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Edo State Traditional Medicines Board, Chairman, Commends LG Boss ... describes him as exceptional Chairman

Edo State Traditional Medicines Board, Chairman, Commends LG Boss ... describes him as exceptional Chairman Today, Friday, 11th July 2025, High Chief Abudu Ugbesia, JP, the Chairman, Edo State Traditional Medicines Board, TMB, during his sensitization and courtesy visit to eagle local government area of edo state describe the chairman of the local government area Council as an 'exceptional Chairman' saying other local government council Chairmen, have something to learn from you. "Your reception attitude, is exceptional". Speaking, the Board Chairman of Edo state Traditional Medicines Board, said; "...contrary to our experience in Oredo Local Government area, where the Chairman of the local government council was completely holstile to us, as she never attended to us, nor agreed to meet with me, even when I was in her office to greet her, you left your office to usher us into the hall and also gave us a total sum of 750,000 naira, to support our activities"....
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Edo State Traditional Medicines Board, Practitioners, Begin Visitations To Traditional Rulers, LGA's

Edo State Traditional Medicines Board, Practitioners, Begin Visitations To Traditional Rulers, LGA's By: Our Correspondent On Wednesday 9th July 2025, the Edo State Traditional Medicines Board, TMB, kick-started in Oredo local government area, a stakeholders' meeting that will take place in all the local government areas of Edo state. Speaking at the gathering of the stakeholders that held at Urokpota hall, the Chairman, Edo state Traditional Medicines Board, High Chief Abudu Ugbesia, JP, said; "...our presence here, is not merely procedural, it is a deliberate act of respect and recognition of the traditional Council, that forms the very foundation of our heritage, values, and identity as a people..." The Chairman continued by pointing out that, at time like this, where the relevance of traditional knowledge systems, including medicine, is getting global recognition, the Board is seeking endorsement and serious collaborations with relevant and critical stakeholders f...

PDP In Uneah, Took Their Last Breath Last Saturday. - Hon. Abhulimen

 PDP In Uneah, Took Their Last Breath Last Saturday.           - Hon. Abhulimen By: Oriaifoh Godwins The Honorable member representing Ward 1 of Esan Central Local Government, ECLG, area of Edo state, Honorable Kelvin Abhulimen Okpiahior, on Sunday 22nd June, 2025 declared that the Ward he represents in Esan central local government area, Ward 1, has finally been conquered by the All Progressives Congress, APC, and that the home of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been completely deserted and wiped clean, as a result of the defection from the PDP to the APC. He made this revelation, in an event that held at the  Okaijesan Hall, Eguare, Irrua, on Sunday 22nd June 2025. Speaking with winning Media online, the Counselor said; "...the PDP in Ward 1, breath their last breathe on Saturday, 21st June, because on Sunday the following day all the remnants in the party, defected to the APC". Continuing he said my earlier defection from the PDP spelled...

Nomoles files a fundamental rights enforcement suit against First Bank

Nomoles files a fundamental rights enforcement suit against First Bank  By: Our Reporter Comrade Osakpamwan Eriyo, aka Nomoles, Chairman of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), Edo State Chapter, has filed a fundamental rights enforcement suit against First Bank of Nigeria Plc at the Edo State High Court in Benin City. The suit, seeking N2 billion in damages, alleges that the bank unlawfully froze his account without a court order, violating his constitutional right to own movable property. In the originating motion, filed under Suit No. B/166/2025, Eriyo claims that First Bank restricted access to his account (No. 2046038403, titled “Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria”) without legal justification, causing financial hardship and disrupting the operations of RTEAN’s Edo State Chapter. The action, brought pursuant to Sections 43 and 44(1) of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended) and Article 14 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ ...

For Justice, Strategy, National Prosperity, Women Need Reserved Political Representation

  For Justice, Strategy, National Prosperity, Women Need Reserved Political Representation -FIDA Nigeria  By: Oriaifoh Godwins The Federation of International women Lawyers Nigeria, Edo state chapter, has called on the federal government to create exclusive seats at the National Assembly, as well as at the state Houses Assemblies for women, arguing that women has been under represented in the political affairs of the country; saying, for justice, strategy, and national prosperity, women in Nigeria should be given exclusive seats in elective political positions. Mrs. Rita Abah Lasoju making her presentation, as participants listen with keen interest Mrs. Rita Abah Lasoju, the Assistant Manager, FIDA Nigeria, said this, while presenting a paper on the theme: "The Need For Women Representation in Nigeria The Reserved Seat Bill Prospects, and Challenges" and another Paper On "Unraveling Women Political Participation Vis-a-Vis voters Turnouts in Nigeria", in a Town hall ...

Calling for a Legal Framework for Whistle Blowing in Nigeria

OPINION C alling for a Legal Framework for Whistle Blowing in Nigeria  By: Douglas Ogbankwa Esq  The concept of whistle blowing is a novel concept in the Nigerian System. It gained some traction with the advocacy of Professor Yemi Osinbanjo  SAN, former Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Whistle blowing is an attempt to stop something bad that someone is doing, especially by bringing it to the attention of other people, and the public. There is no known law that regulates the concept of whistle blowing in Nigeria. It is therefore left to the whims and caprices of the operators of the Nigerian Government. As in anything that is left to the  whimsical wishes of Nigerian Government officials, whistle blowers have mostly found themselves in jail, for exposing a fraud, crime, and evil activities of some unscrupulous people, than for them to be given credit or compensation for their activities. It is so easy for you to steal public funds in Nigeria, but ver...

The Abidjan- Lagos Trans Africa High Way:A Model for the Push of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement.

FEATURE The Abidjan- Lagos Trans Africa High Way:A Model for the Push of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement.  By:Douglas Ogbankwa Esq.@douglasogbankwa.com  The African Continental Free Trade Agreement  (ACFTA) is a unique Agreement signed by 55 African Countries in 2021 to push for free trade among African countries .In practice ,African Leaders are paying lip service to the simulation of free trade .Unlike the European Union which uses a common currency,  a common passport and have a borderless diplomacy spectrum,  the  Conferences of the  African  Union is more or  less , an avenue for talk shops of small talks of empty rhetorics.  The African Development Bank however has put a visionary project in place to walk the talk .The Abidjan-Lagos Trans Africa Corridor.The 6 to 8 lanes road is part of the ECOWAS  Vision 2050.It provides multiple opportunities to provide a leverage to achieve the African Continental Free Trade Ag...