Oredo Local Government: Re-definition of Democratic Grassroots Agenda  1 First of a two- part analysis/commentary on Oredo Local Government By Dele Ailemen It is incontrovertible from any patriotic contemplation of the Nigerian Federation, that local governments constitute a quintessential anchor for the enthusiastic involvement of the citizenry, in the construction of a wholesome people-oriented Democracy.  While there’s often the serious argument about the extent and clarity of the authority of local governments in the three-legged Federal structure, however, local administrations can never be written off as mere ornamental decorations in Nigeria’s constitutional architecture. Such jaundiced viewpoint would portray a sickening ignorance of the unique development role that local governments play in the lives of their constituents outside the glamour of national media attention. There’s one lesson that I have irrevocably embraced in the course of my leadership ...

By Our Correspondent The Edo State Football Referees Council (EFRC) has sympathised with the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) over the demise of former Super Eagles forward, Isaac Promise who passed on while on a gym in the United States of America. This was contained in a press release signed by the Chairman Mr. Johnbull Nosa Okundolor and made available to newsmen in Benin City by the Public Relations Officer Dr. Isaac Eranga. The release described the news of Isaac Promise's death as a great shock and pray God to grant the NFF and family, the fortitude to bear the loss. "We know Isaac Promise to be very pacy and skillful and a team motivator. He was tactically apt and very respectful to referees on and off the field of play. "He was the Captain of the Beijing Olympics’ Eagles squad that won silver.  He was also the Captain of the U-20 Holland 2005 Silver winning team. Our   thoughts and prayers are with his family at this time. May his soul rest in et...

Young and Emerging Professional Seminar holds in Benin By Isaac Eranga In a bid to understanding the needs of employers in the 21st century, an emerging career opportunities seminar was held recently in Benin, tagged, Young and Emerging Professional Seminar, under the auspieces of Connected Advocacy for Empowerment and Youth Development Initiative. Speaking, the Executive Director of Connected Advocacy, Prince Israel Orekha said with the emergence  of new skills and proliferation of value chains in major production lines, there was need for a seminar that will enlightening youths emerging professions. Prince Israel Orekha- Executive Director, Connected Advocacy "This seminar is geared towards reducing the scourge of unemployment amongs youth in Edo State, as the saying goes 'an idle mind is the devil's workshop. Youths that are gainfully employed will be less prone to criminality. Ms Anifat Ibrahim - Resource Person "We have been able to discover d...

By Isaac Eranga Benin City: A frontline campaigner for workers’ rights and press freedom during Nigeria’s military era, Comrade  Dele Ailemen, has expressed appreciation for what he described as’’ the unflinching commitment and conscientious priority of  Oredo Local Government to timely  payment of salaries and clearance of pension arrears from previous administrations.” The Veteran labour leader remarked in a media interview in City, that the Chairman of Oredo Local Government Area, Hon. Jenkins Osunde , has displayed a profound respect for the values and the dignity of the Nigerian working class. Comrade Ailemen who was both a two-term Chairman and Secretary of the defunct Bendel State Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists said that it was disgraceful and unconscionable to find some units of  governments across the country vagrantly  defaulting in their obligations to duly pay the wages’’ for which their workers have toiled and sweated’’. Accordi...

From YALI How One Marketer in Eswatini is Making Her Dreams a Reality Bertha at the 2019 Mandela Washington Fellowship farewell dinner Every December before their family trip to Mozambique, Bertha Sithole and her siblings would harvest the maize on their family farm in Mbabane, Eswatini. “I never liked farming or agriculture,” Bertha says, “but we made it our mission to finish harvesting the crops quickly so we could spend as much time as possible in Mozambique.” “On the way there, my father would buy us fried chicken and soft drinks,” Bertha says. “The trip was five hours, but it always just flew by; being together was an awesome feeling.” Bertha, now a 2019 Mandela Washington Fellow, director of  Startup Grind ’s Mbabane chapter, and founder of the public relations firm  Kuanza Dreams , is working to help young entrepreneurs promote their products and build their communities. Bertha’s approach is a regimented one. Every day, the young entrepreneu...