Oshiomhole Disbands EDSTMA, Arrests Officials To Save Face

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State yesterday swam on the Ministry of Transport along Sapele Road which houses the Edo State Traffic Management Authority, EDSTMA and arrested four of the persons on duty. They are currently being detained at the Police Headquarters, Benin City. The governor was said to have stormed out the the state’s Executive Council meeting in rage and headed for the agency office at about 3 pm. Speaking during an unscheduled visit to the premises of the State Ministry of Transport, the Governor Oshiomhole said: “I have received a lot of complaints from members of the public. Even some of our Commissioners have observed a lot of extortion going on. All of these young men and women just go and put on T-shirts, unauthorized, unemployed.

Oshiomhole Retires Perm Secretary, Sacks Traffic Agency Boss.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has approved the compulsory retirement of Mr. Augustine Ebareko Akhuamhekhun, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Public Utilities from Edo State Civil Service. In a letter signed by the Secretary to State Government, Prof Julius Ihonvbere, dated February 19, 2016, the retirement is with immediate effect.

Commissioner for Works Edo State defies Oshiomhole, rejigs his campaign, calls Oshiomhole ‘sick’. – Lucky Akhimien

The Commissioner for Works, Edo State and political godson of Adams Oshiomhole, Barr Osarodion Ogie has defied his erstwhile political godfather and governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and decided to rejig his campaign for the APC gubernatorial ticket.

Igue-Ehana Community Drag Lawyer Before IG Over Parcel of Land

Elders and people of Igue-Ehana community in Ikpoba Okha local government area of Edo state yesterday cried out to the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase to save them from the hands of a lawyer.

APC earmarks N75 billion to rig Edo gubernatorial polls

As Edo people prepare to elect Governor Oshiomhole's successor reports reaching our Paris newsroom have it that the ruling All Progressives Congress has been turned into a jittery nervous wreck.
Worried about  losing the last oil producing state in Nigeria to the People's Democratic Party, the governor has earmarked a whopping N75 billion to retain the state in the forthcoming governorship elections billed for November this year, DailyGlobeWatch can authoritatively reveal.

[Photos] : Heavy Protest in Benin City as PureWater Sells at N20; Demands PMB’s Resignation

A sudden increase in the price of sachet water, otherwise known as ‘pure water’ in Benin City, the Edo state capital, has caused heavy protest.

According to report reaching IGBERE TV, the sudden increase has led to many patrons of local eatery joints, popularly called ‘mama put’ drinking untreated borehole water kept.

This is the best APC could do for Comrade Bus park in 7 years

This park is located opposite the closed national Museum, Ring Road in the heart of benin city the capital of Edo state for all to see

The Great Benin Kingdom 1180-1897.

The Benin Empire was a pre-colonial empire located in what is now southern Nigeria. Its capital was Edo, now known as Benin City, Edo. It should not be confused with the modern-day country called Benin, formerly called Dahomey. The Benin Empire was "one of the oldest and most highly developed states in the coastal hinterland of West Africa, dating perhaps to the eleventh century CE", until it was annexed by the British Empire in 1897.

QUEEN IDIA THE FIRST IYOBA OF BENIN KIGNDOM

10 things you must know about “Idia n’Iye Esigie” of a West African civilization

QUEEN IDIA THE FACE OF FESTAC 77 Queen Idia was the mother of Esigie, the Oba of Benin who ruled from 1504 to 1550. She played a very significant role in the rise and reign of her son. She was a strong warrior who fought relentlessly before... and during her son's reign as the Oba (king) of the Edo people.

12 CRITICAL QUESTIONS ON YORUBA HISTORY RELATING TO EDO/ BENIN KINGDOM

(1) Do you believe ODUDUWA is the ancestral father of the Yoruba people?
Many Yoruba scholars claim oduduwa fell from the sky to Yoruba land. Where actually did he land?
Any sign or position anywhere in so called yoruba land (at least for tourist visit)?. Others say he came from the east, ok, did he meet people in the so called Yoruba land? If yes, then how can oduduwa now be their ancestral father?

A MUST READ : Why Oba of Benin is Number One

By Odia Ofeimun
I am a Republican, not a Royalist. But, in a country in which we have all conceded the coexistence of Republican and Royalist values, it should be considered quite unseemly to watch one set of the interacting values being rough-handled, muddied or treated with improper decorum without feeling a need to intervene on behalf of rectitude. I have been so challenged since the eruption of the controversy ignited by the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, who allowed himself to do a ranking of Yoruba Obas that placed the Oba of Benin as third in the hierarchy.

[EDITORIAL] Chief Agho Obaseki of the betraying Obaseki Family : Lest We Forget or Repeat History

CHIEF AGHO OBASEKI OYOO
According to the official publication by the Obaseki family, Chief Agho Obaseki (who ruled in Benin between 1897 – 1914 as Head of Administration when Oba Ovonramwen was exiled) was the great great grand son of the Obi of Nsukwa, in Aniocha region of Delta State of Nigeria. According to a genealogical trace by the Obaseki family that has not been corroborated by relevant authorities in Benin, the first Obi of Nsukwa himself was the son of Oba Ehengbuda (ca 1578 A.D).

Do you know of the great walls of Benin Empire?

The great walls of Benin kingdom, called Iya, is considered the largest man made structure lengthwise in the world.

Iwu- Traditional Tattoo made popular by the people of Benin Kingdom.

A lot of modern occurrences are either a copy from ancient Africa or a reoccurrence made grossly popular by western media.

In the case of the practice of body tattooing called (Iwu) by the people of Benin Kingdom, the act survived until the 1940s when I gradually died out naturally. They can still be seen on very old people but are disappearing as the senior generation goes out.

75-year-old Pa Oboite slumps and dies during screening of pensioners in Edo as Oshiomole refused to pay pensioners

There was outrage on Tuesday by pensioners of the Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State after a local government pensioner, identified as Sunday Oboite, slumped and died during screening.
It was learnt that Oboite, 75, died at the reception of the local government secretariat.

PHOTONEWS: 13 Edo State indigenes ( 9 Boys & 4 Girls) were arrested in Kano with fake international passport en route to Libya.

The suspects, including four women, were arrested in Kano by police on their way to Libya, with fake Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) passports.
State police commissioner, Musa Katsina informed Governor Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of this during a special visit to the State police command.