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By Lucky Isibor   The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, and the leadership of over 60 Civil Society Organisations operating under the aegis  of the Peoples Annual General Meeting (People's AGM Platform), have welcomed the Church of England Pensions Board’s announcement of its intentions to divest from SHELL and other oil and gas companies that are failing to show sufficient commitment to decarbonise in line with the aims of the Paris Agreement.                     Rev. David Ugolor             Executive Director, ANEEJ ANEEJ Executive Director and Convener of the Peoples Annual General Meeting, Rev. David Ugolor, made the group’s position known while also urging the Church of England to consider the communities in the Niger Delta who do not have the luxury of moving on from the devastation and environmental degradation left in the wake of oil exploration by oil companies, and urged the Church to find ways to support their quest for justice.

By Lucky Isibor A frontline governorship aspirant,  property mogul and philanthropist, (Dr) Dorry Afe Efosa Okojie has felicitated with Muslims in Edo State and across the country on the celebration of this year's Eid-El-Kabir celebration. In a Salah message the business magnate signed and made available to newsmen, he urged the Muslim Ummah to remember the essence of the celebration which is centred around obedience to the dictates of Allah, the almighty God. According to the statement, "I felicitate with our Muslim brothers and sisters on the celebration of this year's Eid-El-Kabir. "As we celebrate, let us be mindful of the reason for the celebration, which is the essence of obedience as exemplified in the travails and trials of Prophet Ibrahim, who overcame and triumphed by reason of his obedience to the command of Allah." While urging the Muslim Ummah who are performing this year's Hajj which is one of the five pillars of Islam, (Dr) Dorry Ok

By Lucky Isibor A frontline governorship aspirant,  property mogul and philanthropist, (Dr) Dorry Afe Efosa Okojie has felicitated with Muslims in Edo State and across the country on the celebration of this year's Eid-El-Kabir celebration. In a Salah message the business magnate signed and made available to newsmen, he urged the Muslim Ummah to remember the essence of the celebration which is centred around obedience to the dictates of Allah, the almighty God. According to the statement, "I felicitate with our Muslim brothers and sisters on the celebration of this year's Eid-El-Kabir. "As we celebrate, let us be mindful of the reason for the celebration, which is the essence of obedience as exemplified in the travails and trials of Prophet Ibrahim, who overcame and triumphed by reason of his obedience to the command of Allah." While urging the Muslim Ummah who are performing this year's Hajj which is one of the five pillars of Islam, (Dr) Dorry Ok

By Lucky Isibor As the Edo State 2024 Governorship p election gets closer by the day, a lot of Edo sons and daughters are jostling for the top seat and expectedly there are  attempts to sell the various aspirants for the position.                        Edo people certainly want to entrust the governance of their state to a trust worthy person whose administration will be fair and just to them, be prudent in the allocation and management of their resources and be accountable to them. As the people intensify their search for a new chief executive of the state, they're resolved to ensure that only the best is good enough for the state.  They need someone with a verifiable means of livelihood; who has been a success in his private business ventures, someone they can have access to anytime the need arises and not the one who will only allow them see him when he needs them and not those who have lived the better part of their life on government and its resources. The discoveries of thes

By Lucky Isibor  The newly sworn-in Edo State Commissioner for Environment and Sustainability, Arc. Joshua Omokhodion has emphasised the essence of plastic recycling in the protection of the environment and sustainability of livelihood in communities, noting that it is capable of creating employment opportunities and empowerment for the people.                    Arc. Joshua Omokhodion Edo State Commissioner for Environment and Sustainability  Omokhodion who stated this Friday, 23 June, while commissioning the customised wasted bins for plastics provided by the Edo State government noted that emphasis is now being laid on separation of plastics and other wastes globally to make it easy for recycling to keep the environment healthy, adding that the initiative came after the celebration of this year's 'World Environment Day' with the theme, "Solution to Plastic Pollution", held earlier on 5 June. While noting that the environment is the  fulcrum on whic

