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PDP Decampees disappoint Jogawa governor THE Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Badaru Abubakar was yesterday confused and disappointed when he was at a political rally to receive the said 4,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at Birninkudu town, the headquarter of Birnin Kudu local government area of the state where none of the said defectors shows-up. Reports from the state indicated that the governor was in town at the venue of the political rally as early as 11 am  to receive the defectors and presentation of donations of N20 million scholarship to the students of higher institutions, vehicles to party faithful, flagging of feeder road by a member of House of Representatives representing the governor’s constituency, Biirninkudu/Buji federal constituency, Honourable Magaji Da’u Aliyu. Governor Abubakar’s mood immediately changed as all worries signs were expressed on his face when none of the leaders and the claimed 4,000 members of the Peoples Democratic P

Benin Monarch: Ancient Deities To the Rescue By Erasmus Ikhide LAST week Friday, the ancient City of Benin was rapped around by red apparels-wearing  chiefs, priests, witch doctors and sorcerers on the auspices of the Benin Monarch, Omo Nova N' Edo Ukuakpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare 11 to purge and exorcise the City and its environs of the infamy known as the City of "blood and prostitution". The purpose of the rituals was to deactivates and/or activates deities, grooves, shrines, idols and other deified antiquities in a bid to blend ancient and modern in the Monarch's shrive to ride Benin Kingdom off the disheartening social strives that has enveloped the State, desecrated the land and debased our humanity, as a people.  It will be recalled that sometimes in July 2011, Oba Erediauwa who has joined his ancestors activated a similar ritual on some unknown group of cultists who had beheaded one Endurance Obanor, a 100-level student of the College of Education, Ekiadolor

Ex-Generals Regroup For 2019 Battle – Mohammed Abdulrahman, ACF NEC Member — 11th March 2018 Kenny Ashaka A National Executive Committee, NEC, member of the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, Alhaji Mohammed Abdulrahman has disclosed that some ex-military officers and politicians are reforming the defunct Social Democratic Party, SDP, into an organized and effective political force ahead of the 2019 elections. Mohammed, a former political secretary of the Northern socio-cultural group, ACF and an international security surveillance consultant since the time of Shehu Musa Yar’Adua’s tenure as Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters, revealed to Sunday Sun in an exclusive interview last Tuesday that three Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stalwarts have already signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the SDP. According to him, all the retired soldiers in Nigeria, whether under Obasanjo, Babangida, the retired soldiers, ex-military officers are the people leading the SDP back to light. “They

                          PRESS RELEASE Following his victory at the poll for a second term, his election as the Speaker of the 6 th Edo House of Assembly, and chieftaincy title to be confered on him by the Ojirrua of Irrua, The Okaijesan of Esanland, His Royal Majesty Alhaji W. O Momodu II, JP, (CON) the Okaijesan of Esanland, the Speaker, Edo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Engr. Chief Victor Sabor Tiger Edoror, The Working Legislator; will be having his thanksgiving and reception ceremony on Sunday, the 16 th of August, 2015. The thanksgiving ceremony will be held at Annunciation Catholic Church, Irrua, Esan Central Local Government Area, at 9:00 am. Reception follows immediately at Eguare Primary School, Irrua. The special guest of honour for the event, is the Executive Governor of Edo State, His Excellency, Comrade Adams Aliu Oshiomhole. The guests of honour are the Deputy Governor of Edo State, His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Dr. Odubu and the Acting Chairman, Conference

Edo Speaker condems Police extra Judicial killings       Speaker, Edo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Engr. Victor Sabor Edoror, has condemned the way and manner the security agencies in the state extrajudicially kill people in the state. He made this condemnation when the Conference of Non-Governmental Organisations (CONGO’s Edo State), staged a protest to Edo State House of Assembly over the death (in the custody of the Nigeria Police) of Mr. Benson Obode, a 26 years old man who hails from Ubierumu Oke, Uromi in Esan North East local government area of Edo State. The Speaker, who berated the high rate of Police extra judicial killings in Edo state in particular, and Nigeria in general, also said; ‘in as much as we totally frown at the rate at which people commit crimes in the state, it is also wrong for the police to take the laws into their hands without following the due process…’ The President of the organisation, who was also the spokesperson, Mr Obasanmi Jude, said

                                         EDO HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY TO VENTURE INTO AGRICULTURE     Edo State House of Assembly, EDHA, will soon venture into the cultivation of crops and rearing of animals as a way of contributing its quota to increasing the production of food in Edo State.     This revelation was made by Speaker, Edo State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Engr Victor Edoror when the concerned Staff of Edo State College of Agriculture Iguoriakhi in Ovia South Local Government Area paid him a courtesy visit to congratulate him on his election for a second term as well as his ultimate election as a Speaker, Edo State House of Assembly.     Speaking, the Vice President, Academic Staff Union of the Institution, Comrade Otabor Felix, requested the Speaker to use his office to influence the setting up of a College of Education in Edo Central, saying there is need for a substantive provost who is knowledgeable in administrating the Office, to be appointed for the College of Agriculture

Speaker, Edo State House of Assembly, how far can he go? By Oriaifoh Godwins The above question is what has been on the lips of some Edolites since Monday, 8 th June 2015 when Rt. Hon. Victor Sabor Tiger Edoror was sworn in and assumed the position of the Speaker, Edo state House of Assembly. While the optimists and those that know the erudite, shrewd, focused and purpose driven lawmaker very well, are not in any way in doubt with respect to what the man at the helm of affairs of the law making arm of Edo state can do to deliver and put Edo state on the pedestal of the next level, the pessimists and the doubting Thomases are in doubt with respect to how far he can go. To start with, the people of Esan Central Local government Area, the Constituency he represents, have been and are still enjoying the dividends of democracy that Rt. Hon Edoror has been and is still delivering to them. The people in his constituency has never had it this good. This write up is not an