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By Leo Ezekiel. Speaking with IconblazeMagazineonline at Sir Victor Uwaifo Creative Hub, Airport Road, Benin City Senior Special Adviser on religious matters to the Governnor of Edo State Mr. Godwin Obaseki and as well as the Chairman planning committee for the median edition of Edo State Gospel Art and Culture Festival and Awards Hounorable Osagie Godsent Erhumwonse states that His Excellency Obaseki has single handedly sponsored the median edition of Edo State Gospel Art and Culture Festival and Awards adding that the exercise has begun since one month ago.  Speaking further, the SSA on religious matters to the Governor of Edo State and Chairman Planning committee of EDGACFA Hon Erhumwonse states that they are presently at Edo South Senatorial District for the auditioning of Talents Hunt from over 1,500 contestants adding that they have already carried out the same exercise at Edo North Senatorial District and Edo Central Senatorial Zone.  In addition Hon Erhumwonse states that 13

  BY LEO EZEKIEL Speaking with Iconblazemagazineonline at his living room Chief Etose Dickson Imasogie states that both His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Edo State Mr. Godwin Obaseki and his Deputy Governor RT. Hon Comrade Philip Shaibu are not his friends adding that he is championing the reconciliation exercise of the legacy group within the Edo State People’s Democratic Party (PDP) with the group which Obaseki himself is leading.  Speaking further Chief Imasogie says that if the state governor Obaseki is not willing for the reconciliation exercise to be healthy and fruitful, that he will stay at his house and watch the death of PDP in Edo State regardless of the enormous resources and all that he has positively contributed to the life of PDP. He added that PDP Edo State needs to have unification of objective purposes so that what happened on February 25 th , 2023 when Presidential, Red chambers and Green chambers elections were held. He added that PDP lost out largely in t

BY LEO EZEKIEL HE IS A TRUSTWORTHY POLITICAL LEADER, QUIET ACHIEVER AND MOTIVATOR PAOO ENJOYS WORKING VERY HARD AT WHATEVER TASK HE IS ENTRUSTED WITH. LET SUPPORT THE MAN THAT CAN BETTER THE LOTS OF GREATER MAJORITY OF EDO STATE DOWNTRODDEN MASSES. SUPPORT PROFESSOR AIGBERADION OSERHIEMEN OSUNBOR. PO MEDIA AND PUBLICITY DEPARTMENT.

  BY LEO EZEKIEL PAOO shall bring the desired change of our collective and welferism. For responsible and responsive governance in EDO STATE. SUPPORT PROFESSOR AIGBERADION OSERHIEMEN OSUNBOR PO MEDIA AND PUBLICITY DEPARTMENT.

  BY LEO EZEKIEL Education makes a people easy to lead and difficult to enslave. It makes a society sane and relatively organised. Hence, its importance cannot be overemphasized. This underscores why Prof. Aigberadion Oserhiemen Osunbor love for education is unmatched. As a renowned academician, he knows that there is no legacy greater than education, that a parent can bequeath to his children. Education and his love for it forms the epicenter of Prof. Osunbor personal ideology with the knowledge that the future of our children depends on the quality of education they are exposed to today.  Predicated on this, within the short time he spent as Executive Governor of Edo State, he transformed the Edo State educational system from primary to post primary and tertiary education, thereby taking the standards to an enviable heights. He employed qualified teachers, created a conducive working and learning environment for teachers and pupils/students by renovating countless primary and secon

  BY LEO EZEKIEL Speaking to the congregations of Baptist Church and other well-wishers at the service of songs of Mama Gospel Deaconess (Dr.) Victoria Ojemudia at Gaius Obaseki Group of Schools, Mission Road, Benin City, Edo State Prof. Mike Obuh states that Mama Gospel Deaconess (Dr.) Ojemudia was born a Muslim adding that as she was growing up she later encountered Jesus Christ as her Lord and Saviour. Speaking further to the gathering Prof. Obuh states that he has titled his Sermon “ A well lived life in the presence of God” adding that he took his text from the books of (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14).  He stated that a well lived life in the presence of God has standards, systems and ways and he averred that Mama Gospel Dr. Ojemudia possessed good qualities of fear and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as she worshipped the God of creations with all her souls, minds and strength. Prof. Obuh said that Mama Gospel Deaconess Dr. Ojemudia lived the kind of life Abel lived before his elder br