By Irabor Godwin When people make boastful, exaggerated, sweet and hyperbolic statements and promises, it is because talk is cheap. Talking and doing are not in the same compartment. Words are easy to pour out, but doing is a tedious task. .            (Dr) Dorry Afe Efosa Okojie There are people who don't mean what they say, let alone implement them but are very energetic in releasing words. Dorry Okojie is in a unique class. He stands out and very tall indeed, for being a man whose actions and results speak, far more than what he is willing to express in words. He allows results to speak for him. Calm, highly organized and charismatic, his generousity, like morning dews , continues to wet those that chance upon him, pulling down ethnic and religious cleavages. He combines a robust devotion to principles with a marvelous sense of self discipline. The doors of his office and home are always open and he never grumbles attending to those who come seeking help or assistanc

By Newscurve  Center For Ethics and Self Value Orientation, a non governmental organization based in Lokoja, Kogi state, has honoured the Edo State Labour Party Chairman, Comrade Kelly Ogbaloi on Friday, the 21st of June 2023, with an award of Ethical Leadership & Conduct Compliance Certificate in Benin city the Edo state Capital. Comrade Kelly Ogbaloi (r) receiving the award from Prince Salih Musa Yakubu  In a release signed and made available to the Press by the Labour Party publicity Secretary and image maker, Comrade Sam Oroupa, said the award is a testament of the upright conduct of the party and its officials whose conduct he described as above board. The Internationally acclaimed Non- governmental Organization with specialty in anti-corruption, promoting ethical conduct and leadership, providing ethical education and self - value orientation have, in their independent, discrete investigations and findings, devoid of any external interferences found the state Chai

By Lucky Isibor Traditional rulers from Edo North Senatorial District of Edo State have rebuffed the entreaties of Esan Enijie to support an Edo State governorship candidate of Esan extraction ahead the state 2024 governorship election, affirming their support for one of their own. An anonymous source at the meeting told Newscurve that the traditional rulers from Edo North thanked their colleagues from Edo Central but informed them bluntly that their son, Comrade Philip Shaibu who is currently the Deputy Governor already informed them that he is interested in joining the governorship race slated for next year, adding that they'll reciprocate their visit soon to seek their support for him. The Onojie of, Zaiki Anselm Edenojie, while speaking with journalists on the essence of the visit, said the visit was premised on the need for fairness, equity and justice, pointing out that it is the turn of Edo Central to produce the next governor of the state. We were in Edo North t

If by the Grace of God Dr Dorry Okojie is elected Governor of Edo State , come 2024 , the people are assured of bountiful harvest of governance which delivers on creating enabling environment for economic growth, facilitated by robust partnership with the private sector that would expand the space of development on all fronts, especially employment opportunities for the youths.                  ( Dr)Dorry Afe Efosa Okojie The institutional processes, integrity and outcomes that are fundamental to the attainment of responsive and responsible governance are the drivers of his aspiration. His philosophy of governance puts the people first in his policy articulations and choices. THEREIN Lies his PASSION.

......accuses govt. of planning to shut out students of the poor from acquiring education  By Lucky Isibor The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Friday, June 23 protested an over 300 percent School Fees Increment at the Edo State owned Ambrose Alli University, (AAU) Ekpoma. The students' national body, while at the premises of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Edo State Council demanded the reversal of the over three hundred percent School Fees increment, the sack of the Special Intervention Team(SIT), which tenure is said to expire on the 24th of June, 2023.   They also demanded the sack of the Acting Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof Sonnie Adagbonyin  Speaking, NANS,Vice President, Intercampus Affairs, Comrade Vanessa Egheahie, said the Edo State Government should revert to the old fees paid by the students before the new increment or NANS would move it's headquarters to AAU to enforce the reversal as students from poor parents cann

By Lucky Isibor Taking Edo State into the future is not as easy as it is said, it's an enormous task in this technology driven age and time. We envision a state that must not lag behind in a dynamic world where Artificial Intelligence (AI) , other innovative scientific and technological attainment will be major components. It's only a well educated army of youths that can fit into this new world order and (Dr) Dorry Afe Okojie has the capacity to give Edo children the required education to enable them catch up with the rest of the world. He has demonstrated his unending passion for the education of Edo children on several occasions.  The donation of school furniture to Iyioba Primary School, Ugbiyiokho in Benin City recently is a testament to his abiding faith in the education of our children. These and many more, are the reasons Edo people are clamouring for support for (Dr) Dorry Afe Efosa Okojie ahead the Edo State 2024 governorship election.

