Alert News

Edo2026: Team Edo Ahead Of Medal Table As Enabulele Begs Team Edo To Remain Focus For Victory  Iduozee Efe Paul  Host,Team Edo has taken the lead in the ongoing  second edition of the Niger Delta Games,tagged Edo '2026' after unprecedented dominant display in swimming and weightlifting events to surge forward with 22 gold and 12 silver against second and third placed Delta (14 Gold) and Bayelsa (13 Gold) respectively. As at  7pm,Edo had won seven or more gold medals as their chess, traditional wrestling and other athletes were dominating. The Executive Chairman of the Edo State Sports Commission, Hon. Amadin Desmond Enabulele,in a chat with sports journalists, expressed satisfaction with Team Edo’s impressive outing so far, attributing the success to strategic planning, discipline and early preparation ahead of the competition. According to him, the 12-day closed camping with  intensive training he arranged for the athletes played a cruci...

Okpebholo Faults An Attack On ADC Members, Says Party Internal Fracas Taken Too Far  Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State has strongly condemned the recent attack on members of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), describing the incident as an internal party crisis that was taken too far. In a statement personally issued on Tuesday night, the governor expressed sympathy with the affected members of the party, noting that it was unfortunate that certain elements allegedly exploited the peaceful atmosphere of Edo State to perpetrate violence. According to the statement, “As peace-loving people, the importation of thugs and miscreants from outside the state under the guise of party politics remains totally condemned and will not be tolerated going forward.” He stressed that, as the Chief Security Officer of the state, he would not stand by and allow Edo to be turned into a theatre of conflict in the name of political rivalry. “Even though the precise motive behind this...

Niger Delta Games Considering Adding More Sports In Subsequent Edition- Ikpokpo Iduozee Efe Paul  The Managing consultant of Dunamis Icon Limited, the lead consultant and organizers of annual Niger Delta Games Sir.  Malik Itiako Ikpokpo has revealed that they are considering increasing the number of sports in the tournament to 21 during the next edition, stressing that the organisers are not interested in who wins but talents discovery and development. Sir Ikpokpo disclosed this while addressing the Press on Tuesday at the Media Centre of Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium.  He noted that the decision to increase the number, depends on their popularity in the region. The second Niger Delta Games are presently going on in Benin City, the Edo State capital with  16 sports featuring. “Our plan is to give opportunity to athletes of all sports to be part of the Games. You will notice that this year, we removed canoeing because the equipments are not in any of the partic...

. UBTH CMD, Ize-Iyamu Outlines Major Achievements Within Six Months  Iduozee Efe Paul  The Chief Medical Director, University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Prof. (Mrs.) Idia Nibokun Ize-Iyamu, has posited that, the management of the institution understand that healthcare is a fundamental right, and that many  patients who come to them are among the most vulnerable in the society. She made the statement in a press briefing on her achievements marking 180 days in Office, Benin city, Edo state, said since her assumption in office they have employed 401 new staff members. The CMD added that, they have also improved security for staff, patients and visitors, and the construction of a Creche for children of staff with 80% completion supporting staff work-life balance. " Amid debt disruption, and constrained resources, and having functioned at full operational capacity for only two of the six months under review, UBTH nevertheless delivered measurable and meanin...

TUESDAY FLAT OUT OPINION : Ave Tinubu Morituri Salutamus Te   By Suyi Ayodele (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Tuesday, February 24, 2026) https://tribuneonlineng.com/ave-tinubu-morituri-salutamus-te/ President Bola Ahmed Tinubu proved critics wrong last Wednesday. Those who hold the belief that the President is old, tired and physically inactive were damned when, with the speed of light, Tinubu appended his signature to the controversial Amended Electoral Bill 2026. By the stroke of his presidential pen, the strong man of the moment has shut down all protests and agitations against the controversial law.   It is not funny. The National Assembly led by the whippy Senator Godswill Akpabio passed the Bill on Tuesday, February 17, 2026. Only 12 senators voted against the Bill. The rest of the yes-men senators endorsed the Bill. In the House of Representatives, opposition lawmakers left the chamber, singing and denouncing the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)...

Canada Based Edo Citizen, Aikhionbare Denies False Allegation Of Funding Cult Killing In Edo Iduozee Efe Paul  The False  Allegation Against Me Was Concocted for Cheap Personal Scores Joshua Etinosa Aikhionbare Refutes False Accusations   by some Members of the Edo State Anti Cultism and Anti Kidnapping Committee Canada Based Edo Citizen-Joshua Etinosa Aikhionbare has refuted the false accusations against him by some Members of the Edo State Committee Against Cultism , saying it was a creation for personal aggradizment . In a statement issued from his base in Canada ,Joshua Etinosa Aimhionbare stated. "A few days ago, I received a call from my sister informing me that the Anti-Cultism Committee established by the Edo State government has falsely implicated me in a recent killing in Benin City. " The committee has alleged that I funded and masterminded the crime, despite my absence from Nigeria. It was said that a provided the sum of one million naira (#1,...

LP Members Defecting To ADC Are Betrayals,Not Our Members - Edo LP Boss Ogbaloi Iduozee Efe Paul  The leadership of the Labour Party (LP) Edo State has expressed deep concern and utter dismay on the recent activities of some members of the Party who now resorted to assembling a small group of paid individuals who are not members of the party , allegedly hiring commercial crowds for a stage , deceptive defection event schedule for Tuesday, 23rd February 2026 Even after repeated ,but utterly unsuccessful attempts to lure the party’s established state executive committee, local government area structures , and ward- level organs into defecting with them to the African Democratic Congress ( ADC) This was contained in a press statement signed by the Chairman Labour Party Comrade Kelly Ogbaloi , and Comrade Frederick Akhere, Secretary and made available to journalists in Benin City Com Ogbaloi and Comrade Akhere noted that the desperate, disgraceful and cheap political plot ,...