Articles by Emmanuel Ikhenebome
Edo Deaf Athletes Protest Exclusion from 2026 National Sports Festival
Sports By • Benin, Edo – The Edo State Chapter of the Nigeria Deaf Track and Field Association on Monday staged a peaceful protest at the Edo State Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) secretariat in Benin City, decrying their exclusion from the forthcoming National Sports Festival scheduled for Enugu State in November. The action forms part of coordinated protests by deaf sports stakeholders across states of the federation.
Okpebholo Counters Tenebe: One Man, One Vote Will Deliver 2.5 Million Votes for Tinubu, Not ‘Ak-47 fire’
Okpebholo Counters Tenebe: One Man, One Vote Will Deliver 2.5 Million Votes for Tinubu, Not ‘Ak-47 fire’ Politics By Emmanuel Ikhenebome • 02 Oct 2026 Benin, Edo – Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo has declared that the principle of “one man, one vote” will secure the 2.5 million votes he has pledged for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election, emphasising development achievements and voter support rather than coercion.
Edo Security Corps Debunks Fee Allegations, Directs Complaints to Police Training School
Edo Security Corps Debunks Fee Allegations, Directs Complaints to Police Training School Crime/Social Justice By Emmanuel Ikhenebome • 02 Oct 2026 Benin, Edo — The Deputy Corps Commander (Operations) of the Edo State Security Corps has dismissed allegations of unauthorized fee collection for certificate issuance and officer profiling, clarifying that his office played no role in any such demands.
2027: Edo APC Chairman’s 2.5 Million Votes comments “deeply concerning” – MonITNG
Crime/Social Justice By • Benin, Edo — MonITNG, has publicly called on Nigeria’s security agencies to examine recent statements by Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman Jarrett Tenebe regarding the party’s ambition to deliver 2.5 million votes for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election. In a post published Friday, MonITNG described the remarks as “deeply concerning” and potentially open to interpretation as threats or intimidation.
Verify ₦26.03 Billion Federal Agriculture Projects Listed in 2025 Budget — Group urges Abia residents
Verify ₦26.03 Billion Federal Agriculture Projects Listed in 2025 Budget — Group urges Abia residents Agriculture By Emmanuel Ikhenebome • 02 Oct 2026 Umuahia, Abia – MonITNG, has called on citizens of Abia State to actively track and document the status of 10 federal projects valued at approximately ₦26.03 billion.
‘Every country borrows including the United States’ – Braimoh Analyses Nigeria’s Debt Profile
Business/Economy By • Benin, Edo — Haruna Braimoh, Special Adviser on Public Affairs and Media to the Edo State Governor, has described borrowing as a normal feature of public budget financing worldwide.
Edo State Security Corps Petitioned Over ₦7,000 Certificates, Profiling Fees
Edo State Security Corps Petitioned Over ₦7,000 Certificates, Profiling Fees Inside Edo By Emmanuel Ikhenebome • 30 Sep 2026 Benin, Edo — A trained officer of the Edo State Security Corps has formally petitioned the Deputy Corps Commander (Operations) over alleged demands for payment to collect training certificates and complete profiling at the Saint Savior Sector 2 Command.
Why Monday Okpebholo may not sign death warrant for kidnappers, others
Crime/Social Justice By • Benin, Edo — Edo State governor, Monday Okpebholo may confront a significant legal and human-rights test after a special criminal court sentenced four people to death for kidnapping, following his earlier pledge to sign execution warrants for those convicted of such crimes.
Bill Gates Warns AI Could Cause a Billion Deaths, Calls for Stronger Government Regulation
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‘Upgraded BVAS Prevented Rigging 100%’ — PDP candidate Praises INEC After Udu Bye-Election
‘Upgraded BVAS Prevented Rigging 100%’ — PDP candidate Praises INEC After Udu Bye-Election Impact By Emmanuel Ikhenebome • 21 Sep 2026 Ughelli, Delta – A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) house of assembly candidate in Delta State has publicly commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for what he described as a successful upgrade of its Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), saying the technology prevented rigging in the just-concluded Udu State Constituency bye-election.
Edo to recruit 3,000 more teachers
Education By • Benin, Edo – The Edo State Government says it will recruit an additional 3,000 teachers as part of a wider effort to restore public education under Governor Monday Okpebholo’s SHINE Agenda. In a statement on Saturday, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Public Affairs and Media, Hon. Haruna Braimoh, said the administration had already recruited more than 6,000 teachers across the state, with the next batch of 3,000 still in the pipeline.
‘Edo dilapidated schools were inherited, to be rebuilt in phases’ – Okpebholo reacts to viral classroom video
Education By • BENIN, Edo — The Edo State Government has responded to viral footage of pupils learning on bare floors in Owan East local government area of the state, saying the school is among facilities still waiting their turn in a statewide renovation programme launched after Governor Monday Okpebholo took office in November 2024.
Pupils, students still learn on classroom floor in Edo school despite ₦145billion FAAC inflow
Education By • Owan, Edo – MonITNG has spotlighted Uokha Grammar School in Owan East LGA, Edo State, where students sitting and lying on the classroom floor to learn.
