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The Editor. A well-known Professor of Energy and Power Engineering at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Engineer Osadolor Orlando Odia, has called on the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Federal Government to, as a matter of urgency, declare a complete state of emergency on power generation and distribution in Nigeria to address the nation's energy deficiency. Prof. Osadolor Orlando Odia, while delivering the Ambrose Alli University's 108th inaugural lecture entitled, "Exploration And Exploitation of Energy Resources: Implication For Man and The Earth", said no nation can attain the requisite development without electricity or with a high degree of energy deficiency as currently experienced by Nigeria. "Nigeria Electricity Power (Power) availability is, to say the least, abysmal, as Nigeria tops the list of counties with the longest annual outage duration in Africa with 4,600hours. This is 3,200 hours more than

By Besiru Enakhimion. Senator ( Pharm.)Matthew Urhoghide, today September 18, 2023 rejoined the All Progressives Congress, APC . At the Party's  Secretariat in Benin City, the Politician cum Pharmacist was officially given a membership card of the party he quit when it was called the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) some years ago. Sen. Urhoghide who represented Edo South Senatorial District at the 8th and 9th Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party some months ago, citing the unresolved differences and wrangling within the party as reason for his action.  He recently declared his intention to contest in the 2024 gubernatorial election in Edo State, at a press conference in Benin City.

By Besiru Enakhimion.  A leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Dr. Aisosa Amadasun, has appealed to Governor Godwin Obaseki and the State House of Assembly to withdraw the impeachment notice  porportedly served on the Deputy Governor, Rt Hon Comrade Philip Shaibu. Amadasun, former State Woman Leader of the  All Progressives Congress, APC warned that the lingering crises, if allowed to fester, may hinder the chances of the PDP retaining Osadebey Avenue  in the upcoming September 21, 2024 Governorship election.  Addressing journalists in Benin City, Amadasun said an impeachment against Shaibu over his ambition was unjustifiable. She, therefore, asked the lawmakers to retrace their steps as their actions were putting the state in a bad light.  Her words: "For me, what has been happening in Edo State, especially in the last few months, is what I call kakistocracy not democracy, under the leadership of the governor. "I'm aware that the deputy g

By Besiru Enakhimion. Edo State Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon.Comrade Philip Shaibu has denied being served with impeachment notice from the state House of Assembly as alleged by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Blessing Agbebaku. A letter addressed to the Honourable Speaker, Rt. Hon. Agbebaku, Edo State House of Assembly, Kings Square, Benin City, dated 12th March, 2024 and signed by Charles Olubayo, Personal Assistant, to the Deputy Governor, Office of the Deputy Governor and titled, “RE: SERVICE OF IMPEACHMENT NOTICE,” reads:  “The Office of the Deputy Governor, Edo State wishes to draw your attention to the inaccuracies and misleading information that emanated from the plenary session of Monday, March 11, 2024, wherein Mr. Speaker directed that the impeachment notice be served on the Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu through newspaper publications The Nigeria Observer and other national dailies, “sequel to the refusal of the Deputy Governor to acknowledge the impeachment

By The Editor. Hundreds of PDP members, supporters, grassroot mobilizers, lovers and admirers of the Deputy Governor of Edo State, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu, on Sunday, 10th March, 2024 trooped to the streets to peacefully protest the plan by members of the Edo State House of Assembly (EDHA) to impeach him (Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu), on allegations they  consider not only frivolous but a political vendetta. The protesters urged the state Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki and the  Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Blessing Agbebaku to listen to the voice of Afemai people, adding that the impeachment is political persecution. The peaceful protesters under the aegis of Edo North PDP Rescue Movement, ENREM, first converged at the popular Jattu Junction, in Etsako West Local Government Area with placards in the early hours of the day. They later marched round the major streets in the Local government area befor

By The Editor. Magnus Oisasoje Ojeifo, a professor of Urban Geography,  from the department of Geography and Environmental Management, Faculty of Environmental Studies, in  Ambrose Alli University,  Ekpoma, has advocated for the conceptualisation and development of a masterplan to produce better and functional small towns in Nigeria. This advocacy was the focal point of his presentation at the University’s 107th Inaugural Lecture titled "Reinventing Urban Landuse Sustainability: Implications For Planning Small-Sized Towns in Nigeria", where he posited among other issues, that major cities in Nigeria are becoming too congested with attendant challenges which did not allow for healthy living.  Professor  Magnus Oisasoje Ojeifo, said: "The problems of urbanisation which towns and cities in Nigeria are already contending with are the unprecedented pressure on land, haphazard land use development, inadequate housing, waste management problems, unemployment and poo