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Butterflies Do Not Become Birds” – A Lesson for Chris Nehikhare and His Band of Political Orphans

You are a butterfly who thinks himself a bird.” – Gbokan to Odewale, The Gods Are Not to Blame It is almost poetic how life imitates art. Chris Nehikhare—yes, the self-appointed megaphone of a factional, confused, and decapitated PDP in Edo State—reminds one of Gbokan’s brutal but honest assertion in Ola Rotimi’s The Gods Are...

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Edo State, AfDB Advance Strategic Partnership on Infrastructure

A high-level technical meeting between the Edo State Government and the African Development Bank (AfDB) has concluded in Abuja with both parties charting a course for a strategic partnership focused on urban transportation, infrastructure, urban renewal, youth employment, and human capital development. The Edo State delegation, led by the Honourable Commissioner for Finance, Hon. Emmanuel...

Politics

2027: EDO WILL DELIVER 2.5 MILLION VOTES FOR PRESIDENT TINUBU – GOV OKPEBHOLO

Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has pledged that the people of Edo will deliver 2.5 million votes to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election as a token of appreciation for the developmental strides witnessed across the State under his administration. Governor Okpebholo made the declaration at Okaijesan Town Hall in Irrua,...

Investigation: Unraveling Nigeria’s annual budget padding rituals

dantpcn8 months ago053 mins

For over two decades, financial infractions and malfeasance, especially through budget padding related to non-existing projects, have been perpetuated in…