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Senator Imasuen Empowers Edo South Farmers With Farm Implements

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8 months ago

April 30, 2025

The Senator representing Edo South Senatorial District, Neda Imasuen has appealed to farmers to make good use of implements given to them to enable them to sustain their families, and the nation at large.

Imasuen, who made the appeal at a training organised for his constituent members in Benin City, also urged them not to sell the farm tools given to them.

According to the federal lawmaker, essence of the event was to reduce the price of food in the market.

Imasuen, while adding that the essence of the event was to empower his constituents of being farmers and producers, appealed to them to pay proper attention to the various speakers at the programme.

He also urged them to ensure they make good use of the knowledge they acquire during the training.

“This items we are giving you, some time I was told that when farm implements are giving this way, people go to the market and resell them. I hope that will not be the case here. You are to take the full benefits of what we are providing for you today.

” So, it is my wish and prayers that God goes with you, and helps you with wisdom and understanding to do all that you can do to help us build local government, state and the nation as a whole.

“The programme is very important for me because it is a programme, in my opinion, we use to empower our farmers to do more in what they do in their farms.

“So, we don’t want to do it for one day, doing the programme for two days is to make sure the message gets down to the farmers.

“The programme is also to make sure that all that they need to learn about is given to them.

“I am satisfied and happy for what I have seen, especially, to the participation of the farmers, and their own way of receiving it.

“Again, it is my hope that they will utilise the farming implements and insecticides given to them.

“So that the farmers can improve and increase their farm yields all for the betterment of their families, community, state and the nation at large,” the lawmaker added.

In her lecture, one of the resource persons and agribusiness expert, Iretiolu Odi, told the farmers to see their occupation as a business that they can make more profit from.

Odi, an agribusiness development consultant, told the farmers to see themselves as important that would feed their families and the nation.

She disclosed that, farmers are the richest people on earth, that they should see what they can add to what the senator had given to them to boost their farming business.

She gave them some keys to managing their farms, which included planning, recording, finance, profit and others knowledge that will be useful to them.

The agric expert, while urging them to look for an avenue to make more profit in agriculture, appealed to them to make good use of the opportunity to enable their children take over the farming trade from them.

Odi equally commended the Senator for empowering his constituents.

Educating the farmers on how to apply chemicals in their crops, Mr. Lekan Salami, said farming is the only way Nigeria can survive.

He asserted that various chemicals given to them have minimum usage required after adding water to it, before they can use it to spray their crops.

The farm implements given to the farmers included: rain-boots, cutlasses, insecticides, sharping files, hand gloves and hoes.

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Former Delta North senator Peter Nwaoboshi Dies

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5 hours ago

December 19, 2025

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Peter Nwaoboshi, the former senator representing Delta north, is dead.

Details of the circumstances surrounding his death were unclear at the time of this report, but according to reports, the former senator died in Abuja on Friday, aged 68.

In a statement, Sheriff Oborevwori, governor of Delta, expressed “profound grief” over the demise of the former lawmaker.

The governor described his demise as a monumental loss to the state, the Anioma nation, and Nigeria.

In a condolence message signed by Festus Ahon, his chief press secretary (CPS), Oborevwori hailed the late Nwaoboshi as a dedicated son of Delta and a bold champion of Anioma interests, whose legacy in nation-building will endure.

The governor said the late senator’s distinguished tenure in the national assembly, particularly as chairman of the senate committee on Niger Delta affairs.

“Nwaoboshi lived a life of service to his people, his party, and the country, bequeathing a heritage of bravery, loyalty, and commitment to public duty,” Oborevwori said.

“On behalf of the Delta State government and people, I mourn my dear friend, Senator Peter Onyelukachukwu Nwaoboshi.

“I extend deepest condolences to his family, the Anioma people, members of the All Progressives Congress, and everyone touched by his life.

“May God grant his soul peaceful rest and comfort to all who grieve this irreplaceable loss.”

