Nigeria is in dire need of RESTRUCTURING! The country, as a matter of urgency, needs to be immediately restructured - or at least initiate multi ethnic dialogues/negotiations on the issue. It's either now or never!

What are your thoughts and opinions about Nigeria's restructuring?

Well, Emma Ebare and Restructure Nigeria Advocacy Project want you to air your views.
Share your thoughts and opinions about restructuring on the official Facebook page of Restructure Nigeria Advocacy Project, viz :
https://facebook.com/RestructureNigeriaAdvocacyProject/

Cheers.

ANYBODY THAT SEES THIS MESSAGE, PLEASE HELP THE AGGRIEVED, OPPRESSED RESIDENTS/VICTIMS OF THE WICKEDNESS OF STAFF OF BENIN ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANY (BEDC') TO FORWARD IT/PASS IT TO THE RELEVANT AUTHORITIES.

This is to report an act of gross wickedness, injustice, impunity and irresponsibility of staff of Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC), Ugbiyoko office and Erediauwa district Office, both at Ekenwan Road area, Benin City, Edo State.

Since FRIDAY MARCH 5TH THIS YEAR, there's been NO LIGHT in an area in Evbuotubu (Odion street, Ogiemudia street and many others in the environs) in Evbuotubu community, Benin City.

What happened:
A group of staff of BEDC, Ugbiyoko office (including one certain Mrs Esther Eze), on routine disconnection exercise, had a messy confrontation/altercation with a customer. The said customer fought with the BEDC staff as they were trying to disconnect his light because of debt (debt is from estimated bill that the man met in the store which has been in dispute).
As a result of that, the management of BEDC Ugbiyoko office and Erediauwa district, went and disconnected the transformer that's on Odion street, Evbuotubu, cutting light supply to an entire area covering many streets as mentioned earlier and the people there have been in darkness since that day.

While it is wrong and irresponsible of the man to fight with BEDC staff, it is ridiculous that a customer somewhere that other customers have no business with, committed an offence/assault and instead of arresting whoever fought with them, the BEDC staff are now punishing numerous other customers - including those who are not even owing light debts and others who make payment every month. This is not the first time that that Mrs eze and the manager in Erediauwa district office are doing this same act - this is the 3rd time in the last 2 years.

The person that fought with BEDC staff is someone who is known to be a violent miscreant and he does not reside in the area at all - he is a barber that rented a roadside shop along Evbuotubu market road (and that vicinity uses the transformer on Odion street there) and now as a result of his act, the residents over a wide area (including many streets far away from the man's shop) are being punished by BEDC offices in Ugbiyoko and Erediauwa!

On Saturday the 20th of March, the said offender was eventually arrested by State vigilante, and then released almost a week later, yet till now, the transformer is still disconnected and the whole vicinity still in darkness.

And then another twist entered - the so called Mrs Eze and co (BEDC staff) said their staff that the customer fought with, that they spent 250k to treat him in hospital (you can imagine!!), that all the people connected to that transformer should raise the money for them, that until that is done, they will not switch on the transformer. Can you imagine? Is this not satanic and criminal extortion?!! Where on earth do people pay fines and pay for damages done by another person?

Some of the people in the area have since that time been contacting BEDC headquarters as well as Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) (both their headquarters and Benin office) but till now these organisations have kept quiet to it and the people in that area are still in darkness - including some that are not owing light bill! Pprivate citizens in their private homes that did not commit any offence and regularly pay their bills, how can they be punished unjustly and put in darkness for 1 month now? That is extreme wickedness and gross injustice!

THE RESIDENTS OF THAT AREA EMPHATICALLY DEMAND AN IMMEDIATE INTERVENTION AND STOPPAGE OF THIS EVIL ACT, WICKEDNESS AND INJUSTICE!!!

If the light is NOT restored immediately and they don't put a stop to this wicked and callous habit (as it has now become a regular occurrence/habit), whatever chaos and civil unrest that arises from it someday, the authorities will have themselves to blame and it will be on record that it was reported it to the necessary authorities.

Please kindly keep forwarding this message it, let it get to relevant authorities for their urgent and immediate intervention for those people in that area.
Thank you

Moderators please please please, kindly move this to front page, let the matter spread till it gets to the relevant authorities, lets help these residents get justice.
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Please kindly move this to front page for the information of the general public - especially those who might be interested. Thanks.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE DIVINE CORONATION CELEBRATION OF APOSTLE DEBRAH EUNICE GORDON-OSAGIEDE.

