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Oshiomhole in a fight between the Elephant and the Pit  BY TONY ERHA  'Okuo imose", "no fight is attractive" - all fights are ugly, according to the Edo people. If a fight doesn’t pluck the teeth it would drip the noise of red blood. That is why pundits were apprehensive and had to caution Dangote Refinery and the Petrol and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) to a sound reasoning, over the sack of 800 of its workers by Dangote, which was followed by a strike action that was later called-off. The fisticuff was intensified as the National Union of Petroleum and Gas Workers of Nigeria (NUPENG), joined the spat by supporting PENGASSAN. Like the American freestyle wrestling, where partakers fight with anything they lay their hands upon, a melee, a-free-for-all in which no one seems to know the real opponents. The fallout of the Dangote and PENGASSAN fight has unsettled Nigerians. The Benins would say "ama re fi ekpa arie gb' ihue"; ...

OPINION Asking EFCC , Police and Others  Who Oppose in Court  the Bail of Citizens to Verify Sureties in a Bail Process is Unconstitutional and Offends the Code of Conduct for Judicial Officers  By:Douglas Ogbankwa Esq  The Judiciary in Nigeria should realise that they are the  custodians of the Law and as such they do not adjudicate on matters  based on how they feel about a matter or how they feel about  a person, but based on what the Law say .The law is clear that there must be an unassailable level of fairness and independence in the judicial process . The incessant action of some Federal High Court Judges that ask the Prosecutor, who opposed the bail  in their Courts in criminal cases, who are parties to the Matter before the Court to verify sureties of the Defendants granted  is unconstitutional. It defeats the ends of justice and hands over the fate of Citizens affected to their enemies. It is like the National Judicial Council asking...

The Illegality  of imposing Civil Servants as Sureties in Nigeria.  By: Douglas Ogbankwa Esq.  The Nigerian Courts and some Security  Agencies are in the practice of imposing high ranking civil  servants as sureties in criminal  matters. This practice with all due respect to my Lords, their Worships, their Honours and the head of security agencies does not conform  to the extant law on the matter in Nigeria. A cursory  look at *Sections 158 to 166 of the Administration  of Criminal Justice Act  2015*,which are relevant sections in the Administration  of Criminal Justice Law of States, shows that sureties as provided by the laws, should be blood relatives of the defendants. While the law made references to blood relatives specifically, there is no portion where it mentioned civil servants or house owners, with certificates of occupancy. This practice which is very obnoxious and unacceptable has led to the unwarranted detention  ...

Our Judiciary Can Be Better By: Douglas Ogbankwa Esq., Statement Issued By the Vanguard for the Independence of the Judiciary on the 2025/2026 Legal Year 1. We welcome My Noble Lords, Learned Silks, Seniors, and Learned Colleagues to the 2025/2026 Legal Year. 2. Often, as an institution and profession, we fail to reflect on the happenings of the preceding Legal Year, which prevents us from identifying our shortcomings. 3. It is essential to include a review session of the previous year as part of the activities during the Opening of the Legal Year, enabling us to make meaningful projections for the new Legal Year. 4. The judiciary has not fully embraced technology to solve simple problems. In the 21st century, some courts still require people to physically visit to confirm court sittings. A simple text message indicating court adjournments and new hearing dates would resolve this issue. 5. Indigent litigants face challenges accessing virtual court sittings due to the lack of embedded v...

  BBIGN National President, Chides ADC ...says Ameachi, Atiku, ElRufai are jokers, have nothing to offer By: Oriaifoh Godwins The National President of Bridge Builders Initiative for Green Nigeria, BBIGN, Dr. Emmanuel Chigoziri Orgu, on Saturday 23rd August 2023, during the South-South Summit and inauguration of the Executive members of the group, and event that held in Urokpota Hall, Benin city, condemned the African Democratic Congress, ADC, as a group of persons that has nothing to offer the country as they have earlier ruled Nigeria, but did nothing saying; "...even now, they have nothing to offer, other than their deceits and lies". Speaking, Dr. Chigoziri said; "Obasanjo said it was Atiku that led him into conceding Bakasi to Cameroon, and even called Atiku 'ole'. I guess you know what the name 'ole' means in Yoruba language"? "If Atiku becomes the President of Nigeria, he may decide to concede Rivers State to Guinea-Bissau". Dr. Chig...

Each Accident Victim Families, Deserve N20 Million Compensation From Dangote By: Peter Omonua Dangote trailers have done lots of damages to the lives of many people and families in Edo State. Incidences of Dangote trailers and their killings all over the country have been ongoing for years without accountability.  A few years ago, one of his trailers killed 16 people on the spot at Ketu Alapere bus stop. The victims were so fatally crushed that they were unrecognizable. On my visit to the Ikeja General hospital at that time, to identify one of the casualties; it was only by the ring on one of the fingers that i could tell it was our relative. Their faces were totally mangled.  Within a few weeks after that incidence, it was again reported that another Dangote trailer had killed 10 more people, and that the driver of the vehicle ran away after the incidence. When these murders happen, there is usually outcry from deceased families, which soon dies down with nothing coming out o...

  EDO STATE BY-ELECTION; CHAIRMAN EDO STATE TMB CONGRATULATES IKPEA, IGBINEDION. The Chairman, Edo state Traditional Medicine Board, TMB, High Chief Abudu Ugbesia, JP, has congratulated the Senator elect for Edo Central Senatorial district, Hon. Dr. Joseph Ikpea and Hon. Omosede Igbinedion, the Member-elect to represent Ovia Federal constituency, on their victory at the polls in the just concluded Edo Central Senatorial district election, and Ovia South West/North East Federal Constituency by-election that held on Saturday, the 16th of August, 2025. Speaking with a team of newsmen in his country home, Ibore-Irrua, the ward 1 of Esan Central Local Government Area, Chief Abudu who thanked Governor Okpebholo for appointing him as the Chairman of Edo state Traditional Medicine Board, also said; “this empowerment given  to me by our Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo empowered me greatly in coordinating all the members of the state Traditional Medicine Board". Continuing, Chief Ugb...