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By Lucky Isibor The Senator representing Edo Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Clifford Odia, has refuted the allegation trending on social media that he invited soldiers to disperse peaceful protesters who  blocked the Benin-Auchi road on account of its deplorable state.                     Senator Clifford Ordia Speaking to newsmen in a telephone interview, Senator Ordia debunked the allegation that he brought soldiers to disperse the peaceful protesters noting that he was surprised at the insinuations describing it as unfounded. The Senator described the allegation as "misleading accusation which is grossly deficient in social and moral capital which only succeeded in exposing the Intellectual paralysis of of its proponents.” According to him, "accusing me of inviting soldiers to disperse a peaceful protest aimed at attracting the APC government’s attention to its responsibility of providin...

By Lucky Isibor The Edo State chapter of   National Association of  Auctioneers inaugurates a new Executive officers to pilot the affairs of the association for the next four years. Speaking at the event which was held at the Central Hotel in Benin City, the Edo State capital recently, the Chairman, Board Of  Trustee of the association, Alhaji Sule Musa, admonished the newly elected Chairman and his exco to remain focused and diligent  in the discharge of their duties, stressing that the Auctioneering business has  been in existence for the past 70 years, adding that the body is purely for business of helping the federal, state and local government in enhancing internally generated revenue through auctioning items the government would want to dispose of. He said the association is devoid of tribal, religious nor cults affiliation. He advised the new EXCO to continually educate the government functionaries they interface with on the laws and prin...

  By Criticism is one of the most outstanding features differentiating a military regime from a democratically elected government. It is also what distinguishes a tyrannical regime run by a potentate from a democratic government with adherence to the rule of law and tolerance of all shades of opinion. In a military regime, criticisms are not tolerated, while praise singing is accorded the highest form of reward whether the said praise singing is justified or not. Criticism could be in form of a cerebral analysis to arrive at balanced judgement, or an outright hostile attack on a government to score cheap political point. Criticism from social critics who mean well for the society are constructive, meant to evaluate and improve governance process for the citizenry. In the case of the criticisms against the present People's Democratic Party (PDP) government led by Governor Obaseki of  Edo State, there is nothing to show thus far that criticism of the policies and pro...

By Lucky Isibor The Edo State chapter of   National Association of  Auctioneers has inaugurated a new Executive officers to pilot the affairs of the association. Speaking at the event which was held at the Central Hotel in Benin City, Thursday, 25 August, the  national patron of the association admonished the newly elected Chairman and his Exco to remain focused and deligent  in the discharge of their duties stressing that the auctioneering business has been in existence in Benin for the past 70 years, adding that the body is purely for business of helping the federal, state and local governments in enhancing internally generated revenue through auctioning items the government would want to dispose of. He said the association is devoid of tribal, religious and cult affiliation. In his inaugural address, the newly elected Chairman of the association, Elder Anthony Orukpe Ebhoteme, thanked all present for finding time to come to identify with members o...

By Lucky Isibor The Rule of Law and Anti-corruption Programme (RoLAC) has tasked the Edo State Police Command on the use of the newly built Statement Taking Room it donated to the command. The Edo State Coordinator of RoLAC, Miss Uche Nwokedi gave the charge on Wednesday, 24 August at the commissioning and handing over of the ultra modern statement taking room RoLAC built for the Edo State Police Command. DCP Dantawaye Millar Gajere, representing CP Abutu Yaro cutting the tape to declare the Police statement taking room open while Hon. Justice Mary Itsueli looks on. RoLAC programme in Nigeria is financed by the European Union and implemented in some states, including Edo, by the British Council. The RoLAC Coordinator pointed out that the setting up of the statement taking room is aimed at ensuring that statements of suspects in criminal matters under police investigation are recorded electronically and that interview of suspects are done in compliance with standard procedur...

By Lucky Isibor. Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) active in oil and gas producing areas and members of oil and gas industry host communities have called for synergy with members of the private sector to encourage the implementation of the Community Content Guideline in line with the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGID) Act 2010. This call is contained in a communique issued by participants at the end of a two day training workshop  on the use of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) Coalition Guide for CSOs and Private Sector, organised by the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), the anchor organisation of the anti-corruption cluster of the Strengthening Civil Advocacy for Local Engagement (SCALE) project supported by USAID through Palladium and her Resource Partners on 4th-5th August 2022, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State for CSOs active in Oil and gas producing areas, and impacted communities. After extens...

…gives 7 days ultimatum to retract and tender unreserved apology By News Curve Members of Godsent Foundation have threatened to drag a Nigerian, Belgium-based Mrs. Kate Edo Usman to court over defamatory remarks against some of their members. Founder of the Foundation, Dr. Osarodion Osagie, through the Foundation’s Counsel, Chief (Sir) Enemhinye Ehigiator, in a notice to Mrs. Usman stated that they will have no option than to push for legal action if the false defamatory, libelous and slanderous publication against their members is not retracted and also tender unreserved apologies to these characters. The notice as sighted by News Curve reporter reads, “there is also no gainsaying the fact that the false allegations you have leveled against our client is weighty. “These allegations would have demanded a greater degree of circumspection, sobriety and deep reflection from you before rushing to the public domain for one who is purportedly educated. “You are fully abreast of t...