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Tokunbo speaking at the World Environment Day  Hendrix Oliomogbe  The urgent need for climate action and how to respond to the warning signals the Earth is sending took the centre stage weekend all over the world during this year's World Environment Day. Celebrated annually on 5 June, the World Environment Day is one of the planet's largest platforms for environmental outreach and is led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).  This year's edition, which has as its theme, "Climate Change Begins With You, Act Now" and hosted by Azerbaijan, will focus on solutions to the climate crisis. In Benin City, Edo State, the Foundation For Earth Rights Assembly (FERA) joined the global community to mark the 54th celebration of World Environment Day, one of the biggest environmental awareness programmes in the world. Speaking after the end of a road show on some main streets in the Edo State capital city, which terminated at Uselu Market, the executive director, F...

 Isibor (top), Afegbua                          Hendrix Oliomogbe  The Coalition of Registered Political Parties (CRPP) has chided Edo State Commissioner for Communication and Strategy, Prince Kassim Afegbua over what they insisted was his unkind response to its earlier statement over the May 27 Children's Day stampede at Ogbe Stadium, Benin City.  In a joint statement Monday in Benin City by the national chairman,  Dr. Samson Isibor, and secretary, Hon. Nkama Waribe, the duo faulted Prince Afegbua over "his vituperation following our statement that exposed the unfortunate incident that occurred on Wednesday last week at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin. Recall that over 50 students, (mostly female) almost lost their lives after they collapsed in a stampede, when some private security personnel released cannisters of pepper spray to disperse some secondary school students, who attacked the female s...

Dokpesi By Christopher Ebuetse High Chief Dr. Raymond Anthony Aleogho Dokpesi, OFR may have died three years ago on May 29, 2023 in the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja but his voice still echoes; it has refused to die. On May 29, and indeed every day, Nigeria remembers High Chief Dr. Raymond Anthony Aleogho Dokpesi, OFR - a man whose life was not merely lived, but poured out in service to nationhood, democracy, media freedom, and humanity. Some men pass through history, while others leave footprints upon it. High Chief Raymond Dokpesi carved his name into the soul of Nigeria. A polished maritime engineer with a doctorate degree and an uncommon brilliance of mind, Dr. Dokpesi first distinguished himself in the maritime sector, where his reforms and innovations transformed the industry and earned him admiration from both government and workers alike. Wherever he stood, excellence followed. Whatever he touched, progress answered. Yet destiny had prepared him for something greater. He l...

        Screenshots of the students at Edo     Specialist Hospital                           Hendrix Oliomogbe  The Coalition of Registered Political Parties (CRPP) has berated Edo State Government for authorizing the use of pepper spray to disperse some unruly students at Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin during the commemoration of the Children's Day on May 27. Report that some male students of a public secondary school had allegedly invaded the stadium and attempted to force themselves on female students, an action which triggered the use of pepper spray by bouncers. During the stampede, over fifty students, mostly female, were seriously injured and collapsed just as unconfirmed reports had it that two students lost their lives. In a statement Friday, May 29, 2026 by the national chairman, Dr. Samson Isibor and made available to journalists in Benin City, he demanded to know wh...

.  Igbafen (m) and other ASUU members.             singing solidarity songs at the briefing  Hendrix Oliomogbe  Academic activities in public tertiary institutions in Nigeria may once again be disrupted following the refusal of government to implement the renegotiated 2009 Agreement, which was formally unveiled on January 14, 2026. Speaking at a press briefing Thursday at the University of Benin (UNIBEN) secretariat of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the Benin Zonal coordinator of the union, Prof. Monday Igbafen said that the unveiling was supposed to mark what the lecturers believed would be the end of years of struggle to renegotiate the 2009 Agreement and secure lasting industrial harmony in the nation's public universities.  Prof. Igbafen recalled that at the historic moment, the government made a solemn promises of full and speedy implementation, adding that regrettably, the it has reneged on that promise. He w...

Afegbua (right) flanked by Agbama             Hendrix Oliomogbe  Relief from exorbitant transport fares seems to be on the way for Edo travelers following the purchase of 50 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses by the state government. The Commissioner for Communication and Strategy, Prince Kassim Afegbua, who disclosed this Tuesday in Benin City  at a press briefing on the activities of the government disclosed that the Governor Monday Okpebholo led administration has also concluded arrangement for 50 more of the 52-seater buses for a total of 100. Flanked by Mr. Desmond Agbama, the Permanent Secretary, Communication and Strategy, Prince Afegbua said that the buses would soon be deployed across the three senatorial districts of South, Central and North to ease the burden of transportation confronting Edo people. The commissioner who was however silent on the mode of distribution across the state, however assured that when deployed the buses wi...

     Ejele Hendrix Oliomogbe  Furious over the alleged massive falsification of the result of Monday May, 18, 2026 senatorial primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta South, an aspirant, Hon. Michael Diden has called on the APC Senate Appeal Committee for Delta South to cancel the outcome of the exercise. Hon. Diden, who spoke with journalists in Koko, headquarters of Warri North Local Government Area alleged that the figures announced were falsified in the office of the current Chairman of Isoko North Local Government Area, Hon. Godwin Ogorogba. Going by the result as announced by the  ruling APC Delta South Senatorial Returning Officer, incumbent Senator Joel Onovwakpo scored 87,805 votes to emerge victorious, while Diden popularly called Ejele garnered 30,794 votes. Hon. Diden however dismissed the result with a wave of the hand, insisting that the figures were cooked up and sharply differed from the reality on the ground. Hon. Diden, a former ...