  BY LEO EZEKIEL Speaking to members of the fourth estate of the realm at the Conference Room of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Edo State Council at Oguola Press Centre Chief Sir Dr. Gabriel Osawaru Igbeniodion Road, G.R.A, Benin City the President of Creative Designers Guild of Nigeria (CDGN) Mrs. Joy Osawaru Akinyemi states that Creative Designers Guild of Nigeria executive members have decided to seek collaborations with the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Edo State Council adding that the needs arose for them to deftly sought collaborations with NUJ so that their activities could be aired to the general public seamlessly.   Speaking further Mrs. Akinyemi states that as member of Creative Designers Guild of Nigeria that they have four major roles they pleasantly render for the film industry adding that these four roles are make ups, props, sets and costumes . She added that they are always behind the cameras during motion films production. She added that they are involve in

  BY LEO EZEKIEL The members of Joyous Mother’s International (JMI) have performed a ground breaking ceremony on a Monday, Eleventh September, 2023 as they officially commissioned their secretariat with prayers in the honour of the Holy Trinity.  Speaking to the members the President Evangelist Mrs. Momoh states that members have to really concurred when they should hold their meetings adding that as they have officially commissioned their secretariat near ADP Junction along Airport Road, Benin City, Edo State, that they needed to be extremely pragmatic so that the JMI aims and objectives could be unimaginably successful as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO).  Speaking further to members Evangelist Mrs. Momoh read out the tenets of JMI loudly and clearly to member and the tenets are as follows:- ·        To spread love to orphans. ·        Bring happiness to marriages via seminars. ·     To put smiles on the faces of mothers and babies via visits to maternity homes. ·     

  BY LEO EZEKIEL Speaking with Iconblazemagazineonline at his living room Chief Etose Dickson Imasogie states that the present Deputy Governor of Edo State RT. Hon Philip Shaibu has inalienable rights to aspire to any position of his choice adding that the right of his aspirations desiring to be the next governor come November 12, 2024 should not have raised the unfortunate saga between him and his boss the Executive Governor of Edo State Mr. Godwin Obaseki.  Speaking further Chief Imasogie states that all these sayings that Edo South Senatorial Zone is ruling for 16 years, Edo North Senatorial District   has also called the shots for eight years at the Dennis Osadebe Avenue, G.R.A, Benin City and now it is the turn of the Edo Central Senatorial Zone to produce the next governor. He stated that all these sayings are mere beliefs that it is the delegate congress chooses who becomes what in any political settings adding that the immediate past president of the republic Muhammadu Buhari

  BY LEO EZEKIEL Speaking with Iconblazemagazineonline the traditional head of Itseriric communities of Edo State Prince Johnson Atseleghe who voted at ward 10, unit 13 of Ologbo Duke Dom of Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area states that the Edo State Local Government Poll which Edo state Independent Electoral Commission (EDSIEC) is the umpire has recorded unprecedented successes adding that EDSIEC personnel arrived at his polling unit at the right time with electoral materials.  Speaking further Prince Atseleghe states that the turn out of the electorate is quite impressive adding that the EDSIEC personnel did begin their accreditation exercise of the electorate and that they voted block votes for People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for both Chairmanship and Councillorship Candidates adducing that they are founding members of PDP.  He avers that the Edo State Local Government Election is free, fair and credible adding that throughout the duration the said election lasted that peace rente

  BY LEO EZEKIEL Speaking as the keynote speaker to the gathering at the 2023 ITV/RADIO Pre-Independence Anniversary Public Lecture with the topic “Nigeria @63, harnessing the potentials in the maritime sector” at Victor Uwaifo Hub, Airport Road, Opposite Vegetable Market, Benin City. The Former Director-General, NIMASA Mr. Temisan Omatseye states that we need to build strong institutions to rule our republic aright adding that there are workable laws in the republic very sadly these laws are not enforced for the benefits of all and sundry. Speaking further to the audience the keynote speaker Omatseye states that NIMASA is in charge of maritime administration and regulation in the country adding that there are heavy opportunities in the maritime sector that both the leadership and followers have not really keyed into.  As the keynote speaker, the Former Director-General of NIMASA Omatseye did not disappoint the audience as he stated that Nigeria and Nigerians must think and act marit

  BY LEO EZEKIEL The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has finally sworn in a caretaker Committee with Comrade Tajudeen Badiru Agbede as acting President while Alhaji Alliu Issa Ore as Deputy President and Comrade Saturday Edo and a host of others as members. This is coming after a protracted struggle between the immediate past President Tajudeen Ibikunle Baruwa and Agbede of who becomes the National President of the Union. The election which was slated to hold earlier on the 12 of August, 2023 at the Torrential   Delegate Conference had the past President, Baruwa and three other board of trustee members arrested by operatives of Department of State Services (DSS) over evading the union election process trying to impose the outgone President   on the Union.  Reports had it that after Baruwa and his co-travelers were released on bail, they proceeded to hold another election and inauguration, but were re-arrested by the DSS for the second time in Abuja. It was also gathe