As part of activities marking the first day of the celebration of his 35th year anniversary of coronation, His Royal Highness, Oba Okhishimede Eshimokhai Idogu III, the Olokpe of Okpe kingdom yesterday conferred chieftaincy titles on three deserving sons of Afemai land. Recipients of the chieftaincy titles at the […]
Acquiring a skill is the gradual developmental process that requires the thinking process to work with physical abilities, in other to learn how to perform what is previously unfamiliar. Mrs. Obajaja Eunice, the director of the Akoko-Edo Skill Acquisition Centre, Igarra, Edo State, Nigeria, explained how much benefit the Centre […]
It does not matter the place nor time, films have always inspired social change due to their ability to teach viewers about experiences outside their own perspective, inspire empathy and raise politically charged and socially relevant questions… Stories, whether filmmaking, writing or documentaries, are one of the most powerful […]
For someone who has spent several years working for, and retired honourably from a multinational oil company, a period that afforded him travel to choice cities of the world, it was a pleasant surprise to many that in retirement he has chosen to relocate to his hometown to dedicate the […]
In 2015, the Edo State Government established the Edo State Skills Acquisition Centre in Igarra, the capital of Akoko-Edo LGA to, among other things, train and develop interested citizens of the area in all kinds of vocation, for free. Even though the Centre has since then trained over 3000 students, […]
On the one-year anniversary of his release from Italian custody, the former Edo Commissioner for Arts, Culture, Tourism, and Diaspora Affairs, Mr. Osaze Osemwingie-Ero has launched an initiative to free Edo State prisoners incarcerated for minor offenses. He aims to raise ₦2 million to release at least 20 citizens unable […]
The gruesome murder, in June, of Rev Fr Christopher Ogedengbe Odia of the Catholic diocese of Auchi, by suspected Fulani terrorists, came as a rude shock to the people of his community in particular and Edo State in general. However, taking into cognizance the accounts of those who knew him […]
It was a celebration of life as the Uneme-Akiosu Community of Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria, recently went agog with the burial of Princess Elizabeth Rebekah Adeji (Nee Iyogun) who died at age 96. Princess Adeji, mother in-law of Barrister Valentino Buoro, Publisher of Akoko Edo […]
Edo State Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu,has restated government’s commitment towards providing portable water for the people of Edo North with the reactivation of Ojirami Dam. The Deputy Governor gave the assurance, when he granted audience to a delegation of Akoko Edo Forum, at the government house, Benin […]
For the youth of Akoko-Edo LGA who want to get a degree, here is some good news. To ensure such youth get a chance to do so, Dr. Dele Yahaya has facilitated a collaboration between National Teachers’ Institute, NTI Kaduna and the National Open University of Nigeria NOUN, to establish […]