By Lucky Isibor An Edo State born Nigerian in the Diaspora, Mr. Joseph Airiavbere, has congratulated the Edo State Commissioner for Environment and Sustainability, Arc. Joshua Omokhodion on his appointment as a Commissioner and member of the Edo State Executive Council by Edo State Governor, His Excellency Mr Godwin Obaseki.                 Arc. Joshua Omokhodion Commissioner for Environment and Sustainability In a congratulatory message he signed and made available to newsmen in Benin City, Mr. Airiavbere described Arc. Joshua Omokhodion as a grassroot politician who's in constant touch with his people and urged him to use his new office in the resolution of issues of environment confronting Edo State. "On behalf of my entire family, I want to warmly congratulate Arc. Joshua Omokhodion on his appointment and swearing in as Commissioner for Environment and Sustainability by the Governor of Edo State, His Excellency, Mr. Godwin Obaseki.                 M

By Lucky Isibor A group of concerned individuals under the aegis of Stakeholders, including staff, students, parents and host communities of the crisis-ridden Ambrose Alli  University, Ekpoma has called on Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki to as a matter of urgency constitute a Governing Council for the institution at the expiration of the tenure of the Special Intervention Team (SIT) put in place. It will be recalled that  two years ago, the Visitor to Ambrose Alli University(AAU), Ekpoma, Governor Obaseki replaced the Governing Council of the University with the Special Intervention Team (SIT) against the expectation and wish of many primary stakeholders of the University.  In response to the numerous crises plaguing the University, the Visitor to the University in an attempt to rescue the University from disaster called for an elaborate stakeholders’ meeting which was held on 16th March, 2023. At the stakeholders’ meeting, the voice of stakeholders (including staff and

By Lucky Isibor A frontline governorship aspirant for the Edo State 2024 governorship election and philanthropist, Dr. Dorry Afe Efosa Okojie has felicitated with an Edo State born cleric and philanthropist, Bishop Matthew Akhaze Okpebholo on his birthday. In a birthday message personally signed by the property merchant, Dr Dorry Okojie eulogized the philanthropic gestures of Bishop Matthew Okpebholo, describing it as his novel way of evangelism which is practical in assistance to mankind. According to the statement, "I wish to felicitate with you, Bishop Matthew Akhaze Okpebholo on this auspicious occasion of your birthday. "Your life these past years has been a dedication to God Almighty as you have been using everything you're endowed with to worship Him in truth and spirit. "Your service to humanity in the form of philanthropy, paying school fees for the less privileged, rendering medical care to those who could not afford it, clothing and feeding th

By Lucky Isibor A social crusader, George Anyiam-Osigwe has deplored the ineptitude of governance delivery in the country regretting that after 63 years of nationhood the nation has achieved marginal infrastructural development just as the provision of economically relevant variables remains largely stunted with an inflationary trend that lacks any index of evaluation and approximation. Anyiam-Osigwe stated this while delivery a lecture titled "Responsible and Responsive Leadership Delivery: Nigeria and The Appropriate Democratic Tenets", at the Development lecture organised by the Moses Oisakede Leadership Foundation (MOLF) and the launching of the Edo Restoration Movement, held at the Bishop Kelly Pastoral Centre in Benin City, Tuesday, 13 June. The erudite scholar lamented the inability of the State to  adequately appropriate the human resources that abound and the country's loose of skilled manpower to irregular migration. According to him, "From the

..... assures on devt of Benin Port, Enterprise Park, other legacy projects By Lucky Isibor The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Tuesday, sworn in Arc. Joshua Omokhodion and 14 others as   Commissioners and members of the Edo State Executive Council (EXCO), charging them to sustain efforts by the government to improve the livelihood of the people and ensure economic prosperity for the State. Arc. Joshua Omokhodion in a handshake with Governor Obaseki after swearing in Other Commissioners include Ethan Osaze Uzamere, Christopher Osaretin Nehikhare, Monday Osaigbovo, Dr. Joan Osa-Oviawe, Isoken Omo, Stephen Ehikhioya Idehenre, Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, Patrick Uanseru, and Samuel Alli (Dr.). Others are Adaze Aguele-Kalu, Kingsley Uwagbale, Uyi Oduwa Malaka, Ojiefoh Enaholo Donatus and Christabel Omo Ekwu. The governor, during the inauguration at the Government House in Benin City, assured on the development of the Benin Port, the Enterprise Park and other projects to driv

