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16 days before he marks his second year in office, Okpebholo gives his impression of the media

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From L-R: Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Patrick Ebojele; Edo State Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Dennis Idahosa;  Governor Monday Okpebholo; Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Musa Ikhilor Esq and the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Hon. Yakubu Musa during the meeting with members of the press By Bernadette Idalu  Sixteen (16) days to the celebration of his second year in office, Governor Monday Okpebholo on Tuesday, October 27, got media practitioners beaming with smiles as he hilariously narrated his bitter-sweet experience with practitioners of the traditional and new media, just as he highlighted the attempt to create administrative loopholes by trolls who have taken it upon themselves to share unverified news about the state. Governor Okpebholo gave above update as he engaged with the leadership and members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Edo State Council, during a mentally stimulating conversation at the New Festival Hall, Edo State Gove...
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Renewed Hope Agenda: Idahosa commends Tinubu during ambulance commissioning ceremony at UBTH, calls for more medical interventions

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The toll free ambulance positioned at the  Emergency Medicine Department at UBTH  By Bernadette Idalu  To cut down morbidity and mortality rates during medical emergencies, the Edo State Deputy Governor, Hon. Dennis Idahosa, on Monday, commissioned an ambulance for public use at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), facilitated under the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Idahosa as part of ceremonies at the commissioning, declared, "On behalf of His Excellency, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and the Honourable Minister for Health, Prof. Ali Pate, I hereby commission this moving equipment to University of Benin Teaching Hospital." Idahosa while praising President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the gift of the ambulance to UBTH commended efforts of the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare in Nigeria, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate for selecting UBTH as a beneficiary health institution in the Federal Government funded ambulance program...
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Archbishop Akubeze Presents Media Apostle Awards to 3 CAMPAN members ...Harps on unique human capacity over AI

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Bernadette Idalu receiving the Media Apostle Award from Archbishop Augustine Obiora Akubeze during the 60th World Day of Social Communications which held at St. Anthony Catholic Church, Evbuotubu. With them is the Chairman, CAMPAN, Mr. Ruben-Mario Brodrick  By Bernadette Idalu  As the universal Catholic Church marked the 60th World Day of Social Communications and end of COMWEEK , 2026, His Grace, Most Rev. Augustine Obiora Akubeze, Catholic Archbishop of Benin City, on Sunday, May 17, presented " Media Apostle Awards " to three members of the Catholic Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria (CAMPAN), Benin Chapter, based on their ability to proclaim Jesus Christ through the media space. The Archbishop was the Chief celebrant at Mass during this event which held at St. Anthony Catholic Church, Evbuotubu, Benin City. It was also a platform for special recognition and bestowing of awards on a couple whom the media association opined had distinguished themselves ...
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Michael Freeman Arise TV Interview: Censorship and Social Media escalation.

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Television viewers across the globe, mainly Nigerians, must have been jolted that what promised to be an exciting and ‘no-holds-barred’ interview between the Nigerian Arise TV News, and Mr. Michael Freeman, Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, was ruined and escalated. Nigerian viewers had anticipated adequate exposure from the Israeli envoy, on the ranging war between Israel (backed by the United States) and Iran, and its spillover in Nigeria. The high-profile interface was also expected to expose fresh vistas on the internecine insurgency, allegedly by Muslim extremism, against the Nigerian state, culminating in killings, maiming, arson and sacking of local communities. Alas, the interview exercise was burgled and inclined to ‘false bravado’, a guise where individuals hide their true feelings and emotions behind premeditated cover-up actions.    The traditional media - television, radio and the tabloid had been very noisy, particularly the ‘Vuvuzela’ Social Media genre...
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Good Governance: Bucket list of activities for 2026 from Edo DG'S Office

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    Deputy Governor, Hon. Dennis Idahosa  By Bernadette Idalu  2026 promises to be a fast paced year going by the strength of public declarations by the Edo State Deputy Governor, (DG), Hon. Dennis Idahosa. Buoyed by the need to monitor public accountability and social responsibility of public servants, based on their public declarations, this write-up is a modest attempt to match words with action in the mind's eye of people in the new year, 2026. It aims to enlighten the masses by making them visualize and evaluate campaign and other promises to the people. Being informed about projects, for instance, hones their monitoring roles, thus, empowering them, to make informed analysis at the "People's court/parliament" or "Townhall meetings" where open commentaries and debates are held in order to garland the Governor Monday Okpebholo led administration with due praise based on achieved milestones from the SHINE Agenda or pinpoint yet to be fulfilled...
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EIRS, Edo State Lottery Regulatory Commission forge partnership

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EIRS Chairman, Hon. Oladele Bankole-Balogun (Middle), Chairman, Edo State Lottery Regulatory Commission, Rt. Hon. Frank Okiye (5th Right) flanked by management staff of both establishments. By Bernadette Idalu Executive Chairman, Edo State Internal Revenue Service, (EIRS), Otunba (Hon.) Oladele Bankole-Balogun on Monday, December 8, 2025, promised an administrative and knowledge based transfer of expertise to the Edo State Lottery Regulatory Commission, during the latter's courtesy visit to his office. The EIRS Chairman who played host to the Edo State Lottery Regulatory Commission Chairman, Rt. Hon. Frank Abumere Okiye and his team, said the courtesy visit was an opportunity to cement relationship between  both establishments such that "The lottery commission should  be able to meet its mandate." Harping  on the need to work with caution against the backdrop of happenstances in the gaming sector, he harped on natural bills being passed which are at variance ...
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Oshiomhole in a fight between the Elephant and the Pit

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 BY TONY ERHA  'Okuo imose", "no fight is attractive" - all fight is ugly, according to the Edo people. If a fight doesn’t pluck the teeth it would drip the noise of red blood. That is why pundits were apprehensive and had to caution Dangote Refinery and the Petrol and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) to a sound reasoning, over the sack of 800 of its workers by Dangote, which was followed by a strike action that was later called-off. The fisticuff was intensified as the National Union of Petroleum and Gas Workers of Nigeria (NUPENG), joined the spat by supporting PENGASSAN. Like the American freestyle wrestling, where partakers fight with anything they lay their hands upon, a melee, a-free-for-all in which no one seems to know the real opponents. The fallout of the Dangote and PENGASSAN fight has unsettled Nigerians. The Benins would say "ama re fi ekpa arie gb' ihue"; "the fisticuffs hadn't started when t...
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