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Oroh Indicates Interest To Run For House Of Rep Iduozee Efe Paul, Benin  A former member of the House of Representatives, Abdul Oroh, has called for immediate establishment of state police as a way to tackle insecurity at the local level. He also called for stronger institutions, job creation through agriculture and commerce, and better utilisation of natural resources to curb youth restiveness. Oroh made the call on Monday at Ivbiaro, Owan East LGA of Edo State, where he declared his intention to return to the National Assembly in next year’s national assembly election. The human rights activist who represented Owan Federal Constituency between 2003 and 2007, expressed concerns over poor electricity supply and lack of basic infrastructure in the constituency. Oroh, who served as commissioner under the administration of Adams Oshiomhole, said his decision to run again was driven by a desire to address pressing challenges facing the constituency, including insecurity, ec...

A Leader Who Delivers On His Word By Dr. Patrick Akhere Ebojele In Nigeria’s political landscape, campaign promises are often made with ease but rarely sustained once power is secured. What begins as firm commitments during electioneering frequently fades under the weight of governance. Over time, citizens have grown accustomed to this pattern—one marked more by rhetoric than results. It is against this backdrop that Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, is carving out a different image—one anchored on action and follow-through, a style many now describe simply as “talk and do.” That approach was on display in Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area, where the governor commissioned the rebuilt Police Officers’ Wives Association (POWA) Commercial Complex. Just months earlier, the same site lay in ruins after a devastating fire. Today, it stands restored—orderly, functional, and once again a hub of economic activity. What could have lingered as another unresolved publ...

Environmental Restriction:CSO Warns Edo Govt To Stop Wasting Tax Payers Money  ...Blames  Edo Govt For Insisting In Going To Court Iduozee Efe Paul, Benin  Civil society organisations known as;  "Freedom Ambassadors Organisation," has warned Edo State government to stop wasting the tax payers money in response to the recent judgement given by competent court of jurisdiction on compliance to environmental sanitation in the state. He said ," We advised the commissioner and Edo state government to channel her energy and our funds towards procuring modern environmental health facilities, employ and train environmental health personnel(s), environmental scientists to manage environmental sanitation exercise, clean up the state rather than wanting to waste Edo State tax payers money in appealing the court case that will be ‘exercise in futility." The CSO equally urged the Edo State Government to direct its resources into providing modern sanitation equipment f...

Police Arrest Officers Over Alleged Extortion In Edo  Iduozee Efe Paul  Six serving police officers, including an Assistant Superintendent of Police and two inspectors, have been arrested over alleged harassment, abduction and extortion by operatives of the Edo State Police Command. Those arrested are a dismissed police corporal, two commercial bus drivers and a POS operator. The suspects were apprehended following sustained surveillance, technical intelligence and coordinated operations by the command. In a statement issued on Monday, the command’s spokesperson, Eno Ikoedem, said the operation was prompted by several complaints from members of the public. Ikoedem said the serving and dismissed personnel formed a well-organised criminal syndicate responsible for a series of serious offences, including abduction and extortion of unsuspecting citizens She identified the suspects as ASP Bonny Paul Onajite, Inspector Ehubarieme Wisdom, Inspector Arebame God’s Power and...

Edo  NDLEA Intercepts 7,245Kg Of Cannabis, Arrests Five In Highway  Iduozee Efe Paul, Benin  The Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has intercepted two articulated trucks laden with seven thousand, two hundred and forty-five kilograms of skunk cannabis and arrested five suspected drug traffickers. Speaking to journalists on the incident, the Edo State Commander of the agency, Mitchell Ofoyeju, said the estimated street value of the drugs is seven hundred and twenty-four million, five hundred thousand naira. The Commander of Narcotics noted that the development marked the first time in the history of the command that two trucks laden with illicit drugs are being intercepted at a time. Commander Mitchell reiterated that the operation aligns with the strategic mandate and zero-tolerance directive set forth by the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Brigadier General Mohamed Buba Marwa. According to him, the trucks carrying cartons...

Monday Lines OPINION:Abuja: Why Are The Americans Running? By Lasisi Olagunju (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on 13 April, 2026) War commanders die cheap deaths; farmers are murdered on their farms, traders in their shops, landlords vanish on their lands, tenants in their rented rooms; students abducted from their studies. What more must happen before we become what Italians would call "Paese dei Morti" (Country of the Dead)?  When I read last Thursday that the United States had asked all its non-emergency staff to leave its embassy in Abuja, and had followed this by suspending visa issuance in the city, I asked the question everyone had on their lips: why? What did America see that we failed to see?  The deadliest earthquake in the history of Europe occurred in southern Italy on 28 December 1908 at 5:20 a.m. local time. The epicentre of that tragedy was the city of Messina which was utterly destroyed, losing more than half of its population. The tsunami that f...