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WAFU -B CAFWCLQ: Edo Queens Defeat Burkina Faso's USFA 5-1 To Book Final Game Iduozee Efe Paul, Benin  Champions of the Nigeria Women Football League NWFL, Edo Queens FC on Wednesday thrashed USFA  FC of Burkina Faso 5-1 in the semi-finals clash of the CAF Women's Champions League qualifying tournament in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.  Atume Doosuur opened scoring for the 2024 WAFU-B champions in the 17th  minutes  the match decided at the Stade 4AOUT Stadium in Ouagadougou,Burkina Faso. Goals manufacturing machine Chioma moses and-  Valentina Uroko struck in quick succession -43 and 45 minutes to increase the tally for the Benin girls. On return from halftime break,Doshima Tarnum scored through a corner kick to compound the wors of the host team in a minute into the second half. Aminat folorunshor wrapped up the game for Edo Queens in the 62nd minute to take the game out of reach for the Burkinabes. The host team however got a consolation goal in ...

Okpebholo Lampoons On Edo Policymakers For Inability To Execute Constituency Projects  Iduozee Efe Paul, Benin  Due to the inability for policymakers to execute tangible infrastructural projects, the Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo has lampooned on members of the Edo State House of Assembly of not executing any constituency projects since September 2025, despite funds being allocated for such projects. The governor made the allegation on Monday while receiving traditional rulers from Esan South East Local Government Area, led by the Onojie of Ubiaja, His Royal Highness Curtis Iredia Eidinojie I at Government House, Benin City, Edo state. He  said the recent amendment to the Financial Autonomy Law of the Edo State House of Assembly and the Judicial Autonomy Law was aimed at promoting transparency, accountability and due process in the management of state funds. Okpebholo stated that the amendments became necessary to prevent the people from being s...

WAFU -B CAFWCLQ:  Edo Queens Face Burkina Faso's  USFA In Semi-final battle By Editor  Reigning Champions of the Nigeria Women Football League NWFL, Edo Queens FC  will  take on USFA  FC of Burkina Faso on Wednesday, September 2nd in the semi-finals of the CAF Women's Champions League qualifying tournament in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.  The match is scheduled to hold at Stade 4AOUT Stadium Ouagadougou Burkina Faso. Kickoff time is 4pm. Edo Queens secured qualification to this stage after recording a comprehensive 7-0 thrashing of AS Garde Nationale of Niger Republic and 3-1 beating of ASEC Mimosas Ivory coast 3-1in their first and second group B matches. The Benin based team fell to  Ampem Darkoa Ladies FC of Ghana 2-1 on Sunday evening at the Stade Municipal 4AOUT Stadium in the last Group B game of the Qualifiers. With that defeat, Ampem Darkoa Ladies now finished top  in Group B with 9 points while Edo Queens are second with 6 ...

Gov Okpebholo Explains Amendment Of Assembly Financial Autonomy Legislation ...Says No Constituency Project Has Been Executed Since September 2025 Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo has said the recent amendment of the Financial Autonomy Law of the Edo State House of Assembly and the Judicial Autonomy Law was aimed at promoting transparency, accountability and due process in the management of state funds. The governor stated this on Monday when he received traditional rulers from Esan South East Local Government Area, led by the Onojie of Ubiaja, His Royal Highness Curtis Iredia Eidinojie I, at the Government House in Benin City. He said the amendments were necessary to prevent the people from being shortchanged, adding that no constituency project had been executed since September 2025 despite funds being allocated for such projects. According to him, the State House of Assembly is responsible for appropriating funds and cannot perform the functions of the Execut...

TUESDAY FLAT OUT OPINION: Abuja’s God Of Hunger And Relief   By Suyi Ayodele   (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Tuesday, September 1, 2026) https://tribuneonlineng.com/abujas-god-of-hunger-and-relief/   What kind of leader first makes survival unbearable, waits until elections approach, and then presents relief from that suffering as evidence of compassion?   How do we say thank you to the one who afflicts, then cures? How?   The elders of my place are masters of simile. When situations or things are similar, they go philosophical. Proverbs and metaphors are the languages of the elders. I pour libation to operate in their orbit today. My earthworm has venerated the soil, may the earth open to me. Àṣẹ!   The shell of a peanut resembles the tiny coffin of the smallest mouse èlírí (Ohun tó jọ ohun la fi ń wé ohun; èpo ẹ̀pà jọ pósí è èlírí). Objects are compared on the basis of their similarities. The elders knew the power of comparison long b...

Edo Deputy  Commissions Ambulance, As CMD Extols Him For Facilitating  Establishment Of  Oncology Centre At UBTH ...Commends Tinubu, Minister of Health, Pate's Iduozee Efe Paul, Benin  The Chief Medical Director of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Prof. Idia Ize-Iyamu, has commended Edo State Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Dr. Dennis Idahosa, for his sustained contributions to healthcare development in Nigeria and Edo State, particularly his role in facilitating major federal health interventions in the state. The CMD made the statements during the formal presentation of a state-of-the-art and commission of ambulance to UBTH, describing Idahosa as a “detribalised Nigerian” who has consistently demonstrated a commitment to improving healthcare delivery. According to her, said Hon. Idahosa's during his tenure in the House of Representatives, played a significant role in facilitating the establishment of the Oncology Centre at UBTH, one of only t...