Spirit and Life Family Bible Church, Nigeria has announced the Divine Coronation Celebration of Apostle Debrah Eunice Gordon-Osagiede.
As at the time of her passing away, Apostle Debrah Eunice Gordon-Osagiede was the General Overseer, Spirit and Life Family Bible Church, Nigeria - a church she co-founded with her Late husband, the ever quintessential/charismatic Bishop Gordon Osagiede. In addition to that, she was also the President of Godhead Prayer Ministry.
Fondly referred to as "Mummy Apostle", she passed away on December 7th, 2020.
May her soul remain blessed and have a peaceful eternal rest in God, amen.

NB: Just in case you don’t understand, Divine Coronation Celebration refers to burial ceremonies.

BRIEF INFORMATION ABOUT “IVIE”...JUST FOR YOUR ENLIGHTENMENT.

IVIE is an ornamental, native, coral bead and in both Esan language and Benin language, it is called “IVIE”.
It is highly used, not only by Esan people, but also by the Benin people and other ethnic nationalities in Nigeria.
It is mainly made with blending of materials like jasper, agate, balearic, red carnelian, etc. However, sometimes, there are the exotic, luxurious and upscale gems among them that are actually made from rare corals from coral reefs, but those are very rare because coral reefs are classified as protected/endangered species and people are discouraged from buying such which is equal to encouragement of wrong.
History has it, that it was Oba Ogiso Ere (who was the Oba of Benin between 900 AD and 980 AD), that made Ivie to become ceremonial coral beads and a symbol of authority, and since then, it has remained so.
USES:
It is used by Emperors/rulers, used by people for mostly traditional dressing during special occasions and prevalently used to adorn brides and grooms during their wedding ceremonies.
SIGNIFICANCE:
Ivie is a symbol of royalty; it is an insignia of tradition; it symbolises culture; it is a traditional item of beauty and splendour; it is a significant part of the cultural heritage of Benin, Esan and other ethnic nationalities in Edo State; it embodies beauty, poise and nobility and it is a native fashion item that you will ever find among the Benin people and Esan people and other ethnic nationalities in Nigeria.


Write-up by Emma Ebare (https://www.twitter.com/EmmaEbare/)
Copyright © 2020 Emma Ebare.
From: Pages Of Esan (https://www.facebook.com/PagesOfEsan/), a socio-cultural resource page on Facebook, operated by:
CREIMEXAD International Ltd. (https://www.facebook.com/CREIMEXADInternationalLtd/).


BRIEF INFORMATION ABOUT “IVIE”...JUST FOR YOUR ENLIGHTENMENT.
https://facebook.com/PagesOfEsan/posts/116902420240001/

SHORT CLIP FROM THE BRIEFING BY GOVERNOR GODWIN OBASEKI, AFTER THE SECURITY MEETING WITH HEADS OF SECURITY AGENCIES IN EDO STATE, FEW WEEKS AGO (OCTOBER 2020), IN EDO STATE, NIGERIA.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IirKIrGAT8/

SHORT VIDEO OF NEW STRUCTURES (BLOCK C BUILDING, ETC.) IN STATE SECRETARIAT COMPLEX, EDO STATE, NIGERIA… - GOVERNOR GODWIN OBASEKI'S PROJECTS.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5OVPCvPr9I/

FOOTBALL...The top 5 managers that have the most number of wins in the English Premier League as at August 2020.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c3nS27acsA/

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE ALL-TIME TOP GOAL SCORERS - TOP 10 (AS AT NOVEMBER 8, 2020).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbkql86MVsg/

Oh yes, the country should/must be RESTRUCTURED!
Y'all check this out:
RESTRUCTURE NIGERIA ADVOCACY PROJECT (RNAP)...
https://www.facebook.com/RestructureNigeriaAdvocacyProject/

kahal29, odiks, dansuqi, ngenenkwenu, omenka, come and see tne incoming Governor of Edo State o.

