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Edo CPC Frowns Against Illegal Fines,Urges  Residents To Report Anyone Claiming To  Be CPC Official ...Promises To Work With Shine Agenda Of Governor  Iduozee Efe Paul, Benin  The Edo State Consumer Protection Commission (CPC) has warned members of the public against individuals and groups illegally imposing fines and collecting levies in the name of the commission, insisting that all payments must be made through accounts approved by the Edo State Internal Revenue Service. Osaro Iyamu chairman of the commission gave the warning while addressing stakeholders and partners, saying no ministry, agency, parastatal or government committee was authorised to collect money, fines or levies on behalf of the state government outside the approved revenue collection framework. He explained that where any government agency or committee requires enforcement and compliance services, the Board of Internal Revenue must attach its officers to ensure that collections are pr...

PAGG Accuses Okpebholo's Regime For Worsen Poverty, Infrastructural Decay In Edo ...Faults Him For Failing To Revive Moribund Industries  Iduozee Efe Paul, Benin  The Peoples Assembly Group of Good Governance (PAGG) has described Governor Monday Okpebholo’s two years in office as disappointing, accusing his administration of failing to address worsening poverty, infrastructural decay, insecurity and declining living standards in Edo State. The group, in its assessment of the governor’s performance ahead of the second anniversary of his administration on November 12, said the state had witnessed what it described as two years of hardship, unfulfilled promises and poor governance. This followed a statement jointly signed by its National Chairman, Dr Samson Isibor, and Secretary, Chukwuemeka Nkama, PAGG argued that the living conditions of residents had deteriorated since Okpebholo assumed office, with poverty and economic hardship becoming increasingly widespread. Th...

Nigerian Army Renames Calabar Barracks After Late COAS Attahiru By Editor  The Nigerian Army has renamed Akim Barracks, Headquarters 13 Brigade, Calabar, Cross River State, as Ibrahim Attahiru Barracks in honour of the late former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, in recognition of his service, leadership and ultimate sacrifice in defence of the nation.Buy Maps The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, performed the renaming ceremony on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, during his operational visit to Cross River State, on behalf of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria.Follow Politics According to an official statement signed by the Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Appolonia Anele, the gesture was aimed at preserving the memory of the late Army Chief and recognising his contributions to the Nigerian Army and the country. Speaking at the ceremony, Shaibu described the ren...

Two Years In Office: Editors Praise Okpebholo's Road, Erosion Projects After Inspection Tour By Editor   Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, on Monday took editors and other stakeholders round some of his administration's major infrastructure projects in Edo South Senatorial District, three days before the government marks its second anniversary on Thursday, November 12, 2026. The tour covered road construction, urban infrastructure and erosion control projects in and around Benin City, and gave the media executives a chance to see completed and ongoing works for themselves. Locations visited included Catholic Charismatic Road, off Upper Ekenwan Road, Ugbighoko; the erosion control project at Ekenwan Army Barracks; Adesuwa Flyover on Sapele Road; the Sapele Road reconstruction; Ogheghe Road; Old Sapele Road; Temboga Road; Utteh Palace Road; Ikpoba Hill Flyover at Ramat Park; Obaseki Road and its erosion control works; and Okpagha. At the Ekenwan Army Barr...

TUESDAY FLAT OUT   OPINION: Lest The Courts Kill Our Democracy    By Suyi Ayodele   (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Tuesday, November 10, 2026)   https://tribuneonlineng.com/lest-the-courts-kill-our-democracy/    “...Democracy’s most trusted guardian – the courts- is sometimes the weapon used to destroy it.”   This quote is the synopsis of the 2026 Harvard’s Institute of Quantitative Social Science (QISS) doctoral research on the topic: Why Courts Sometimes Undermines Democracy.   The doctoral research by Andrew O’Donohue, a Postdoctoral Fellow at Princeton University and a Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, focused on the 2016 coup in Istanbul, Turkey and how the people resisted the putsch. However, while democracy won through the people’s resolve to preserve it, the researcher discovered, to his amazement, that the principles, ethics and ethos of democracy started depreciating rapidly.   O’Donoh...

Okpebholo Aide, Ojo Urges Business Owners To Maintain Persistence ... Charges Edo Entrepreneurs On Strategic Partnership At ACAGE 7  Iduozee Efe Paul, Benin  In a bid to key in to the SHINE AGENDA of Senator Monday Okpebholo, a high level inter-sectoral collaboration, strategic partnerships, and structural capability building have been highlighted as indispensable catalysts for enterprise growth and economic elevation across Edo State. The Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Building Project Monitoring and Implementation, Irene Iziegbeuwa Ojo, made the assertion while addressing participants as a keynote guest speaker at the ACAGE 7 "The Elevation" SME Seminar held at Randeki Hotel in  Benin City, Edo state. Speaking on the theme: “The Business of Elevation: Building, Funding, and Scaling,” the Governor’s aide cautioned budding entrepreneurs and innovators against operating in isolation, noting that individual execution without collaborative equity le...