By Lucky Isibor Leadership is that which motivates and directs individuals or group of individuals to attain set out goals and objectives. A leader galvanises his followers to take the necessary steps that will lead them to success. A good leader knows his people better than anyone else, their strengths, their weaknesses, their challenges, what makes them tick and what motivates them.  That Dr. Dorry Afe Efosa Okojie has the leadership qualities enumerated above in abundance is not in doubt. Dorry Okojie is well read and well briefed. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from the prestigious Plymouth University in the United Kingdom. He also has a Masters degree in Public Administration from another equally prestigious University of Nottingham also in the United Kingdom A very successful businessman and real estate mogul who grew his business from the scratch, Dorry Okojie has steered his business with a steady and deft touch. Given the opportunity to

By Lucky Isibor  A frontline aspirant for the Edo State 2024 governorship election and philanthropist, Dr Dorry Afe Efosa Okojie has saluted Edo people on this year's Democracy Day and eulogised them for the patriotic role they played during the struggle to revalidate the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election. In a statement he personally signed and made available to newsmen, Dorry Okojie salutes the doggedness with which Edo people struggled for the enthronement of the present democratic dispensation and urged them to continue to engage all relevant public institutions in election management for a free and fair election. According to the statement, "I wish to warmly greet Edo people on this auspicious occasion of the nation's democracy day.  "This day reminds us of the day Nigerians decided to jettison all manner of sentiments and cleavages to vote competence and a man with compassion to pilot their affairs, but the usurpers of our political powers

By Irabor Godwin When people make boastful, exaggerated, sweet and hyperbolic statements and promises, it is because talk is cheap. Talking and doing are not in the same compartment. Words are easy to pour out, but doing is a tedious task. There are people who don't mean what they say, let alone implement them but are very energetic in releasing words. Dorry Okojie is in a unique class. He stands out and very tall indeed, for being a man whose actions and results speak, far more than what he is willing to express in words. He allows results to speak for him. Calm, highly organized and charismatic, his generousity, like morning dews , continues to wet those that chance upon him, pulling down ethnic and religious cleavages. He combines a robust devotion to principles with a marvelous sense of self discipline. The doors of his office and home are always open and he never grumbles attending to those who come seeking help or assistance. His investment in  productive ventures

              Dr. Dorry Afe Efosa Okojie   The greatest obligation that leaders owe humanity and indeed posterity is building on the principles of transparency, empathy, accountability, fairness, equity, justice, compassion, selflessness, vision and peaceful co- existence in diversity powered by:  D.O Media Team 

By Lucky Isibor A total of 75.4 percent of Nigeria's voter population are between the ages of 18 and 49, while 39.65 percent of the voters are between the ages of 18 and 34. These statistics from the Independent National Electoral Commission clearly show that when adequately mobilised, the youths will be determining who gets what in the contestation for elective offices in Nigeria. Edo Youth Volunteers erecting bill boards for Dorry Okojie It is against this background it's gratifying to note that Edo youths have keyed into the gubernatorial aspiration of Dr. Efosa Dorry Okojie (EDO). They have demonstrated their unalloyed buy-in, not only in words, but in deeds as they're taking practical steps at every political bend for the realization of his aspiration.  The first of such steps is the erection of bill boards of Dorry Okojie across the nooks and crannies of Edo State. The youths have organised themselves into various groups across the state, contributed resou

By Lucky Isibor A total of 75.4 percent of Nigeria's voter population are between the ages of 18 and 49, while 39.65 percent of the voters are between the ages of 18 and 34. These statistics from the Independent National Electoral Commission clearly show that when adequately mobilised, the youths will be determining who gets what in the contestation for elective offices in Nigeria. Volunteer youths erecting Dorry Okojie's bill across Edo State It is against this background it's gratifying to note that Edo youths have keyed into the gubernatorial aspiration of Dr. Efosa Dorry Okojie (EDO). They have demonstrated their unalloyed buy-in, not only in words, but in deeds as they're taking practical steps at every political bend for the realization of his aspiration.  The first of such steps is the erection of bill boards of Dorry Okojie across the nooks and crannies of Edo State. The youths have organised themselves into various groups across the state, contribut

