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Edo Policymakers Visit Sports Commission On Oversight Function ...Promised Legislative Intervention, Support               By Kehinde Osagiede  As part of the legislative oversight function, members of the Edo State House of Assembly on Tuesday, April 29,2025 visited the Edo State Sports Commission and assured the Executive Chairman Hon. Amadin Desmond Enabulele and his board of close interactions and support to enable the commission achieve it's mandate of taking sports to the next level in the state. The lawmakers, led by their Chairman, House Committee on Sports, Hon. Donald Ojemeh Okogbe Esq., having beien conducted round during their tour of facilities at the Samuel Ogbemudia stadium complex by Hon Amadin Enabulele led board, commended the sports commission boss and his board for their efforts so far since assumption of office about four months ago and promised prompt legislative intervention. According to the chairman House ...

  Gov. Okpebholo Increases Minimum From N70, 000 To N75,000 Iduozee Efe Paul, Benin  Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo has increased the minimum wage for Edo State workers from N70, 000 to N75,000 to further improve their standard of living. Governor Okpebholo made the announcement while delivering his May Day speech at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City Edo State. The Governor, while appreciating the contributions of Edo State workers to the growth and development of Edo State, said his administration will always seek ways to improve the welfare of Edo workers. Okpebholo noted that the workers’ day celebration is a special day set aside to honour the hardworking men and women who keep the State moving forward as they support their families with dignity and strength. “Today, I am proud to announce that our administration has approved a new minimum wage of N75,000 per month for Edo workers. “It’s our way of saying thank you, Edo workers. We believ...

Oshiomhole Faults Atiku For Criticizing Okowa's For Defecting To APC ...As Okpebholo Extols Chief Igbinedion For Keeping The Station Remain  Iduozee Efe Paul, Benin    Adams Oshiomhole, Senator representing the Edo North senatorial district, has faulted former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for criticizing Senator Ifeanyi Okowa for defecting to All Progressives Congress (APC). The federal lawmaker also said that there was never a time he said defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC), and your sins will be forgiven. Comrade Oshiomhole refuted the allegation at the 28th Founders Day Lecture of the Independent Television and Radio, with the theme: “Nigeria, where are we going”?, an event organized by the media outfit in Benin city, Edo state.  Oshiomhole's said that he was only trying to explain to one of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members whose surname was “Iluobe” meaning I do no wrong. He said that the former PDP member decamped to the All Pro...

Edo Cult War Claims 15 Lives, As Governor Ordered Crackdown  Iduozee Efe Paul, Benin  There is serious tension in Benin, Edo State Capital as rival cult groups, Black Axe and Maphite Confraternities have resumed their battle of supremacy that has led to the killing of no fewer than 15 people so far. The unfortunately circumstances is coming barely three months after the Governor of Edo State, Senator Monday Okpehbolo, signed the Secret Cult Prohibition Bill into law, thereby approving 21-year jail term for cultists and their sponsors. It was gathered that the renewed cult war said to be between the two rival groups started on Friday, April 25, 2025 with the killing of a physiotherapist, simply identified as Alex and one another at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) back gate, Ugbowo in Benin . According to an eyewitness account, Alex, one of the victims was reportedly gun down by the hoodlums while he went for lunch. Apparently as a reprisal attack, t...

Relatives Protest Murder Of Their Son, Edwin Ogiemwense In Edo ...Want Killers Prosecuted  Iduozee Efe Paul, Benin  The families of Ogiemwense in Obaretin Community in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of Edo State, have protested the murder of their son, a father of five children, Mr. Edwin Ogiemwense. Speaking with Journalists in Benin during the protest, spokespersons for the protesters, Apostle Kassy Chukwu, said that Mr. Ogiemwense, 43, was allegedly killed on March 29, 2023 in the presence of security personnel. He said those who were allegedly arrested in connection with his death have been released and are walking freely on the streets without any justice served to the family. They called on the authority to ensure that the rule of law prevail in the state and frowned while some group of people will take law into their hands. According to the protesters, they appealed to the state government to intervene in the issue and want killers prosecuted. "We have be...

Obaretin Indigenes Protest Murder Of Edwin Ogiemwense In Edo ...Want Killers Prosecuted  Iduozee Efe Paul, Benin  The people of Obaretin Community in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of Edo State, have protested the murder of a father of five children, Mr. Edwin Ogiemwense. Speaking with Journalists in Benin during the protest, spokespersons for the protesters, Apostle Kassy Chukwu, said that Mr. Ogiemwense, 43, was allegedly killed on March 29, 2023 in the presence of security personnel. He said those who were allegedly arrested in connection with his death have been released and are walking freely on the streets without any justice served to the family. They called on the authority to ensure that the rule of law prevail in the state and frowned while some group of people will take law into their hands. According to the protesters, they appealed to the state government to intervene in the issue and want killers prosecuted. "We have been asking for jus...

 GOVERNOR OKPEBHOLO ORDERS CRACKDOWN ON CULT-RELATED VIOLENCE IN EDO STATE The Edo State Government is deeply concerned about the resurgence of cult-related violence in some parts of the state. It is important to recall that following earlier disturbances last year, His Excellency, Senator Monday Okpebholo, among several proactive steps taken, convened personally and through his agents series of critical meetings with the known leaders of groups suspected to be involved in these criminal activities. At those meetings, firm agreements were reached: they were to rein in their members and take full responsibility for their conduct. The Governor made it abundantly clear that the State would no longer tolerate the senseless killing of our youth and the destabilization of our communities. Regrettably, recent developments indicate that some individuals and groups have chosen to defy that understanding. Governor Okpebholo has therefore directed security agencies to move in deci...