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Benin City: As part of measures in promoting the entertainment industry in Benin City, the management of Canada World recently rolled out a weekly program activities sprawling from Monday to Sunday. Chief Dr. Bishop Omogiade Enoyiogiere Edokpolo This was disclosed by the CEO of the Hotel and Suites - Chief Dr. Omogiade Enoyiogiere Edokpolo. He said the vision behind the weekly activities was to reduce the level of depression and high blood pressure among the people of Edo State.  "Entertainment is one way of injecting joy, peace and calmness in mind on the people.  "When you think the Country is bad, there is a Place where you can see a reason of living there; that Place is called Canada World", Dr Edokpolo said. The weekly activities are as follows: Mondays: Flashback Old School and Blues. Tuesdays: All Round Jamz with DJ EAL. Wednesdays: Indigenous Live Bands. Thursdays: Raggae and Fela Night, Root Rock, Culture, Lovers Rock and Conscious Raggae featuring DJ EAL. Frida

By the time the maiden TotalEnergies CAF Women's Champions League will debut in Egypt early next month, two promising Women Fifa referees of Nigeria extraction will in the roll call of match officials. They are Patience Ndidiamaka Madu and Mimisen Iyorhe of Enugu and Benue State Referees Councils respectively.  Madu who was among the few selected international Women referees from Africa that  handled the Tokyo Olympic women football competition, in July this year, is among the 12 referees for the coming women soccer fiesta.  The Assistant Referee cadre has  Mimisen in the 13-name list.  The tournament expected to begin on Friday, November 6, 2021 will see the Nigerian Fifa women referees take part in the necessary pre tournament checklist for medical and physical fitness test. The NRA President, Otunba Tade Azeez, elated by the giant strides his  members are recording at the international scene, while urging them to be worthy ambassadors wishes the Nigeria Amazon best of luck and j

  Ex-militant leader, Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo(aka Tompolo), has sent a strong warning to killer herdsmen parading the forest and highways of Edo State to quit or get themselves to blame in due course. Tompolo gave the warning through Ijaw interest groups – Edo State Izonebe Development Forum, Ijaw Youths Council(IYC) and Ijaw National Congress(INC), on the occasion of his 51st birthday on Tuesday.  The groups had embarked on a peace rally around the Benin City centre up to the secretariat of the Edo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Benin City. One of the leaders of the group, Chief Robinson Ogunkoru, stated that the groups decided to embark on the peace rally to show their love and respect for Tompolo for his peace advocacy in the country most especially in the Niger Delta region. Also speaking Olopele Ebi Olopele, President of the Edo State Izonebe Development Forum, paid tributes to Tompolo for his many efforts to ensure that peace and tranquility rei

Members of Edo Football Referees Council have expressed their grieves over the demise of Nigeria first FIFA badged Referee - late Festus Okubule. They described his demise as an irreparable loss not only to Nigeria Football Referees, but to Nigeria enlarge. Speaking, the Chairman of Edo Football Referees Council- Comrade Johnbull Nosa Okundolor, said "history has it that Festus Okubule was the first FIFA - badged Referee in Nigeria; first Nigerian Referee to officiate at both the Nations and World Cup, as well as a former National President of the Nigerian Football Referees  Association (NRA). "When Okubule was NRA President, he demonstrated high level of selflessness and proactive leadership that projected NRA to an enviable height. It came as a shock to us because this is the time we needed him most". Festus Okubule died at the age of 80 in a Lagos hospital.