By Lucky Isibor A total of 75.4 percent of Nigeria's voter population are between the ages of 18 and 49, while 39.65 percent of the voters are between the ages of 18 and 34. These statistics from the Independent National Electoral Commission clearly show that when adequately mobilised, the youths will be determining who gets what in the contestation for elective offices in Nigeria. Edo volunteer youths erecting Dorry Okojie's bill boards across the state It is against this background it's gratifying to note that Edo youths have keyed into the gubernatorial aspiration of Dr. Efosa Dorry Okojie (EDO). They have demonstrated their unalloyed buy-in, not only in words, but in deeds as they're taking practical steps at every political bend for the realization of his aspiration.  The first of such steps is the erection of bill boards of Dorry Okojie across the nooks and crannies of Edo State. The youths have organised themselves into various groups across the state

By Newscurve  A group of Edo Labour Party members, the Concerned Patriots of Labour Party have condemned the suspension of the party's candidate for Orhionmwon/ Uhumode Federal Constituency in the 2023 general elections, Murphy Imasuen describing it as a conspiracy by some officials of the Edo chapter of Labour Party to thwart and the diligent prosecution of the candidate's petition pending before the Edo State Election Petitions Tribunal.  In a statement by the Concerned Patriots of Labour Party signed by its Acting state chairman, Ehiwe Ikuoyemwen, the Legal Adviser, I. P. Igbuan (Esq), Secretary, Comrade Blessing Agho and Publicity Secretary, Jegede Idemudia, called on the general public to ignore what he called the rumoured suspension of Murphy Imasuen, Blessing Agho and two others from Labour Party, describing it as a grand design to divert attention from the criminal substitution of Murphy Imasuen as the candidate for Orhionmon Uhumode Federal Constituency i

By Lucky Isibor  The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has forwarded the name of Architect Joshua Omokhodion and fourteen others in the first batch of commissioner-nominees to the Edo State House of Assembly for consideration and confirmation. In a letter addressed to the Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, the Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq. said: “I write at the instance of His Excellency, the Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki, to forward herewith the under-listed names of Commissioner Nominees to the Edo State House of Assembly for consideration and confirmation. The names include: “Ethan Osaze Uzamere, Christopher Osaretin Nehikhare, Monday Osaigbovo, Dr. Joan Osa-Oviawe, Isoken Omo, Stephen Ehikhioya Idehenre, Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, Patrick Uanseru, and Samuel Alli (Dr.).            Arc. Joshua Omokhodion            Commissioner Designate  Others are: “Adaze Aguele-Kalu, Kingsley Uwagbale, Uyi Oduwa Malak

The Edo people are concerned about their daily bread, their survival, their problems, jobs or hustles, and their basic needs.  The Edo people are increasingly feeling the strain of the current economic situation. Many are worried that they won't be able to make ends, meet and provide for their families. Jobs are hard to come by, and those who do have them are often stuck in low-wage positions with little or; no opportunity for their advancement. The rising cost of living is biting hard that even those who have jobs may not be able to pay their bills or save some penny for rainy days. In one of our interactive sessions with the Edo people, mama Beatrice an Edo indigene who survives as a trader at Oba market, is more emotional when she's thinking Edo with Victor Eboigbe's focus on relief for the Edo people. As a petty trader, she wants Victor Eboigbe to create the enabling environment for her business to boom, for a comfortable livelihood, to train her children i

By Akpejiori Apollinaris Igenegba. Three, four, five decades ago, it's said that major decisions and leadership positions in a community are taken by elders because they have the required knowledge and experience to lead and rule the people, even when it seemed that mistakes have been made, they are unquestionable, if you try to, you incur the wrath of the ancestors.                 Dr. Dorry Afe Efosa Okojie But if we look at it critically, does it mean that the younger ones lacked the required skills, and knowledge to deliver on tasks if given, or lacked the necessary experience or capacity to take up leadership positions and make decisions.  Capacity is the ability to perform a given task, even in the face of challenges, it's not derived or learned, it's inherent in an individual. Capacity doesn't know age, location, strata, status or occupation, it just comes out naturally without coersion or intimidation, it produces results seemlesly and distinguishes