Orbih Got It Wrong: Anenih Destroyed PDP In Edo State
MY attention has been drawn to the response of the loquacious Edo PDP Chairman’s response to a harmless comment by the South-South Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, who bared his mind at a lecture entitled “Political Governance in Edo State: 1999 till date” organised by Edo Political Forum where Ize-Iyamu reportedly told his audience that “ the crises within PDP and a godfather distracted the administration of former governor, Lucky Igbinedion.”
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A Personal Letter To Chinua Achebe
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 Dear Achebe,
IT was my dream to meet you in person. Even as old age closed up on you, I still did not lose hope of a memorable meeting with you.
As an undergraduate at the University of Calabar, I once laid ‘ambush’ for you at the university’s famous annual “English and Literary Studies
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Towards The Eradication Of Hunger And Poverty
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‘FOOD scientists have in varying reports raised concerns over hunger that kills more people than many other dreaded ailments.
They observe that hunger creeps in when people lack the opportunity to earn enough income to get education and acquire skills and provide basic needs for living.
The Food and Agriculture Organisation FAO), in its search for solution to hunger and poverty, states that a large proportion of the world’s population has often experienced severe hunger.
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Anger Is For Aging
Unlike our mothers, we have been encouraged to express our feelings, all of them even anger. The older generation of women, those aged 55 and older were raised to believe that nice ladies don’t get angry. But, young women got a different message, that you don’t have to be a ‘nice lady’ all the time says Sandra Thomas. |
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Saturday 15 June, 2013 |
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Delta State: Count Down To The Killer-Flood
 “The Care of human life and happiness,
And not their destruction, is the
First and only legitimate object
Of good government”. (Thomas Jefferson)
AS the quintessential epitomization of satyriasis lies and
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What Jonathan Owes His People
 GOODLUCK Jonathan – like former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Umaru Yar’Adua before him – is nothing short of a Nigerian-made emperor. Nigeria is an unformed, misshapen country. In such a location, personalities supersede institutions and personal power trumps the mandate of formal agencies and structures.
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Weekend Discourse
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Marriage And Social Deviation
By ABRAHAM INOSEZILO OBODE
‘ IN time past, marriage a universal phenomenon, used to be seen as the union between a man and woman or the union between two opposite sex. At least that’s how the originator (God) made us to understand. |
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Eradicating small Pox: Another Scourge in Sights
By  By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
IN his home office, Dr. Donald R. Hopkins has statues of the Hindu smallpox goddess and the Yoruba smallpox god. And, floating coiled up in a glass jar, something that looks like a yardlong strand of capellini but is actually one of the last Guinea worms on earth.
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How To Buy Your Shoes
MOST of us buy shoes more for the beauty of the shoes than for its comfort and suitability. When you buy footwear in a hurry, you will regret it every minute of everyday spent walking in those uncomfortable shoes that looked so great in the window and which you did not try on properly.
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 DECAMPEE: Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, receiving the Leader of PDP members that decamp to ACN in Abudu in Orhiomwon Local Government Area in Edo State, Dr. Ebegue Amadasun, while some leaders of ACN looks on.Amaechi Urges Nigerians To Demand Good Governance, Transparent Elections
GOVERNOR Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers has urged Nigerians to insist on good governance and the conduct of transparent elections.
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Court Orders Psychiatric Evaluation Of Suspected Armed Robber
AN Igbosere High Court in Lagos has ordered prison authorities in the state to conduct a psychiatric evaluation on one Wisdom Onorode, standing trial for alleged attempted robbery.
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NSE Bemoans Lack Of Application Of Newly-Acquired Skills
MR. Bola Akinribido, Chairman, Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Ikeja branch, said that lack of application of newly-acquired skills and knowledge was responsible
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Gov Oshiomhole Cup: Etsako-East Lift Two Trophies
By KEHINDE OSAGIEDE/NICHOLAS EBOIGBE
Skipper Ibrahim Odianosen’s 77th minute lone goal was enough for Etsako-East soccer team to secure this year’s Governor Oshiomhole Gold Cup for Suleiman Afegbua led Etsako East Local Government
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Nigeria Wins Gold, Silver At Int’l Taekwondo Tourney
NIGERIA Taekwondo Federation (NTF) has won gold and silver at the Austrian Open World tournament organised by the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF)
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Gov Oshiomhole Cup: Sports Commissioner Commends Egor Council Boss, Idahagbon
By KEHINDE OSAGIEDE/NICHOLAS EBOIGBE:
EDO State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Lady Omorede Osifo has commended Hon. Victor Enobakhare, the Executive chairman of Egor Local Government Council and his team for their immense contributions
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These Perilous Times
By HENRY BALOGUN
IT was the best of time; it was the worst of time…” These are the famous opening lines of Charles Dickson’s “A Tale of Two Cities”.
