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    SPECIAL REPORT ON OBANYANTOR 1: Obayantor 1 Elders Sue For Peace, Call on Aggrieved Community Members to Shield Their Swords By Itohan Audrey &   Isioma Egbunike The People of Obayantor 1 Community of Ikpoba okha Local Government Area, Edo State especially, those that   stayed away from the community since 2020 has been called to come back home and join hands to promote peace and development that the community is known for in the past years. Elder Godwin Aghimien, the Ozukpogieha of Obayantor 1 stated this while debunking    allegations of land grabbing and intimidation of residents made against Security operatives in the community.  He described the allegations as a figment of imaginations of some unscrupulous elements from the community. Speaking, he painfully narrated the ordeals that had transpired in the last three years where the residents of Obayantor 1 Community in Ikpoba Okha local government area in Edo State took to their heels for safety of their lives over

  NEWS EXTRA ELD-EL-FITR: LIVE IN PEACE CHIEF IMAN CENTRAL MOSQUE, UNIBEN PROF. AYINDE GOADS NIGERIANS BY LEO EZEKIEL Speaking with iconblazemagazineonline the Chief Iman of the Central Mosque University of Benin, Benin City Prof. Ayinde stated that Eld-el-Fitr celebration is a Muslim ceremony that all persons should live in peace as peace is the fulcrum of developments et’al. Speaking further Prof. Ayinde states that the ceremony has to do a commemoration with the end of fasting period which is usually 29 or 30 days of fasting adding that this year Ramadan fasting is 1444 is 29 days and he also added that once it is finished the moon of shawal is sighted in the 10 th month and the celebration is done. He added that the massage that they passed out today is to look at period of fasting as a period of transformation, as a period of reformation, as a period of training, as a period of rejuvenation, as a period of rededicating themselves to Almighty Allah.  He added that the verse

  NEWS EXTRA A 21-YEARS OLD DR. OSASEMENKHAI EMERGES AS THE OVERALL BEST GRADUATING STUDENT OF 2020/2021 ACADEMIC SESSION BY LEO EZEKIEL Friday, April 21 st 2023 at Akin Deko Main Auditorium of the University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State of the Oath taking and Induction Ceremony of the 2022/2021 Doctor of Optometry graduand, a 21 year old Dr. Racheal Osasemenkhai pleasantly and eruditely emerged as the best graduating student of 2020/2021 academy session. Dr. Osasemenkhai pleasantly received award of excellence from the University authority in the full view of all and sundry.  99 Doctors of Optometry did take the Oath taking and Induction Ceremony of the 2020/2021 academy session. The Vice Chancellor of University of Benin, Benin City Prof. Lilian Imuetinyan Salami is ably represented by Prof. Eyesan Dabor, Former Dean of Faculty of Management Science, University of Benin, Benin City. He added that the 99 Doctors of Optometry have practically fulfilled all the needed requirem

  NEWS EXTRA I PREDICTED STRANGE DISEASE 24 YEARS AGO--- PROF (SIR) AGBONLAHOR, FAS BY LEO EZEKIEL   Speaking as the keynote speaker to the audience at the Akin Deko Auditorium, Ugbowo Campus, University of Benin, Benin City, Edo States at the Faculty of Medical Bacteriology (Nigeria) West African Post Graduate College of Medical Laboratory Science (WAPCMLS) with the theme “Resurgence of Diphtheria, Meningitis and Cholera Outbreaks Amidst Antibacterial Resistance in Nigeria” Professor, Sir Dennis Edo Agbonlahor, FAS states that he practically predicted of a strange disease 24 years ago at Ambrose Alli University, (AAU) Ekpoma, Edo State when he delivered his Inaugural Lecture adding that the Federal Government and Federal Ministry of Health never took his prediction very serious.  Speaking further to the audience he states that about 22 years after his prediction that the dreaded Covid-19 pandemic broke out in 2020 to the entire globe which devastatingly crumbled the global ec

  EDUCATIONAL NEWS PROF (MRS) OLUBOR DELIVERS 276 IN THE INAUGURAL LECTURE SERIES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BENIN BY LEO EZEKIEL   Professor (Mrs.) Roseline Olubor has pleasantly and eruditely delivered 276 in the Inaugural Lecture Series of the University of Benin, Ugbowo Campus at the Akin Deko Auditorium, University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State with the topic “Education Resources As A Source of Societal Inequalities concern of the Educational Planner”.   And of truth the Professor of Educational Planning, Prof (Mrs.) Olubor did not disappoint the uncommon crowds that gathered at the Akin Deko Main Auditorium, Ugbowo Campus, University of Benin, Benin City with her cerebral styles of deliveries.  Speaking to the audience Prof (Mrs.) Olubor states that all levels of educations are very important to the society adding that attention needs to be paid to pre-primary education heavily. Speaking further Prof (Mrs.) Olubor states that there has to be open and clean methods of enrollin

  POLITICS OUR DEMOCRACY IS ON A TRIAL, JUDICIARY HAS THE POWERS TO PRESERVE IT – BARR. ABURE BY LEO EZEKIEL Speaking to the members of press at Prestige Hotels, Ihama, GRA, Benin – City, Edo State, Barr. Julius Abure the National Chairman of Labour Party (LP) States that our nascent democracy is on a trail adding that only the judiciary has the powers to preserve it for the public good of all and sundry. Speaking further to members of the press and as well as the 36 States Chairmen of Labour Party (LP) he says that our present day democracy was heavily fought for and as a result must be preserved by all lovers of democracy adding that their political party is resolved to resist all forms of intimidations from any quarters because Labour Party wishes to usher a workable mission for a new Nigeria. Speaking Further Barr Abure States that our democracy is actually undergoing trails from several quarters adding that he largely concurs that the judiciary shall definitely prove her met

  NEWS EXTRA NUJ EDO STATE COUNCIL COMMISSIONS HER FOOD MART IN A GRAND STYLE BY LEO EZEKIEL Speaking as the Chairman of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Edo State Council at the Oba Oguola Press Centre, Gabriel Igbenidion, Road, GRA, Benin City, to the members of the fourth estate of the realm and general public Comrade Festus Alenkhe states that the commissioning her food mart is purely to care for welfare of members of the press in Edo State adding that it is not commissioned for profits making rather the food mart channel is to provide soft landing for the members.  Speaking further Comrade Alenkhe states that adequate arrangements are ongoing with Dangote, Okumo and Pressco for the purposes of getting chains of food items supplies at affordable rates by members adding that there is ongoing arrangements with a certain bank for the purposes of installing Automated Teller Machine (ATM) at the Oba Oguola Press Centre for the effective uses of members.  Accordingly Comrade Alen