Herdsmen / Community clashes in Edo: P4P calls for sustained intervention By Isaac Eranga From right: Agatha Osieke, Esq and a member of Edo P4P Prevent Committee Benin City: Partners for Peace (P4P) in the Niger Delta, Edo State chapter,  has called on all relevant stakeholders, such as the government, traditional leaders, security agencies, herders, farmers, youth leaders, religious leaders, NGOs, etc., to intensify efforts towards bringing peace in warring communities in Edo State. This call was part of the recommendations at the presentation of a narrative report on the intervention by Edo State P4P Prevent Committee on resolving the conflict between herdsmen and Oben/Iguelaba communities in Orhionmwon local government area of Edo State and made available to the Nigerian Observer Newspaper. A representative of a warring community during a stakeholder dialogue forum According to the Prevent Committee of P4P, "It has been reported in the past five years of encro...

Edo Red Cross takes Lassa Fever  sensitization to Benin Central Mosque By Isaac Eranga Branch Health Coordinator of Edo Red Cross- Mrs. Efe-Iyamu Elizabeth Iyabo, sensitizing Muslim faithfuls Benin City: In response to the increasing number of Lassa fever cases in Edo State, the Nigerian Red Cross Society, Edo State Branch with the Edo State Rapid Response Team, penultimate weekend, took Lassa Fever sensitization campaign to  Muslim worshipers during Jumaat Service at the Benin Central Mosque located in Upper Igun Street, Benin City. Speaking, the Branch Chairman, Mr. Festus Alenkhe appreciated the chief Imam for giving the group the opportunity to get their members sensitized. He also expressed thanks to the Branch Health Action Team (HAT) headed by Mrs. Efe- Iyamu. "Red Cross operates in times of peace and in times of war. In the Southern part of Nigeria for sometime now, we've been experiencing peace. The only situation we are facing nowis the spread of Lass...

2019/2020 football season: Edo Referees urged to strive for excellence A seasoned Match Commissioner with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF)- Pst. (Dr.) Ikpomwonsa Cliff Ediae, said for Edo State Referees to record superlative performance in the 2019/2020 football season that is ongoing, there was need for them to target excellence. Dr. Ediae said this while speaking on a topic titled: A Fresh Start,  during a one-day fasting and prayer program organised recently by the Edo State Football Referees Council, held at the indoor Sports Hall of the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City. He explained excellence as a state of possessing good qualities in high degree; exalted merit; and superiority in virtue. He said striving towards excellence will help eliminate errors in the field of play. Dr. Ediae reiterated that achieving  excellence can only be possible when they cry to God for help. He cited the blind beggar named Bartimmaeus (son of Timaeus) in the Book of Ma...

Deadline For Payment Of Annual Returns By Business Names, Firms And Individuals By   Unini Chioma Daily Law Tips (Tip 496) by Onyekachi Umah, Esq., LLM. ACIArb(UK) DEADLINE FOR PAYMENT OF ANNUAL RETURNS BY BUSINESS NAMES, FIRMS AND INDIVIDUALS. You can establish and run a business in Nigeria, either as a register company or as a registered business name with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). To show that your company or business name is still in existence among other things, you are expected to file an “Annual Returns” for your business every year. Annual return is not tax. Tax goes to Federal or State Tax Offices while Annual Return goes to Corporate Affairs Commission, only. Annual return is paid whether your business made profit or loss. For business names, annual returns must be filed and paid every year on or before 30 June.  However, business names have waiver from filling and paying annual returns for the year they were registered. Failu...

NISAYA tasks Buhari on peaceful resolution of Edo APC crisis Ighomuaye Lucky, Benin Nigeria Students and Youths Association, (NISAYA), Edo State chapter, yesterday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to wade into the crisis of Edo State chapter of All Progressives Congress for rapid economic development of the state. The acting vice president and state chairman of the group, Comrade Osamudiamwen Elvis Ogbidi made the call while conferring the award of the Nigerian Most Outstanding Youth of the year 2019 and award of life patron on Ambassador Dion Osagie in Benin City. Ogbidi said President Muhammed Buhari being the number one citizen of the country, has the ability to call the governor of the state Mr. Godwin Obaseki and the National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole to a round table with the view of resolving their differences amicably in the overall interest of the state and the party. “You will agree with me that for a society to thrive, there must be peaceful co...

Ize-Iyamu condemns assassination attempt on Edo former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice Pst. Osagie Ize-Iyamu, Esq A former Secretary to Edo State Government and a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Pst. Osagie Ize-iyamu, Esq, penultimate weekend, condemned the recent assassination attempt on the former Edo State Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Hon. Henry Idahagbon. Pst Ize-Iyamu made the condemnation during a solidarity visit to Idahagbon’s office in Benin. He noted that Idahagbon is the immediate past Attorney-General and one of those who started the campaign for Godwin Obaseki, hence the government is expected to be in the forefront of condemning the act but unfortunately the government is silent. “Those who did this must have a serious rethink because once they begin to spray bullets at a house, you know the possibility of stray bullet touching people is quite high and I think that we must thank God that nobody died. “If ther...

Godwin Obaseki,  Edo state governor, has vowed to deal with Adams Oshiomhole, national chairmanI of the All Progressives Congress (APC), if he keeps “disrupting activities” of Edo APC. Oshiomhole, who was instrumental to the emergence of Obaseki, fell out with the governor shortly before he declared his reelection bid. Their misunderstanding reached its height last year when the Edo house of assembly was divided along their loyalists. Lawmakers loyal to the governor had taken oath of office secretly, leaving out their colleagues in the camp of Oshiomhole. Stakeholders in the APC did not succeed in their bid to reconcile the governor and his estrange benefactor. Speaking at a meeting of chairmen of the APC in the 18 local government areas in Edo, Obaseki said he is prepared to “show Oshiomhole” that he is the governor of the state. He also directed the party chairmen to deal with any person or group carrying out activities that are not in the interest of the st...