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But Nigeria MUST be RESTRUCTURED!
Check out:
Restructure Nigeria Advocacy Project (RNAP)
https://www.facebook.com/RestructureNigeriaAdvocacyProject/

Edo 2020: Ize-Iyamu promises
inclusive governance,
infrastructure and human capital
development...
...as Edo Central repeats support
for his governorship bid.
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the
2020 Governorship Election in Edo
State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu,
has assured party members and
residents of the state of all-
inclusive governance that would
prioritize infrastructure and
human capital development
across all senatorial districts of the
state if he is elected at the polls in
September.
He made this promise while
receiving leaders of Edo Central
Senatorial District who paid him a
congratulatory visit at his
Campaign Office over his resounding victory in the party
primaries on Monday.
The leaders included the former
Chairman of the Party in the State,
Prince Tony Omoaghe; former
Organizing Secretary of Edo APC
and Education Commissioner in
the State, Chief Frank Okafi
Erewele; 4 Former Speakers of Edo
State House of Assembly: Rt. Hon
Thomas Okosun, Chief David
Iyoha, Rt. Hon Bright
Omokhodion, Rt. Hon Festus Ebea,
and former Chairman Esan North
East, Mr Sam Oboh.
While acknowledging their visit as
the first from any district since his
emergence as the candidate of
the APC, he praised Edo Central
Senatorial district for its
outstanding numerical
performance in the overall results
of the primaries as indicative of
fulfillment of the district’s promise
to back his governorship bid.
Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu thanked
Chief Francis Inegbeneki, the
spokesman of the APC Edo Central
Senatorial District, for his great
efforts in mobilizing and
providing assurances to
constituents in the five LGAs that
make up the Senatorial district to
support his ambition, and
repeated his vow to run inclusive
governance that would spread
development across the state, not
just Edo South. He concluded by
urging the leaders to double their
efforts for the campaign exercise
that has already kicked off to
guarantee victory at the polls in
September.
On their part, Chief Francis
Inegbeneki, who spoke on behalf
of the leaders, said it was
necessary to congratulate Pastor
Osagie Ize-Iyamu as a follow-up
action after the successful
mobilization efforts of supporters
in the 51 wards of the district
contributed to his victory in the
primaries. He said the leaders are
convinced beyond a reasonable
doubt that he will be the next
Governor of the State and
appealed to him not to neglect
Edo Central Senatorial district as,
according to him, they have
suffered too much neglect in the
hands of past administrations.
Other leaders present at the event
were James Izilen, Alhaji
Ebaredelu Bako and former
commissioners Barr. Chris Ebare,
Lawrence Aghedo and Mr.
Isememen Iriogbe.


From: JohnMayaki.com

COVID-19 screening centers in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria.
...as published by the State Government. See the attached photo.

This was the Easter broadcast of Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyAwk7uzmE8/

Fantastic speech. God bless you Sir!

Happy Easter to Governor Obaseki and to all Edo people.
God bless Edo State.

For all information and updates on COVID-19, etc., this is the WhatsApp number of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC):
07087110839.
For more info, visit their official website: http://ncdc.gov.ng/

From:
https://web.facebook.com/CREIMEXADInternationalLtd/posts/2550121448543240/

COVID-19: Ecobank offering free transfer of money with their USSD code, as announced by them.
Offer is till end of April.
Banner picture below.

INFORMATION ABOUT LIVE BROADCAST OF SERVICES BY LIVING FAITH CHURCH (A.K.A. WINNERS CHAPEL).
Read it here:
https://facebook.com/CREIMEXADInternationalLtd/posts/2542138502674868/

INFORMATION ABOUT LIVE BROADCAST OF SERVICES BY LIVING FAITH CHURCH (A.K.A. WINNERS CHAPEL).

Details here:
https://facebook.com/CREIMEXADInternationalLtd/posts/2542138502674868/

Please adhere to these:

COVID-19: Instructions for residents of Edo State (+ important phone numbers to call in case of COVID-19 suspicion).
This is from Edo State Government.
Picture below.

Breaking News From Google: You can now use the Google Translate app on Android to transcribe speech as it is being spoken, for any combination of 8 languages.
According to a statement released on Tuesday March 17th, 2020, by Sami Iqram, Product Manager, Google Translate, “starting today, you can use the Google Translate Android app to transcribe foreign language speech as it’s happening.
Transcribe will be rolling out in the next few days with support for any combination of the following eight languages: English, French, German, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Thai."

