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Nigerians will definitely remember President Muhammadu Buhari for his numerous achievements while in office as the Country's President. .One of such achievements is his democratic principles ; His belief in the tenet of democracy; His respect for the power of the ballot box and the wishes of Nigerians to choose who will govern them. The President has always promised not to interfere in the electoral process in Nigeria. He had at several fora promised to allow the Indpendent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be really independent in its operations. The non interference of the President in the electoral process handled by INEC so far, has laid credence to the above promise made by him. Results that have been produced by the electoral umpire from  elections so far handled under the President have been encouraging, as the true winners of the elections have been declared as winners.  Unlike in the past where parties of the incumbent Presidents automatically became the winners of e

RE- COMRADE IKHIDE ERASMUS, VETERAN JOURNALIST WINS LABOUR PARTY REP TICKET IN EDO , SETS TO DETHRONE PROF JULIUS IHONVBERE. Our attention has been drawn to the above headline in some Online News Blogs and other Social Media Platforms. In our usual character, we would have simply ignored the publication, because we see it as totally unworthy of our response. But on a second thought, due to the prevailing circumstances the nation is currently into, especially in this period when political campaigns for 2023 contestations are gradually picking up, coupled with it's attendant political chicaneries and shenanigans, half-truths, misinformation, innuendos and blatant lies, we decided to oblige the characters responsible for the phantom issues raised a suitable and verifiable responses in order to straighten the records and place the tissue of lies raised in their proper perspectives. We will squarely address the spurious issues raised in the report pronto; Firstly, one faceless lady Grac

Members of 2021 Batch 'B' stream 1 Corps members who served in Edo State have been advised to apply their creativity and entrepreneurial skills acquired during the compulsory one - year National Youth Service Scheme (NYSC) to secure a means of livelihood and become employers of labour. The advice was given by the Acting Governor of Edo State, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu at the passing - out parade of the corps members at Imaguero Secondary School, Benin City. He noted that the successful completion of the primary assignment is a proof of their abiding faith in the unity and progress of the country.  Rt. Hon. Comrade Shaibu  advised the corps  members to continue to remain as good ambassadors of the scheme and warned that  they should not allow anybody to use them to settle political, religious or tribal differences to their own detriment . "As a nation, we are going through serious security problems and those used to perpetuate evils are youths. Rather than being a part

" If Nigeria emulates Edo,  things will work well for the nation. It's only in Edo State that a Reverend Father was kidnapped and a Muslim went to the bush to rescue him and lost his life in the process " .The above submission was made by the Acting Governor of Edo State, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu during the visit of some Muslim faithfuls to the government house in Benin City, in commemoration of Eid-el-Kabir celebration. He noted that Edo State is one of the States in Nigeria where Muslims and Christians live peacefully and work together for the development of the state. Rt. Hon. Comrade Shaibu charged Nigerian leaders to demonstrate the virtue of religious tolerance in the spirit of the Eid-el-Kabir celebration. He called on political leaders to desist from playing politics with religion as it will certainly  create division.  " Let us reject such politicians as they don't mean well for Nigeria ". He advised. The Acting Governor stressed the need to s