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Grassroots To Global Podium: Edo Sports Commission Marks Enabulele’s First Year In Office

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20 hours ago

December 19, 2025

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The Indoor Sports Hall in Benin City came alive on Wednesday as the Edo State Sports Commission rolled out the drums to celebrate the first anniversary in office of its Executive Chairman, Hon. Amadin Desmond Enabulele. Management, staff, coaches and athletes gathered in an atmosphere charged with pride, reflection and optimism.

The colourful ceremony drew executives and members of various sports associations, officials of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), coaches, athletes and other key stakeholders in Edo sports.

In her welcome address, the Acting Permanent Secretary of the Commission, Mrs. A. P. Amenze, praised Hon. Enabulele for what she described as focused and purposeful leadership. She said the past year had seen renewed confidence, discipline and energy return to the state’s sports ecosystem.

Adding excitement to the event were exhibition bouts and demonstrations by the Kung Fu, Karate, Taekwondo and Judo associations, staged in honour of the Executive Chairman.

Speaking for SWAN Edo State, Chairman Comrade Kehinde Osagiede commended Hon. Enabulele’s open-door leadership style and consistent support for sports development. He noted that the Commission had effectively driven Governor Monday Okpebholo’s “Catch Them Young” policy through practical grassroots programmes that identify and groom young talents across the state.

In recognition of his contributions to sports development and media relations, Comrade Osagiede conferred the Patronship of SWAN Edo State on Hon. Enabulele and presented him with a special anniversary card.

Goodwill messages followed from Executive Directors of the Commission, including Hon. Frank Ilaboya (Edo North), Coach Baldwin Bazuaye, MON (Edo South), Barr. Anthony Ikuenobe (Edo Central), and Mrs. Sabrina Chikere, Executive Director, Sports Development and Operations. Representatives of coaches, athletes and sports associations also took turns to acknowledge the progress recorded under the current leadership.

In his stewardship address, Hon. Enabulele expressed gratitude to Governor Monday Okpebholo and Deputy Governor Rt. Hon. Dennis Idahosa for the trust placed in him, noting that their backing and shared vision had driven the Commission’s achievements.

He highlighted Team Edo’s third-place finish at the 9th National Youth Games in Asaba, where the state recorded its best-ever outing with 79 medals—33 gold, 18 silver and 28 bronze—reinforcing Edo’s reputation as a national sports powerhouse.

The Chairman also pointed to the impact of inclusive and grassroots sports programmes, citing Favour Ojeabu, a visually impaired para-cyclist who won three gold medals to emerge Africa’s champion at the African Track Para-Cycling Championship in Egypt.

Other milestones listed included outstanding performances by Edo para powerlifters on the international stage, historic achievements in cricket, weightlifting, cycling, judo and deaf athletics, as well as structural reforms such as the repositioning of Bendel Insurance FC and deeper investment in grassroots sports development.

Cultural performances added colour and tradition to the celebration, as stakeholders closed the event united in their assessment of the past year as a truly transformative period for sports development in Edo State.

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Otuaro Tasks Media On Objective Reportage

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1 day ago

December 18, 2025

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The Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) Dr. Dennis Otuaro has charged media practitioners particularly members of the Ijaw Publishers’ Forum to promote ethical journalism through their reportage.

He gave the charge in Warri on Wednesday during the 2nd Annual Ijaw Media Conference organised by the Ijaw Publishers’ Forum (IPF).

Represented by Princewill Binebai, spokesman, Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide, Otuaro while stating that the Niger Delta stories have been told in such a way that is quite different from what is obtainable in the real sense, said this, IPF must do everything possible to correct.

The administrator added: “I am happy that Ijaw journalists have boldly come out together to champion the Ijaw struggle in a very dynamic perspective”.

“The Ijaw story was misrepresented over the years, but IPF’s emergence had corrected this error and the story is gradually changing for better.”

Otuaro, however, challenged Ijaw media practitioners to be objective, truthful, accurate and fearless in their reportage to correct many years anomalies of the Ijaw struggle.

He admonished members of IPF to see themselves as brothers and love one another in the discharge of their activities to achieve a common goal.