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Edo Poll: Why We’re Canvassing Votes For APC’s Okpebholo – Founder, Godsent Foundation

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1 year ago

September 14, 2024

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The President, Godsent Foundation, Dr. Dion Osagie says he is canvassing votes for Senator Monday Okpebholo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Edo State governorship election because himself and the Senator share the same vision.

The founder, Godsent Foundation added that the vision and mission of his foundation is to uplift the downtrodden in the society, which he said Sen. Okpebholo too shares going by his deeds to mankind.

Dion, who spoke at his Uwelu free education centre in Benin where hundreds of women gathered to receive one assistant or the other, noted that though his non-profit organisation has not received any support from the Edo State government for over a decade that it has been giving support to the needy, if Okpebholo becomes governor, he would be of help to the foundation because he loves charity too.

Dion, who said with the support of over 1000 women his foundation had touched, they are ready to vote out MoU government and a government that does not care about the common, noted: “You have to support a government that has the same vision as you. Senator Monday Okpebholo has the same vision as the Godsent Foundation – uplifting the poor.

Dr. Dion Osagie addressing women at his Godsent Free Education Centre, Uwelu,Benin City on Friday, September 13, 2024.

“He is not governor yet but because he has the same vision as me, when he came to the US he looked for me and acknowledged my good work. this is a man I want to work with.

“I firmly believe that if Okpebholo becomes governor, he will give us the needed support for us to do more of our philanthropic work. Edo women will smile and there will be less insecurity in Edo.

“So, we are ready to vote out a government who does not feel the pains of women; we are ready to vote out a government who cannot solve insecurity; we are ready to bring in a governor who will listen to the cries of Edo people; we are ready to vote in Monday Okpebholo and Dennis Idahosa for development.

“We are doing this to make our women know that this time, Edo needs to rise,” he declared.

Speaking on his free primary education, the President said: “Currently, we have been able to take over 200 children from the streets and enroll them in our school. This is a free education. Everything we offer here is free of charge. I believe that education is the key to a better life and that is why we have set up a free primary education centre to better the lives of Edo children.”

At the meeting, hundreds of women were given cash gifts, cash to start business, jobs in his free education centre, amongst others.

One of the beneficiaries at the meeting, Mrs. Justina Reuben spoke in Pidgin: “My husband na driver and me na neater. I neat clothes, I also sew. We have three children. My husband use his motor take get accident, since then things don dey difficult. Our house rent don almost expire, and landlord dey threaten us. But today I come here, and he (Dion) don promise to pay our house rent and also give me job in this school. I am very happy. God will bless him.”

Another beneficiary, Faith Ominike said: “I am very happy because my dream has come through. I needed money to start a fish business and I have been promised N100,000 to start my fish business. God bless him.”

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2027: Jonathan Will Contest Under PDP, Return To Aso Rock — Jerry Gana

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3 hours ago

September 29, 2025

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Former Minister of Information and Orientation, Professor Jerry Gana, has disclosed that ex-president Goodluck Jonathan will contest again in 2027.

Gana made this remark while speaking to journalists in Minna, the Niger State capital.

According to him, Jonathan will contest in the next presidential election, as the flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

According to him, Nigerians had experienced life under two presidents after Jonathan and were now yearning for his return.

“In 2015, former President Goodluck Jonathan said his ambition was not worth the blood of Nigerians,” Gana said.

“After him, another President ruled for eight years, and now another has ruled for two years.

“Nigerians have seen the difference, and the difference is very clear. Nigerians are now asking us to bring back our friend, former President Goodluck Jonathan.

“I can confirm that Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will contest the presidential election in 2027 as PDP candidate, and we should be prepared to vote for him to return as President again,” he added.

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How I Survived Kidnap, Assassination Attempt – Rivers Speaker

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September 29, 2025

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The Speaker of Rivers House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule, said he is thankful to God for surviving a kidnapping and, an assassination attempt in the past years.
Amaewhule made this known during his 52nd birthday thanksgiving service at the All Saints Anglican Church, Eliozu, Obio/Apkor Local Government Area, Rivers State.

“I am not just marking another birthday but acknowledging that many people had planned to take his life in the last one year, but God didn’t allow them,” he said.
Recounting how he survived a harrowing experience in 2008, he said that he narrowly escaped death during the incident.

Amaewhule noted that he was abducted by some unidentified gunmen at his residence as he arrived after a Sunday church service.

“Some of you were here in 2008 when a preacher was preaching right here on a Sunday service, on that faithful day, I didn’t know the people who came to kidnap me were also in the service,” he said.

“After service, they tactically followed me to my residence, tied up my security guard, and abducted me and took me to a forest where they held me hostage for five days.

“They placed thorns under my feet and inflicted several injuries on my head and body in the process of moving me from one hideout to another within the forest.

“They fed me with biscuits throughout the period even as I almost bled to death.”

The speaker, however, expressed gratitude to God for his numerous blessings, guidance, and preservation over the years.

“When God does things for you, it is important to appreciate him for more.”

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Edo: Chief Ben Bowei Sworn In As Vice Chairman, Ovia South-West

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September 29, 2025

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High Chief Ben Bowei (Left) taking oath of office at the council secretariat on Monday

An Activist and politician, High Chief Ben Bowei has been sworn in as Vice Chairman, Ovia South-West Local Government Council of Edo State.

Bowei, chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), deputises Hon. Nosakhare Edobor who happens to be the Chairman of the council.

The Vice Chairman, a committed member of the APC in the local government and state, is expected to bring his wealth of experience to bear on the local government council being a former National Treasurer of the most respected youth body in west Africa — Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide.

Bowei, an advocate and promoter of governance, is the founder of Niger Delta Volunteer for Good Governance, said he’s poised in promoting good governance and taking the dividends of democracy to the most interior part of the local government.

The Vice Chairman urged sons and daughters of the local government to cooperate with the council’s leadership in their bid to extend the dividends of democracy to them.

Bowei, while appreciating governor Monday Okpebholo and his deputy, Hon. Dennis Idahosa, for the good work the current administration has been doing in the state, expressed optimism that the current state government would perform beyond expectations.