Benin City, Nigeria News

ByA Simon Ebegbulem BENIN - THE new Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin, Professor Osayuki Oshodin, has declared that his emergence was the handiwork of God and the prayers of Benin elders and ancestors.

By Gabriel Enogholase BENIN - A businessman of Benue State extraction resident in Benin-City, Mr.

By Gabriel Enogholase BENIN - EDO State governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has disclosed that his administration was able to save over N14billion to finance a wide range of capital projects, mostly roads, across the state due to the tight expenditure control and elimination of wastage in public expenditure management introduced by his government.

By Gabriel Enogholase BENIN a ' THE Code of Code Tribunal is expected to commence its sitting today in Benin-City to try public officers in the state who might have run fowl of the law.

By Simon Ebegbulem BENIN - EX-militant leaders in Edo State have hailed the appointment of one of their leaders, Mr Henry Binidodogha, alias Egbema I, as the Senior Special Adviser to Governor Adams Oshiomhole on Security Matters, saying his appointment would help in checking crimes, particularly the activities of bunkerers.

By Emma Amaize SAPELE - THERE was a twist at the weekend concerning a petition by Mrs.

By Simon Ebegbulem BENIN - THE protracted crisis rocking the University of Benin over the choice of a substantive vice-chancellor was laid to rest yesterday, as the Governing Council of the University announced the appointment of Professor Osayuki Godwin Oshodin, the immediate past Dean of Education, as the new Vice-Chancellor of the institution.

By Simon Ebegbulem BENIN - THE kidnappers of the special assistant to the first Lady of Edo State, Mrs Clara Oshiomhole, are demanding N20 million ransom.

By Simon Ebegbulem BENIN - A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State, Elder Sunny Uyugue, has backed the two-time Governor of old Bendel State, Dr Samuel Ogbemudia, for attending the one year anniversary of Governor Adams Oshiom-hole. According to him, Ogbemudia, as a former governor of the state, is right to have attended the first ...

By Simon Ebegbulem BENIN - THE President of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers, Comrade Peter Akpatason, has called on the Federal Government to approach the controversial deregulation of the petroleum industry with caution.

By Simon Ebegbulem BENIN - THE people of Ebo community in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State are lamen-ting what they described as unjust demolition of their houses by agents of the state government.

By SIMON EBEGBULEM, Benin BENIN CITY - BARELY 48 hours after the Edo state Government launched its security out fit code named, "Operation thunderstorm", three policemen were shot dead yesterday, in a bank robbery at Ibillo, Akoko Edo Local Government Council of the state.

Sanity, beauty coming way back to Benin King's Square -101109 From Alemma Ozioruva Aliu, Benin I N the course of his trips to Benin City, the Edo State capital, Philip Egu, a native of Oghe in Enugu State who works for a timber-export firm, had always been fascinated by Ring Road, also called King's Square.

By Kingsley Omonobi & Gabriel Enogholase BENIN CITY - THE Ekpoma branch chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Mr.

Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole says the Information and Communication Technology Unit of the government will no doubt help to eliminate abuses and inefficiency in the system.

By Simon Ebegbulem BENIN - A socio-cultural group in Edo State, Association for a Greater Edo State, weekend urged Governor Adams Oshiomhole to tender an unreserved apology to the former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Board of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih, over what it described as alleged personal attack on him.

By Tony Momoh GONE are the days when it was claimed that pictures do not lie. Even in my time as a sub-editor in the Daily Times, and that was at the height of the Action Group crisis in the early 60s, pictures lied.

By Simon Ebegbulem BENIN CITY - A FORMER Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, Governor of Gombe State, Alhaji Danjuma Goje, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Senator Adamu Aliero, are among notable Nigerians that would be conferred with fellowship awards in the forthcoming 17th convoca-tion of the Federal Polytech-nic, Auchi.

By Simon Ebegbulem BENIN - Wife of Second Republic senator, Francis Okpozo, was abducted yesterday by gun men suspected to be kidnappers who are demanding N5 million as ransom before she can be freed.

By Simon Ebegbulem BENIN - Political tension in Edo State, heightened yesterday, following the sudden resignation of two Peoples Democratic Party commissioners in the state.