These familiar words are somewhat similar to the situation we have in Nigeria today.
It was the best of time in the 60s (despite the civil war between 1966-1970) and the 70s, 80s, 90s and even into the new millennium.
Now, it is the worst of time, as the dark cloud hovering over the Nigerian nation portends something ominous presentiment, catastrophe.
The nation is surely drifting apart towards the state of anarchy.
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Cultivating The Attitude Of Gratitude
By REV. FR ALFRED AGBONLAHOR |
 IT is very easy to recognize the big blessings, like a new job, a new baby, getting married, a new house or survival of a car crash etc. yet in the absence of “big” things happenings, its easy to overlook the smaller blessings that occur continuously and that are often taken for granted. The problem with us human beings is that we even from our childhood keep our eyes fixed on the big things to the extent that we fail to notice even the smallest benefits we receive freely such as the air we breathe or even the very fact that we are alive.
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Benin City Erosion: Edo Partners World Bank... Sets Aside N500m
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has assured residents of Queen Ede, in Ogbeson quarters, Benin City that government would do everything possible to arrest the gully erosion
Edo To Commence Construction Of Abudu Roads
By EUBALDUS ENAHORO
Edo State Government will commence the construction of roads in Abudu, Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo as from the next dry season in continuation of the administrations developmental agenda across the state.
AT least, eight persons have been killed in a renowned war between two arch-rival cult groups in Benin City.
WEEKEND OBSERVER investigation revealed that the on-going crisis which sparked
Ovia North-East Proposes N2.3 Billion Budget For 2013
By OSAHON JULIUS
The Executive Chairman, Ovia North-East Local Government Area, Barrister (Mrs.) Lucy Omagbon has proposed a budget estimate of two billion, three hundred and twenty nine million, two hundred and forty
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Omo N’Oba Birthday Ceremony To Be More Eventful
By RAYMOND OSOGBE
As June 22nd birthday of the Benin Monarch draws near, the BNCL Publishers of The Observer group of newspapers has been hinted that, this year celebration is going to take a more eventful pattern.
Government Special Announcement
This is to inform the General public that the State Government’s ban on the use of motorcycles in Oredo, Egor and Ikpoba Okha Local government Areas
Communities Demand Commissioning Of EDSOGPADEC Projects
By Thompson Erhomonsele
As the on-going inspection of projects executed by Edo State Oil and Gas Producing Areas Development Commission (EDSOGPADC) by the State Ministry of Special Duties Oil and Gas entered its second day
Court Sentences 3 For Joint Act, Theft
AN Abuja Grade Two Area Court in Kado sentenced three accused persons to five months imprisonment on a two-count charge of alleged joint act and stealing
Omo-Ojo, Okhuarobo Inspect NDDC Projects
By Thompson Erhomonsele
Edo State Commissioner for Special Duties, Oil and Gas, Ambassador Orobosa Omo-Ojo yesterday joined the Edo State Representative in the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Barr. .
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The Coming Collapse Of The PDP
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By BAYO OLUWASANMI
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I AM not a fan of any political party in Nigeria. The political parties are carbon copy of each other. They do not adequately represent or address the needs and interests of Nigerians.
Nigerians are at a great disadvantage choosing a party that will fight for them. The choice before them is between Satan and Lucifer. Really, they have no choice.
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Nigeria’s Oil And Gas Sector In The Offshore Technology Conference (OTC)
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 HAVING participated in the recently concluded Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) that lasted from May 6th to 9th 2013, at Reliant Centre in Houston, Texas, United States of America (USA), we were left speechless at the same time irked by the display of what is left of Nigeria’s oil and gas sector by the country’s Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), some of its subsidiaries; Nigerian indigenous private oil and gas companies/contractors and other big-time businessmen in the industry. Never have we seen such display of misplaced priority and share waste of Nigeria’s collective wealth from
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