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TMB Chairman Hails  Gov. Okpebholo For Bringing Agency Back To Life ...as practitioners undergo training By: Our Correspondent The Chairman, Edo State Traditional Medicines Board, TMB, High Chief Abudu Ugbesia, JP, has commended the governor of Edo State, His Excellency, Senator Monday Okpebholo for his foresight in resucitating the agency, after several years of neglect by the previous administration, saying; "... Governor Okpebholo's foresight in bringing Edo state Traditional Medicines Board back to life, clearly supports the fact that, we cannot afford to neglect what our forefathers used effectively for several years, in solving their health challenges, moreso, that traditional medicines also complements the orthodox medicine". Chief Ugbesia made this commendation during the training of members of Edo state TMB, including practitioners drawn from the three Senatorial districts of Edo state, that held on Wednesday, June 10 2026, at John Odigie Oyegun Public Service Ac...

FEATURE INSECURITY: Where Is Our God? Where Are The gods? Are we living in illusions? By: Oriaifoh Godwins Africans, especially Nigerians believe in the existence of a supreme being that created this world, every other world, and all the natural and living things therein. As Africans, we believe too, that, whenever we call on the supreme being we worship, he answers; this is the believe of all, irrespective of religion. However, the recent dare devil activities of the terrorists, particularly in the south western part of Nigeria, raises a lot of questions about the spirituality and even the modus operandi of the supreme being. A quick look into the Bible, explains that we should expect all these evils as we approach the last days. This makes it difficult to ask Jehovah God: 'where are thou, as evil doers kill those that are gathered in your name'? Since it was written, that, all we are seeing today, will come to pass, makes many of us to conclude that, all these happenings, are...

INSECURITY: ECLG Boss, Chairs Security Meeting By: Our Reporter As security challenges rises across the country, the Chairman, Esan Central Local Government, ECLG, area, Edo State, Rt. Hon. Kelvin Ainiyalenhimi Iyere, today, Thursday 11th June 2026, convened a meeting of all the security outfits operating in Esan Central Local Government Area, as well as other stakeholders, to deliberate on proactive measures in securing our schools, other institutions and environment. Speaking during the meeting Hon. Iyere who welcomed the attendees harped on the need for all the security operatives to beef up their activities more than ever before, especially going by the current security challenges being experienced in the neighboring states in particular, and in the country at large. The head teachers of the different Private and Public schools, used the opportunity to enumerate the areas where they need intervention and support in the protection of properties and facilities of the schools, as hood...

OPINION: A Critical Response to the Removal of Certificate Forgery as Grounds for Election Petitions. By: Tony Ewaleifoh Introduction “Animal Farm, oh Animal Farm…”—a poetic warning that power, once unchecked, rewrites its own rules. The reported removal of certificate forgery as a ground for election petitions represents more than a legislative adjustment. It signals a dangerous shift in Nigeria’s democratic philosophy—from truth as a foundation to truth as a negotiable element. Legitimacy Without Integrity: Democracy is not sustained by ballots alone. It is sustained by trust. When individuals can ascend to power under questionable or falsified credentials—and citizens are stripped of the legal means to challenge them—the system ceases to function as a mechanism of accountability. Instead, it becomes a structure that protects outcomes, regardless of process. The Rise of Untouchable Leadership When truth is no longer enforceable, a new class of leadership emerge—one insulated from scr...

  OPINION APC Automatic Tickets, Direct Primaries For National Assembly Aspirants...                                                                 - Izibili calls for caution By: Esezobor Izibili, Esq In the high-stakes world of Nigerian politics, how a party chooses its candidates can determine not just electoral victory, but its internal survival. Nowhere is this more evident than in Edo State, where the All Progressives Congress (APC) has spent years oscillating between two flawed systems: consensus candidacy and open competitive primaries. E sezobor Izibili, Esq. What appears, on the surface, to be a procedural choice is, in reality, a deeper struggle over power, control, and political survival. The Two Roads To A Ticket Within political parties, candidates' selection typically follows one of two paths.  The...

Court Cancels Movement Restrictions On Sanitation Days It is now unlawful for the movement of person to be restricted on environmental sanitation days. This development, follows the declaration of Edo State High Court in a landmark judgment delivered today, 26th March 2026, that the restriction of human and vehicular movement during the state’s environmental sanitation exercise, is unlawful. Today, Justice Isoken Urhomwen Erameh ruled that the enforcement of a stay-at-home order between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. on sanitation days violates citizens’ constitutional rights. In its decision, the court held that such restrictions are inconsistent with Section 41(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, which guarantees freedom of movement. It further found the measures to be in breach of Articles 12 and 13 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights. In view of the foregoing, Justice Erameh  issued a declaration that the prohibition of movement during the ...

FOCUS: Violence, Insurgencies...   Usual Occurrences During Electioneering Periods in Nigeria:  A Worrisome Trend By: Oriaifoh Godwins  The current rise in security challenges, including kidnapping attacks on our military and law enforcement agencies are not new to the Nigeria society, especially at time like this, when politicking is gradually getting to crescendo. It is at this time that criminal elements who live on nothing other than crime, come all out to earn their criminal living. Hence, those crimes that Innocent citizens are experiencing today. The question to ask is: why this recurrent decimal, and why at this time?  The reason is simple: Many of those that are not on the same political divide with the ruling party, want to do everything they can, to unseat the ruling party; sometimes by sponsoring crisis and causing mayhem, so as to make the ruling party unpopular. This is how desperately wicked, callous and demonic the heart of some men can be. They are n...