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Oshiomhole                                                      Hendrix Oliomogbe  More messages of felicitations have continued to pour in following the 74th anniversary of the birth of former Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole. The latest is from the Edo State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Dr. Taiwo Akerele, a former Chief of Staff to another Edo State erstwhile governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki. Senator Oshiomhole, a former national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), presently represents Edo North in the upper legislative branch, and was born on April 4, 1952 in Iyamoh-Uzairue, Etsako West Local Government Area of the state. While Prof. Monday Igbafen, the chairman, Caretaker Committee,  NLC, Edo State described Senator Oshiomhole in his birthday message as "a courageous, fearless, rugged, articulate, char...

          Mrs. Oviasu  Hendrix Oliomogbe  On the occasion of the 2026 Easter celebration, the global president of Edo National Association Worldwide (ENAW), Engr. (Mrs.) Bose Oviasu has appealed to the federal government to adopt a pragmatic approach in ameliorating the excruciating effects of the nation's economy as a result of the increase in the price of fuel.  Mrs. Oviasu, who joined religious and world leaders to felicitate with Christians on the completion of the Lenten season, said that Nigerians in the diaspora  are doing their best, to sustain the economy, through direct investment in the critical sectors of the economy and are contributing significantly to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).  The Lenten season culminated in the celebration of the life, crucifixion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, which is the essence of Easter. In a goodwill message to Christians and members of ENAW, she said that Easter calls for sober r...

Okpebholo                         Hendrix Oliomogbe The national chairman of the Coalition of Registered Political Parties (CRPP), Dr Samson Isibor has berated Edo State Commissioner for Communication and Strategy, Prince Kaseem Afegbua over what he insisted as his outburst and uncouth response to his damning assessment of  Senator Monday Okpebholo's stewardship as governor of Edo State since he took the reins of power on November 12, 2024. In a statement weekend in Benin City, Dr. Isibor said that his poor assessment of Governor Okpebholo was supposed to serve as a wake up call and not bore out of any personal grudges against him. The CRPP national chairman said that he stood by Senator Okpebholo when majority of Edo people including Prince Afegbua dismissed him with a wave of the hand during the run up to the primary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He advised the commissioner "to learn to be disciplin...

  Oladele-Balogun                                       Hendrix Oliomogbe  The former chairman of Edo State Internal Revenue Board, Otunba Oladele Bankole-Balogun, has called on the Christian community to deepen their faith in God by emulating the virtues of Christ through His crucifixion, death and resurrection. In an Easter message to Christians, Otunba Bankole-Balogun, who is gunning for the House of Representatives ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Akoko Edo Federal Constituency, congratulated Christians, especially Catholic and Anglican faithful on the completion of the Lenten season. He reminded that during the period during, they denied themselves the luxuries of life, abstained from unchastity, and sought the face of God for spiritual rejuvenation. The House of Representatives hopeful emphasized that the lessons from the Lenten season should be transl...

Oshiomhole, Akhigbe                                     Hendrix Oliomogbe  The chairman of Edo State Bursary and Scholarship Board, Hon. John Akhigbe has commended former Governor of Edo State, Senator Adams Oshiomhole for articulating issues affecting Edo State for solutions. In a message in Benin on the occasion of Senator Oshiomhole's 74th birthday celebration, Hon. Akhigbe extolled the sterling qualities of the former national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), which have endeared him to Edo people. The Edo scholarship board chairman said that the Iyamoh, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State born politician is embodied with leadership and inspirational values, attributes which have impacted positively on the lives of Edo people. The two time governor of Edo State whose tenure was marked with milestone achievements was born on April 4, 1952 in Iyamoh-Uzai...

  Prince Afegbua                                          Hendrix Oliomogbe Edo State Commissioner of Communication and Strategy, Prince Kaseem Afegbua has slammed, Dr. Samson Isibor over his call on Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo to resign for non-performance. In a statement Friday in Benin City, Prince Afegbua accused Dr. Isibor of launching the unwarranted verbal attack against Senator Okpebholo in a desperate attempt at attracting attention so that the governor can reach out to him. He said: "Isibor's decision of trying to generate attention is self serving. He wants government to reach out to him, but Governor Okpebholo is not used to "chop-chop" politics." The commissioner labelled Dr. Isibor of being the perpetual chairman of an organisation that does not exist, noting that the CRPP is an amorphous organisation that could best be described as either a "jeun-jeun" org...

Hendrix Oliomogbe  Peeved by what it insisted as the lackadaisical attitude of Governor Monday Okpebholo to the untold hardship the masses of Edo people are presently passing through, due to the harsh economic policies of the government, a group the Coalition of Registered Political Parties (CRPP) has called on the governor to immediately tender his resignation. In a statement Friday in Benin City by the national chairman, Dr. Samson Isibor, he accused Governor Okpebholo of only being concerned with how to win the 2027 presidential election for President Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the local government election. The chairman continued: "CRPP calls on Governor Okpebholo to either wake up to his responsibilities or honourably resign, because it is obvious that he is bereft of ideas on how to solve the alarming poverty confronting Edo people.  "He is only concerned with how to win the 2027 presidential for his Master and the so called local gove...