By Kehinde Osagiede History is about to be made in Nigerian football as Bendel Insurance football Club of Benin have concluded plans to feed their chairman and Deputy Governor of Edo State, Rt Hon Comrade Philip Shaibu against their arch rivals, 3SC of Ibadan on Wednesday. The Benin Arsenal will be hosting the Shooting Stars of Ibadan in the  Nigeria National League week 17 rescheduled game on Wednesday, 31. Kick off time is 4.0pm at the university of Benin sports complex, Benin. According to the media officer of Bendel Insurance, Kehinde Osagiede, the athletic Deputy Governor who is a registered player of the club with jersey No. 40 will be leading the attack of the host team against the visiting Oluyole Warriors. The media officer revealed that the comrade deputy Governor has  been training regularly with the other players of the club hoping to be featured before end of the current season. His training has been a great moral booster to his teammates. Observersports was r...

By Our Correspondent IYAMHO: Edo State House of Assembly committee on education has expressed satisfaction over the level of infrastructural development of Edo University Iyamho and assured the management of the committee's readiness towards the speedy completion of the ongoing projects in the university. The Chairman of the Committee, Hon Engr. Osaigbovo Iyoha gave the assurance when he led other members to the university for on the spot assessment of the facilities available in the university. Hon Iyoha expressed confidence on the vice chancellor, Prof Emmanuel Aluyor's ability to make the university a world class university adding that the committee will work with the executive towards realizing its set goals. According to him, “I am highly impressed with the facilities available in the university, I want to thank the VC he is doing a great job with his team in the university". Responding, the Ag Vice Chancellor, Prof. Emmanuel Aluyor expressed optimism saying that...

The family of the former Board of Trustees of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih, has formally announced the passing-on of the political icon, late Sunday. The announcement was contained in a statement signed by his​ eldest son, Anthony Anenih Junior, titled “Our Patriach, Chief Anthony Akhakon Anenih, Passes On,” released Sunday night. The statement reads: “With a heavy heart and total submission to the will of the Almighty God, the family of Chief Anthony Akhakon Anenih, CFR, the Iyasele of Esanland, announces his passing on to glory today, Sunday, October 28, 2018 after a brief illness. “Aged 85, Chief Anthony Akhakon Anenih, is survived by many children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. “A beloved patriarch, he enjoyed God’s uncommon grace while alive. “He served God and humanity with commitment. He also served his fatherland to the best of his ability. “We will all sorely miss him. But his legacies live on.” Mr. Tony Anenih Junior, in the stateme...

By Isaac Eranga As part of measures in strengthening the research ethics review and clinical trials oversight system at the Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria, a consortium consisting of the National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Center for Bioethics and Research (CBR), Council of Health Research Ethics Development (COHRED) and National Health Research Ethics Committee of Nigeria (NHREC) have collaborated in deepening research ethics in Nigeria (DREIN) by  providing short, medium- and long-term training and mentoring of the administrative and technical staff of Research Ethics Committees (RECs) in Nigeria.  Speaking, the Director of Center for Bioethics and Research (CBR), Ibadan, Professor Clement Adebamowo said the DREIN project aims at improving the capacity of Research Ethics Committee in Nigeria in order to implement standardized and efficient review of research and clinical trials protocols through increasing utilization of electronic ethi...

By Isaac Eranga Benin: An alleged serial car thief, Frank Omobude has been nabbed by members of the Edo State Public Works Volunteer (PUWOV) in Benin City, Edo State capital. He was caught with different types of master keys, in Benin City, the Edo State capital. Addressing newsmen in Benin City, the Coordinator of PUWOV, Mukhtar Yusuf-Osagie, said the suspect is being interrogated by the police at the Edo State Police Command. Yusuf-Osagie said that the volunteers will continue to support the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration in its efforts at creating a peaceful, clean and secure environment in which social and economic activities will thrive. *PHOTO CAPTION:* *DSC_0001:* Alleged serial car thief, Frank Omobude, nabbed by members of the Edo State Public Works Volunteer (PUWOV) programme with different types of master keys, in Benin City, the Edo State capital.

No fewer than five members of the National Youth Service Corps who were travelling to their orientation camps in Akwa Ibom and Rivers states respectively were on Wednesday kidnapped by gunmen . In addition, two other passengers on the bus conveying the corps members were also kidnapped. The fresh graduates and the other victims were travelling from Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to Rivers and Akwa Ibom states where they were billed to undertake their three-week NYSC orientation. They were kidnapped on the Owerri-Port Harcourt Expressway and taken to the Umuapu forest in the Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State. Briefing journalists after the victims were rescued by the police, the Commissioner of Police in charge of the Imo State Police Command, Dasuki Galadanchi, said the kidnappers established contact with the families of the corps members and demanded N5m ransom. The CP gave the names of the corps members as Abiola Temitope, Olubisi Adekanmi, Jose Temitayo, Folarin ...