesperson of the Asue Ighodalo Campaign Organization. Other members of the committee are Mr. Odion Cedrac Okpebholo, the secretary; Gbenga Sunday;  Divine Edeifo Okun; Sharon Ogungbade; Oshioma Nyamali; Engr. Jeremiah Emonena Ogborokpa; and Ukesene Ndidi faith. Speaking shortly after the inauguration at the party's state secretariat in Benin City on Monday, September 14, 2025, the state chairman of ADC, Mr. Kennedy Odion advised the committee members to strive to fulfill its mandate with a high sense of responsibility and integrity. Odion said: "I know you are all experienced in media manageme...

               Ajaero  Hendrix Oliomogbe                                                           The crisis rocking the Edo State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has taken a turn for the worse as the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero has initiated disciplinary action against errant members of the union in the state. In five separate letters, all dated September 2, 2025 and addressed to the presidents of the affiliate unions of the erring members, Comrade Ajaero demanded their immediate suspension from union activities. He frowned at what he insisted as the continuing act of supreme treachery and insurrection by the five chairmen of the state branches of the unions in Edo State. He listed the affiliate unions as the Amalgamated Union of Public Corpo...

  Hendrix Oliomogbe   Brushing aside the recent resignation of Comrade Onyebuchukwu Ochei Mike, the Edo State branch chairman of the National Union of Textiles and Garment Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN), the caretaker committee of the Edo State council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has vowed to forge ahead with its mandate. Alleging a plot by some disgruntled elements in the union to continue to remain in power by proxy, Comrade Ochei had during the weekend announced his resignation from the committee, which was set up by the national president of NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero and inaugurated on August 28, 2025 in Benin City, Edo State by Comrade Oluwole Adeleye Sunday. A swift reaction in Benin by the caretaker committee chairman, Prof. Monday Lewis Igbafen however countered, insisting that the committee was neither perturbed nor distracted by the latest development.  In a statement, Comrade Igbafen described the action as a sign of a dark phase in the history of NLC...

Hendrix Oliomogbe  17 days after the inauguration of the caretaker committee of the Edo State council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), a member of the committee, Comrade Ochei Oyenbuchukwu Mike  has resigned his appointment. Comrade Ochei, the chairman of the Edo State branch of National Union of Textiles and Garment Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN), Comrade Ochei tendered his resignation from the committee which was inaugurated by on Thursday, August 28, 2025 in the Edo State capital of Benin City. Comrade Oluwole Adeleye Sunday had sworn in the Prof. Monday Lewis Igbafen headed five man committee, which was set up by the President of the NLC, Comrade Joseph Ajaero and tasked them to resolve all issues and ensure that new executives are elected. The Edo NUTGTWN chairman said Sunday, August 14, 2025 in Benin City that he was never part of the caretaker committee arrangement but was coerced into it, noting that he later discovered that it was a ploy by some disgruntled element...

  Sunday-Adeoye                                                Hendrix Oliomogbe  Women with fistula challenges and general maternal and paediatric care in the South-South geo-political zone will soon heave a sigh of relief as the National Obstetric Fistula Centre (NOFIC) is set to commence operations following the conduct of an onboarding programme for its newly recruited staff. The medical director, Prof. Ileogben Sunday-Adeoye told the 200 staff, made up of permanent staff, contract, locum, and absorbed staff from the Edo State public service that the Federal Government-owned health institution will provide care for women leaking urine and faeces from the vaginal following childbirth and related conditions. Prof. Sunday-Adeoye expressed gratitude to President Bola Tinubu for revalidating the establishment of the hospital, the fourth National Obstetric Fist...

 Egharevba (4th left), Osaghae (2nd left),  Obayuwana (Ist left) and others at PTVI  anniversary                                                      Hendrix Oliomogbe  For Providence TV International (PTVI), Benin City, Edo State, it has been one eventful year of entertaining, educating and informing its numerous viewers spread across the globe. Despite the odds as a result of the present stark economic realities of the situation in the country, the chairman/chief executive officer, Dr. Emmanuel Egharevba said that the station has managed to survive, thrive and was poised to reach higher. Dr. Egharevba, who spoke at the first anniversary of the digital television station in Benin remarked that PTVI was a game changer right from the onset when it started with programmes and production formats that created a new impetus for television ...

Hendrix Oliomogbe  The  caretaker committee of Edo State Council of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has debunked any relationship with any of the factions in the ragging crisis in the state council of NLC. In a statement after a crucial meeting in Benin City with the first set of invited leaders of more than eight affiliate unions of NLC in the state on September 9, 2025, the caretaker committee chairman, Prof. Monday Igbafen stoutly denied linkage with any of the factions. Comrade Igbafen said: "Edo State NLC must be rescued from the clutches of selfish, reactionary, isolated and pretentious 'leaders.'" The caretaker committee chairman insisted that the camps of the different feuding factions in the Edo State council of NLC are alien to the caretaker committee, warning against cheap blackmail against the members by dragging the state government into labour politics in a determined bid to advance their selfish interest.  Comrade Igbafen commended the leaders of affiliat...