ARTICLES

By Chris Azebamwan Every responsive government encourages a vibrant and robust opposition to ensure it has a feedback channel outside of its own circle.  This provides the government with a platform for peer review and assessment of the effectiveness of its policies and programs.   The APC government of Governor […]

By Crusoe Osagie It has been four days of a spectacle of unadulterated culture for culture enthusiasts, domestic and international tourists in Igarra, Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State as the much awaited Aba Festival got underway on Monday, August 21, 2017. The week-long event parades the rhythmic dance […]

By John Mayaki No country can grow and prosper economically without a sustainably favourable environment that enables business to thrive. Indeed, no state can flourish economically and progressively improve the socioeconomic condition of its people if it lacks workable economic policies and business-friendly atmosphere. To engender economic prosperity, those who […]

By John Mayaki On Monday, 6th of March 2017, Acting President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo was in Benin City, the capital of Edo State. The visit was part of his several others to states in the Niger-Delta to interact with leaders of the oil rich communities on how to […]

By John Mayaki About the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), which Governor Godwin Obaseki is going great guns to get up and running in Edo State, much has been said. It will therefore amount to a tedious level of redundancy to dwell on the same issue the same way others have […]

By John Mayaki It was with immense sadness and genuine pity that I witnessed a deliberate misuse of the cyberspace by a malicious mind. This abuse of the internet assumed the form of a libelous story directed to the public, but negatively aiming to repute the person of the First […]

By John Mayaki   For Edo State’s economic circumstance, the future gleams with a lustre of genuine prosperity. This is not only because the governor of the state, Mr. Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki is a technocrat; it is because he is also completely committed to developing Edo in every sector.   […]

Ernest Omoarelojie Ask me for a cynic’s delight, I will point in the direction of Edo State Governor, Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki. At least, many pundits were sceptical of his chances before he even emerged as a major contender for the State’s gubernatorial elections. The feeling was not altogether misinformed given […]

He looked at the time; it was past 12 mid night. It was no time to answer any call. But it persisted, forcing him to pick it eventually, convinced that the caller needed to pass an important message across. Important, it turned out to be as the voice at the […]