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  Prof. Omorodion Hendrix Oliomogbe  Determined to tackle the rising cases of farmers herders clashes associated with open grazing, the Edo State Commissioner for Livestock Development, Prof. Ikponmwosa Omorodion has announced plans to reactivate the state owned ranches at Igarra, Iguoriakhi and Sobe. Prof. Omorodion while evaluating the sectoral allocation of the 2026 budget and estimate presented by the Governor Monday Okpebholo to the State House of Assembly said that additional ones are to be created in 2026 as a major step to put an end to farmers herders clashes   The commissioner said that the revitalisation of the livestock sector of agricultural production has placed the state as an investors destination in livestock development by leveraging on the abundant natural resources and large expanse of land which the state is endowed with. According to him, the governor has demonstrated his passion to transform the livestock sector as a vital instrument of ending ...

  Hendrix Oliomogbe  The Accord Party has disassociated the party from a statement credited to one Mr. Chris Imumolen criticizing Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke for defecting to the party. A statement by the national coordinator, Rev. (Dr.) Isaac Adeniyi slammed Imumolen for describing Governor Adeleke's action as a "back door entry” and invalid.  While disassociating the party from the reckless statements of Imumolen, Rev. Adeniyi noted that in trying to display his ignorance to challenge the legitimacy of the Osun State governor's victory at the Accord Party's primary, Imomulen hurriedly went to a closet to organize a Kangaroo primary elsewhere in Osun State unknown to the public, proclaiming himself as National Chairman and his disguised National Working Committee members. He emphasized: "The actions of Imumolen are illegal, null and void. The general public is warned against associating with him as he and his group do not represent Accord Party in any cap...

Igbafen (m) flanked by other NLC members  Hendrix Oliomogbe  The Caretaker Committee Chairman of the Edo State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Prof. Monday Igbafen has hinged the return of normalcy to the union on its depoliticization. Prof. Igbafen, who spoke with journalists Wednesday in Benin City after a protest march against insecurity specifically appealed to the government to depoliticize the union in the state and so that it can operate independently for the wellbeing of workers. Armed against the backdrop of workers with placards with different inscriptions, the Edo caretaker committee chairman noted that there wouldn't have been a division in the NLC if the state government  didn't back the rival union, which refused to participate in the protest.. He said: "The people that are grandstanding are not the problem of NLC please. The state government is the problem. Because it is the state that empowers those people to come and sealed off the secretari...

Hendrix Oliomogbe  The Edo State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has resolved to give full effect to the directive of the national leadership of the NLC to protest insecurity in Nigeria slated for Wednesday, 17th of December, 2025. Rising from a meeting of the State Executive Council (SEC) of the Council Tuesday in Benin City, it directed the Edo NLC SAC or Caretaker Committee to put the necessary machinery in motion to mobilise and coordinate the protest.  In a statement by the Caretaker Committee chairman, Prof. Monday Igbafen, the SEC-in-Session appealed to the state government to collaborate with the NLC to depoliticise the state NLC. Besides, he said that SEC-in-Session also joined NEC to denounce the Nigerian State over the crisis in the tertiary education sector and berated it for the industrial dispute in the health sector, especially the HOHESU’s industrial action. This is coming just as the Edo NLC SEC joined NEC to condemn the Nigerian State for alleged...

Hendrix Oliomogbe  The Edo State chapter of the Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas (HOSTCOM), weekend in Benin City elected Mr. Kenneth Aduwaye as chairman. In an atmosphere devoid of rancour and bitterness, Mr. Aduwaye from Gelegele, Ovia North East Local Government Area polled 91 votes to defeat his opponent, Mr. Joseph Igbinovia, who scored 14 in the keenly contested election. For the position of Secretary, Prince Odion Abumwere was returned unopposed. The vice chairman and other top positions in the body were also returned unopposed. Security was provided by a combined team of policemen, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NCSDC) and vigilantes during the peaceful election which drew delegates from the 18 local government areas of the state. Elated, a victorious Mr. Aduwaye said that his priority in the next four years will be the upliftment of rich but poor oil bearing communities of Edo State. The new chairman lamented that it's cause for deep concern tha...

Prof. Baikie  Hendrix Oliomogbe  The Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin, Prof. Edoba Omoregie (SAN) has on behalf of the entire institution, commiserated with the family of the former Vice Chancellor of the institution. Prof. Baikie, who was vice chancellor of UNIBEN from 1978  to 1986, later became vice chancellor, National University of Lesotho, and Nasarawa State University.  In a statement Saturday in Benin City by Dr. Benedicta Ehanire, the deputy registrar/public relations officer of UNIBEN, Prof. Omoregie described the former vice chancellor as an astute educationist and administrator who charted many innovative and impactful paths in the educational history of  Nigeria and across Africa, and left indelible footprints. The vice chancellor urged the family of the distinguished departed academic and administrator to be consoled by his fulfilled life of immense service within and outside the country. Prof. Omoregie prayed God to grant the soul of the...

  Omoruyi  Hendrix Oliomogbe A federal lawmaker, Mr. Murphy Osaro Omoruyi (Egor/Ikpoba-Okha Constituency of Edo State) has vehemently kicked against the attempts by some persons and interest groups to cede parts of Edo territory to the proposed Toru-Be State. Hon. Omoruyi who spoke in Abuja in a media chat with journalists noted that some persons and groups with vested interests are trying to hide under the cover of state creation to illegally annex parts of Edo land particularly the historically significant communities within Ovia and Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Areas. While insisting that the move is unacceptable to Benin people, the lawmaker said the proponents of the proposed Toru-Be State in an attempt to include parts of Edo land in the new state, outrightly assaulted the territorial integrity, cultural identity and the ancestral heritage and affinities of the indigenous people.  Hon. Omoruyi who listed some Edo  communities being targeted by these merchants o...