By Isaac Eranga The Government of Edo State has revealed that it would work with major stakeholders to decongest and improve sanitary conditions around major streets and markets in Benin City. The Secretary to the Edo State Government, Osarodion Ogie, representing the State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, disclosed this, at an interactive session with landlords, traders, property owners and community leaders located around Ring road and environ. Governor Obaseki, calling for cooperation, said that his administration had come up with the ‘Edo Clean-Up Project’ and that he would carry the people along. ‘’We have discussed with the market women in the area and we have decided to interact with you as Landlords, traders, property owners and community leaders on the state of our environment and how to improve the sanitary condition of the area,” he said. He continued that the state government would not relent in its effort to restore law and order to the affect...

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Thursday said the north must stop the blame game over lack of tangible development in the region. Abubakar stated this in a paper titled; “The Challenge of Unity, Diversity and National Development: Nigeria at Crossroads.’’ He spoke at the public presentation of Daily Stream newspaper at the Banquet Hall, Nigeria Airforce Conference Centre, Kado, Abuja. He said Nigerians must continue to live together as one country amidst the seeming pervasive climate of disunity. “If people get disillusioned, and in frustration, they embrace and imbibe all sorts of views, beliefs and ideas including ones that suggest that people from the other ethnic, religious or regional group is responsible for their woes. “Today, the three northern zones are the most backward. Instead of us to blame ourselves, we are blaming the south. “The (former) Senate President was saying we fought civil war about 50 years. When you fly today fr...

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, said Nigeria is facing a grim situation. He lamented that widening tribal and political crevices as well as economic hardship were taking huge toll on the country. Abubakar who spoke during the public presentation of a newspaper, the Daily Stream in Abuja warned that unless the structure of Nigeria which he said is currently posing an impediment to growth was retouched, the country’s situation  may worsen. The former vice president who was a guest speaker at the lecture which theme was: “The challenge of unity, diversity and national development: Nigeria at a crossroads” said the structure of Nigeria’s federation and governance constituted an impediment to its economic development, political stability and social harmony. “Changing them would help to place our country on a path to phenomenal and unhindered development. To persist in what we are doing now is to do injustice to ourselves and jeop...

A Nigeria born Randy Onuoha who is currently playing for Neftochimic Burgas in Netherlands has declared his readiness to fight for a shirt in Nigeria super Eagles. Onuoha in his tweeter handle said it will be of great honour for him to play for his father's land having refused his mother's request to play for her country, Netherlands. Randy who has a Nigerian father,  Charles Emeka Onuoha from Itukpa, Aba state, Nigeria and to Netherlands mother, Annelies van Es,  from Rotterdam, Netherlands Randy Onuoha was born on  1 April 1994 (age 23) in Lelystad, Netherlands. He is  1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)Height Playing Left full back with Jessy Number 17. His Youth career is from  2009–2013 Almere City. While Senior career from 2013 till date With Neftochimic Burgas. Randy Onuoha said with his active performance, he is ready to win all to Nigeria. " Nigeria is my country which I look forward to playing for any moment from now. If my mum has been troubling me...

Benin- MEMBERS of the defunct Congress of Progressive Change (CPC), in Edo state, has accused Governor Godwin Obaseki of marginalizing them in terms of appointment and recognition. Spokesman for the group, Comrade Momoh Dauda, former State Youth Leader of the defunct CPC in Edo state in company of the Arewa leader of the party, Alhaji Aliko Haruna, said in an interview that the governor should remembered that three political parties metamorphosed into the APC and lamented that, “today all attention and appointments are only given to the defunct ACN members”. He said, “I want Governor Obaseki to remember that three political parties merged to become the APC. But what we are seeing now in Edo state is that the defunct CPC has been sidelined in terms of appointments and recognition by APC leaders in the state. ” We have been marginalized in the current lists of appointments now before the governor as no single member of the defunct CPC is on the list and the Stat...

Four persons were, on Wednesday, morning killed and 11 others injured in multiple suicide bomb attacks in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. This was disclosed to journalists by Mr. Ahmad Satomi, Chairman of Borno State Emergency Management Agency (BASEMA). “It was a sad morning for us. We lost four people, including Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) members and 11others were wounded in multiple blasts in Maiduguri,” said Mr. Satomi. According to him, a male bomber stormed Malakalerri area of Muna Garage in Mafa Local Government Area at about 4:18 am, killing one CJTF member and injuring five women and one CJTF member. Seven minutes later, a female bomber blew herself up Dynamic near Alkomi Clinic along Gomboru-Ngala Road. The BASEMA boss added that another female bomber attacked an unofficial Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Muna Ethiopia General Area, injuring five persons, who are currently receiving treatment. Mr. Satomi added that his agency believed that t...

by Femi Fani-Kayode I am an indigene of Osun state. I am from Ile-Ife, the ancestral home of the Yorubas. So, whatever I am about to share with you is a product of personal experience and vast knowledge of the socio-political configuration of my state. I have to share this after deep introspection, although I am still deeply mourning the death of one of Osun's finest and colourful politicians of all time. 1. Senator Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke was a very popular grassroots politician 2. Isiaka Adeleke was a very generous and large-hearted man who could empty his vault for the people 3. Adeleke had gubernatorial ambition to succeed Rauf Aregbe, he's always had it even before he defected to the APC. 4. Sometimes in 2013, Rauf Aregbesola, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Chief Bisi Akande cajoled Adeleke to abandon his old political party, the PDP for the APC just so that they could ride on his popularity to win elections in Osun state 5. The joker worked as Adeleke left the PDP for the APC o...