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The senator representing Edo Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Joseph Ikpea, has urged chairmanship candidates that  would be elected as chairmen of local government areas in Edo State in the July 11 election to explore the full autonomy they now enjoy to bring development to the people. Senator Ikpea who gave the advice at the All Progressives Congress (APC), Edo Central Senatorial District campaign flag-off for the forthcoming local government election in Edo state also called on the incoming chairmen to be prudent with the local government financial resources to avoid incurring the wrath of the anti- graft agencies. Addressing the APC local government chairmanship candidates, the senator said: "Once you are elected and resume office, you should be prudent. That is really the major thing, be prudent. Once you are prudent and ensure that what comes is not made for you or for your pocket, it is for you to develop your local government, then you will be ...

The senator representing Edo Central Senatorial District and Chairman, Senate Committee on Drugs and Narcotics, Senator Joseph Ikpea, has called for a collaborative measure between the executive and the legislative arms to address the persistent ecological degradation threatening communities across the senatorial district. Senator Ikpea made the call when he visited the Secretary to the  Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, to facilitate a coordinated Federal Government intervention in tackling erosion, gully expansion, flooding and other environmental challenges affecting Edo Central Senatorial District. During the meeting, Senator Ikpea highlighted the devastating impact of ecological degradation on lives, livelihoods, infrastructure, farmlands and economic activities across the Edo Central Senatorial District, stressing on the need for a coordinated response involving all relevant Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) under the leadership and c...

By Suyi Ayodele (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Tuesday, June 9, 2026) https://tribuneonlineng.com/insecurity-sending-orunmila-and-ogun-to-the-president/   I don’t know who divines for the President. I also don't know who his prophets and marabouts are. But I wish to commend President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to what Orunmila did when Death (Ikú), Sickness (Àrùn) Contention (Ìjà) and Loss (Òfò) waged a war of attrition against Otù-Ifè, where the Father of Divination lived at his Òkè Ìgètì home. To overcome the problem, Ifá, through Ogbè Òtúrá, asked Orunmila to let go of his favourites such as: Eku méjì olúwéré (two smart rats), Eja méjì abìwègbàdà (Two big fish), Òbídìe méjì abèdò lùkélùké (two ovulating hens), Ewúré méjì abùmu rederédé (two heavily pregnant goats) and Elílá méjì tó f'ìwo s'òsùká (two big cows with big pad-like horns).   In the place of those fanciful items, Orunmila was asked to accept only obì mérin (four kolanuts), orógbó mérin (four bitter kola), and ...