Day: August 21, 2022

Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk defeated Nigerian-born Briton Anthony Joshua on Saturday with a split points decision to retain his WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO world heavyweight boxing belts in Jeddah.The fight in Saudi Arabia was a rematch of the one in London in …

Nigeria’s Kamaru Usman is confident he will bounce back after losing his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight title at UFC 278 to Britain’s Leon Edwards.The win for Edwards at the Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City, U. S. on Saturday was one o…

Briton Leon Edwards pulled off a fifth-round head-kick knockout out of nowhere to dethrone Nigeria’s Kamaru Usman and win the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight title at UFC 278.The win for Edwards at the Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City, …

A renowned Nigeria international afrobeat music artiste, Bugga King, in collaboration with a South Africa based artiste, Phila Madlingozi, have released an inspirational song titled ‘Omoge’ in a captivating beat laced by B’s beat after the initial unv…

Edo State has emerged the best state in the 2021 diet of the West African Examination Council (WAEC) examinations, recording 92.8 percent pass rate among students who sat for the examination in the state.The state also came second in the ranking of the…

BENIN CITY- In an effort to secure seamless access to quality healthcare, a total of 69,000 residents of Edo State have registered with the Edo State Health Insurance Scheme (EDOHIS), few months after its take off in the state.Among the beneficiaries a…

Yussuf Alli, one time Olympian Gold Medalist might have seen it all before he was appointed the Chairman of the Edo State Sports Commission about a year ago. As a renowned Athlete who have navigated the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) and the Wor…

The Holy Scriptures which say: “When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice” most probably had Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State in view.The reason for this assertion is that in terms of the current governance model in Edo State, the Gov…

Benin City: To ensure food security, the Edo State Government is collaborating with stakeholders so as to remove obstacles in accessing arable land for food production in line with Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration’s Making Edo Great Again (ME…

BENIN CITY – The Chairman of Access to Arable Land Committee in Edo State, Mr Kelvin Uwaibi has disclosed plans by the state government to be the leader in food production in Nigeria.Speaking to newsmen in Benin City on the sideline of a workshop for s…