Benin City: As part of measures in promoting the entertainment industry in Benin City, the management of Canada World recently rolled out a weekly program activities sprawling from Monday to Sunday. Chief Dr. Bishop Omogiade Enoyiogiere Edokpolo This was disclosed by the CEO of the Hotel and Suites - Chief Dr. Omogiade Enoyiogiere Edokpolo. He said the vision behind the weekly activities was to reduce the level of depression and high blood pressure among the people of Edo State.  "Entertainment is one way of injecting joy, peace and calmness in mind on the people.  "When you think the Country is bad, there is a Place where you can see a reason of living there; that Place is called Canada World", Dr Edokpolo said. The weekly activities are as follows: Mondays: Flashback Old School and Blues. Tuesdays: All Round Jamz with DJ EAL. Wednesdays: Indigenous Live Bands. Thursdays: Raggae and Fela Night, Root Rock, Culture, Lovers Rock and Conscious Raggae featuring DJ EAL. Frida...

By the time the maiden TotalEnergies CAF Women's Champions League will debut in Egypt early next month, two promising Women Fifa referees of Nigeria extraction will in the roll call of match officials. They are Patience Ndidiamaka Madu and Mimisen Iyorhe of Enugu and Benue State Referees Councils respectively.  Madu who was among the few selected international Women referees from Africa that  handled the Tokyo Olympic women football competition, in July this year, is among the 12 referees for the coming women soccer fiesta.  The Assistant Referee cadre has  Mimisen in the 13-name list.  The tournament expected to begin on Friday, November 6, 2021 will see the Nigerian Fifa women referees take part in the necessary pre tournament checklist for medical and physical fitness test. The NRA President, Otunba Tade Azeez, elated by the giant strides his  members are recording at the international scene, while urging them to be worthy ambassadors wishes the Nigeria ...

  Ex-militant leader, Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo(aka Tompolo), has sent a strong warning to killer herdsmen parading the forest and highways of Edo State to quit or get themselves to blame in due course. Tompolo gave the warning through Ijaw interest groups – Edo State Izonebe Development Forum, Ijaw Youths Council(IYC) and Ijaw National Congress(INC), on the occasion of his 51st birthday on Tuesday.  The groups had embarked on a peace rally around the Benin City centre up to the secretariat of the Edo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Benin City. One of the leaders of the group, Chief Robinson Ogunkoru, stated that the groups decided to embark on the peace rally to show their love and respect for Tompolo for his peace advocacy in the country most especially in the Niger Delta region. Also speaking Olopele Ebi Olopele, President of the Edo State Izonebe Development Forum, paid tributes to Tompolo for his many efforts to ensure that peace and tranqu...

Members of Edo Football Referees Council have expressed their grieves over the demise of Nigeria first FIFA badged Referee - late Festus Okubule. They described his demise as an irreparable loss not only to Nigeria Football Referees, but to Nigeria enlarge. Speaking, the Chairman of Edo Football Referees Council- Comrade Johnbull Nosa Okundolor, said "history has it that Festus Okubule was the first FIFA - badged Referee in Nigeria; first Nigerian Referee to officiate at both the Nations and World Cup, as well as a former National President of the Nigerian Football Referees  Association (NRA). "When Okubule was NRA President, he demonstrated high level of selflessness and proactive leadership that projected NRA to an enviable height. It came as a shock to us because this is the time we needed him most". Festus Okubule died at the age of 80 in a Lagos hospital.

  An erstwhile Majority Leader of Edo State House of Assembly, and NDDC Commissioner representing Edo State - Rt. Hon. Matthew Iduoriyekemwen said the duty of the parliament is beyond law making. Iduoriyekemwen who is vying for the office of a Senator (Edo South Senatorial District) in the forthcoming Senatorial elections, made this comment in Benin when he paid a visit to Journalists at the NUJ secretariat.  According to Iduoriyekemwen, "Parliament don't only make laws, they ensures the projects embarked upon by the Executive meets to the aspiration of the people they are representing. That is, the projects meet the specific needs of the people.  "I hail from Ikpoba-Okha and it's on record that Egor/ Ikpoba-Okha federal constituency has never produced a Senator.  So when it comes to equity, it is our turn in Ikpoba-Okha/Egor and when it comes to the side of intelligence, it is my turn. It's time for new ideas to be injected into the legislation of this country....

By Our Correspondent Benin City: Okoror and Okoror of Ikheloa Chambers acting on behalf of Henry Idemudia and Julius Ekhaguere of Iguomo  Community in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State, have written a petition to the Benin monarch, His Royal Majesty, Omo N'Oba N'Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare 11, on the activities of some landgrabbers led by Pa Godwin Usiomoifo and Esezoboh Ebonoto recruit some others, who parade themselves as Odionwere and Okaeghele respectively despite the instruction of the Benin monarch against such and who have continually constituted themselves as a threat to peace in the community. The duo according to Okoror and Okoror law chambee" These persons have sold off all the land in the village belonging to indigenes, as a result of this act, there is no longer free land for indigenes to farm. This has caused serious hardship on the people. "That these persons who are non-indigenes of the village has capitalised on this and had forc...

By Isaac Eranga Benin City: The Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Edo State chapter - Comrade Festus Alenkhe said the new Exco of Edo NUJ was ready to work for the development of the Union. He said that was the essence while they were voted into office.  Festus Alenkhe made this assertion when he led members of his Exco on a thank - you visit to Edo NUJ Federated Chapel. H "We are here to work for you", Festus Alenkhe tells Edo Journalistse reiterated that since inception of office, Edo NUJ has experienced monumental achievements. "We have not come to say what we shall but to say what we have done as we turn 100 years in office. We were voted into office to work for you. We have succeeded in bringing infrastructural development to Edo State.  "Our achievements include: provision of a 24 hour internet facility, installation of CCTV for security surveillance, reactivation of water supply to the press center, setting up of NUJ multi-purpose cooperativ...