You can see full details about this latest development, on GOOGLE’s website.
Here’s the link to it:
https://blog.google/products/translate/transcribe-speech/


https://facebook.com/CREIMEXADInternationalLtd/posts/2531745143714204/

This is a Public Service Announcement from World Health Organization (WHO).
Do these 5 simple things to help stop coronavirus (COVID-19).
Picture below.
Please comply with this directive and share this, let's keep safe. May God protect us all - but then, lets do our own part, for as they say: "do your best, God will do the rest."

NB:
This is the PIDGIN ENGLISH VERSION of the English version that we earlier shared here:
https://www.nairaland.com/5716509/promotional-message-proper-hygiene-practices/

PROMOTIONAL MESSAGE ON PROPER HYGIENE PRACTICES FOR PEOPLE IN FLOOD RAVAGED COMMUNITIES (PIDGIN ENGLISH VERSION).

The video - a PROMOTIONAL MESSAGE ON PROPER HYGIENE PRACTICES FOR PEOPLE IN FLOOD RAVAGED COMMUNITIES…in PIDGIN ENGLISH...
- Was written and created by EMMA EBARE (Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/EmmaEbare).
- It is a production of CREIMEXAD International Ltd….
- Message was from Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project, Edo State Ministry of Energy and Water Resources, Nigeria, in collaboration with United Nations Central Emergency Relief Fund and UNICEF.

We hope you learn and adopt the proper hygiene practices listed in the video.
Have a nice view.
Thank you.

Here we go:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etKnx9gxvSE/

PROMOTIONAL MESSAGE ON PROPER HYGIENE PRACTICES FOR PEOPLE IN FLOOD RAVAGED COMMUNITIES (ENGLISH VERSION)

The video - a PROMOTIONAL MESSAGE ON PROPER HYGIENE PRACTICES FOR PEOPLE IN FLOOD RAVAGED COMMUNITIES…in ENGLISH...
- Was written and created by EMMA EBARE (Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/EmmaEbare).
- It is a production of CREIMEXAD International Ltd….
- Message was from Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project, Edo State Ministry of Energy and Water Resources, Nigeria, in collaboration with United Nations Central Emergency Relief Fund and UNICEF.

We hope you learn and adopt the proper hygiene practices listed in the video.
Have a nice view.
Thank you.

Here we go:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RSCcB3v42c/

Not too long ago, Edo State Government of Nigeria, promoted over 2600 teachers and elevated 171 others to Directors. This is part of the giant strides of Edo State Post Primary Education Board (Edo SPEB), under the leadership of the current Executive Chairman, Honourable (Pastor)
Gabriel Oiboh.
More details about this later.
Meanwhile, 2 photos below.

This documentary is from ITV Benin, showing some of the developmental works of the administration of GOVERNOR GODWIN OBASEKI of Edo State. Have a nice view.
Here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxR9E_G4c4Q/

sarrki:
Governor obaseki and his deputy shuaibu over the weekend paid a courtesy visit to the Oba of Lagos Rilwan Akiolu olowo Eko.

Yea. thanks for sharing this. He was in Lagos for a Town hall meeting with Edo Indigenes in Lagos.
Details on that, here on Nairaland...here:
Photos from Governor Obaseki's Town hall meeting with Edo Indigenes in Lagos…by CREIMEXAD
https://www.nairaland.com/5641876/photos-governor-obasekis-townhall-meeting

Yet more photos...

Photo 1:
From the left:
Deputy Governor, Hon. Philip Shaibu; Governor Godwin Obaseki and his wife, Mrs Betsy Obaseki; Edo State APC Chairman, Barr. Anselm Ojezua; and Secretary to Edo State Goverment, Barr. Osarodion Ogie.

Photo 2:
Former Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, Matthew Egbadon (standing on the left), giving a speech as Governor Obaseki looks on.

More photos - cross section of guests...

During the weekend, Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, was in Lagos to hold a town hall meeting with sons and daughters of Edo State, who live in Lagos.
The Townhall meeting which was themed: “Edo Okpa No”, was organised by Unuedo Renaissance, for Edo indigenes resident in Lagos State.
Below are a few photos from the event.

You can also see videos from the event here:
https://facebook.com/godwinobasekiofficial/videos/161727365159681/

Photos credit:
The Governor's social media.