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Funding Nigerian Police, Is The Missing Link

Funding Nigerian Police, Is The Missing Link By: Douglas Ogbankwa, Esq.@douglasogbankwa@gmail.com  Nigeria appears to be the only country in the world where the Police arrest before investigation commences . Reason:There are no resources available for the Police to operate. An average Nigerian Police Officer or  Police .Man in his job is like a national orphan . He uses his call credits to make call ,there are no operational vehicles for most tactical units, when you see those Policemen collecting money in a check point with a van close,the money collected is used to fuel the vehicle and repair same .If they don’t collect those monies, there will likely be no policing at the local level in this country. Those of them attached to private individuals buy their own bullets! The Nigerian Police Force is grossly underfunded. The fact that they are making roads in fighting crime with the little funding they have makes them look like magicians. There are no functional forensic labora...

Edo state Tradomedical Practitioners Are Not Killers, We Are Healers

  Edo state Tradomedical Practitioners Are Not Killers, We Are Healers  -Ominimini The Coordinator, Edo state Tradomedical practitioners, Esan west Chapter, High Chief Tunde Abu, aka Ominimini, has emphasized that, Edo state Tradomedical practitioners are not killers, but healers. Chief Tunde Abu, aka Ominimini, a Tradomedical practitioner based in Ekpoma, Esan west local government area, who is also the Coordinator, Edo state Traditional Medicine Board, for the local government, made this clear in an exclusive chat with our reporter at the Esan West local government area Council Secretariat, when the Chairman, Board of Governors, Edo state Traditional Medicines Board, TMB, High Chief Abudu Ugbesia, and members of his Board, paid a courtesy visit to the Chairman of the local government council, on Monday, 14th July 2025. Speaking, Chief Ominimini, said; "...contrary to what is reported in some states that, Traditional Medicine practitioners and native doctors were caught in th...

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 Egor local government area of Edo state, described 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 (Seven hundred and fifty thousan...

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 ...