Delta Police returns N100,000 bail money collected from NYSC member
Crime/Social Justice By • Asaba, Delta – A 23-year-old National Youth Service Corps member has received a refund of ₦100,000 after a rights group alleged that police personnel demanded money following his detention. The group, Association of Humble Men and Women For Egalitarian Society (AHMWFES), also known as The Bail Is Free Campaign Organisation, disclosed this on Friday, 18 September 2026.
Delta Police collected ₦103,000 bail money from NYSC member over alleged possession of cannabis
Delta Police collected ₦103,000 bail money from NYSC member over alleged possession of cannabis Crime/Social Justice By Emmanuel Ikhenebome • 18 Sep 2026 Asaba, Delta — A rights group has accused officers at the Delta State Police Command Headquarters of collecting ₦103,000 from a 23-year-old National Youth Service Corps member, while the police account of the same incident, according to the group, points in a different direction.
Edo DPO presses for withdrawal of published bail-refund report, platform stands by civic journalism
Crime/Social Justice By • BENIN, Edo — The Divisional Police Officer of the New Etete Divisional Police Headquarters has, through intermediaries, asked that a published report on alleged bail payments at the station be taken down from the DAILY South Nigeria website, days after a rights group announced that part of the money had been refunded.
Delta CP orders ₦60,000 refund after complaint against Isiokolo police station
Crime/Social Justice By • ASABA, Delta — Two citizens who allegedly paid ₦30,000 each at Isiokolo Divisional Police Headquarters in Delta State have had the full ₦60,000 returned, according to a rights group that took up the case. The Association of Humble Men and Women For Egalitarian Society (AHMWFES), which runs the Bail Is Free campaign, said its Eagle Eyes Intelligence Unit reported the matter to the authorities after receiving the complaint.
Group asks Okpebholo to clarify alleged order to wear Tinubu-cap at Edo motor parks
Inside Edo By • Benin, Edo — MonITNG has asked Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo and Esan West Local Government Chairman Blessing Albert Ebhodaghe to say whether commercial drivers are being forced to wear President Bola Tinubu’s Asiwaju cap before they can use motor parks in the council.
NASS sends state police bill to 36 assemblies, seeks replies in 30 days
Crime/Social Justice By • The National Assembly has sent the Constitution Alteration Bill on State Police Services to the 36 State Houses of Assembly, moving one of Nigeria’s longest-running security reforms into the stage that only the states can finish. Clerk to the National Assembly Kamoru Ogunlana said the bill was transmitted on Wednesday, 16 September 2026, on the instruction of the Assembly leadership and under Section 9 of the 1999 Constitution.
EFCC, ICPC asked to review ₦3.05 billion NALDA Projects With No Locations
Agriculture By • MonITNG has demanded that the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) publish exact locations, implementation status, and beneficiary details for five 2025 federal budget projects totaling ₦3.05 billion, while calling on the EFCC and ICPC for a pre-emptive review. The civic platform, which tracks public projects, issued the call on 16 September 2026 in a post X.
Rights group questions Edo police over alleged ₦99m fraud detention
Crime/Social Justice By • Benin, Edo – A civil right organization has called on the Edo State Police Command to explain why a man described as an alleged accomplice in a ₦99 million fraud investigation has remained in custody since 10 September 2026, while the person identified as the principal suspect is said to be free.
N6.8bn budgeted, N6.24bn released, yet Ihiagwa–Obinze road still barely motorable – Tracka
Business/Economy By • Nekede, Imo – Civic group Tracka says ₦6.24 billion has been released for the Naze–Nekede–Ihiagwa–Obinze road in Imo State, yet large stretches remain flooded, muddy and barely motorable. On Wednesday, Tracka, the project-tracking arm of BudgIT, published video and photographs on X of the 17.1km corridor linking Federal Polytechnic Nekede and the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO).
Radisson Blu Benin is 95% complete, not abandoned – Edo govt
Inside Edo By • Benin, Edo – The Edo State Government says the Radisson Blu Hotel project on Golf Road, off Airport Road, Benin City, is about 95 per cent complete and is now in intensive finishing. Haruna Braimoh, Special Advisor on Public Affairs and Media to governor Monday Okpebholo disclosed this after an unscheduled visit on Monday to the project site.
Edo inherited N700billion debt, yet not abandoning inherited projects – Okpebholo
Inside Edo By • BENIN, Edo — The Governor Monday Okpebholo-led administration’s guiding idea is continuity, as viable projects inherited from previous governments will be reviewed, verified and completed rather than discarded, Haruna Braimoh, Special Advisor on public affairs and media to the governor has said.
BudgIT turns 15 as co-founder recalls how one Lagos question became Africa’s civic-finance watchdog
BudgIT turns 15 as co-founder recalls how one Lagos question became Africa’s civic-finance watchdog Business/Economy By Emmanuel Ikhenebome • 14 Sep 2026 Civic-tech co-founder Olúṣeun Onìgbìndé marked BudgIT’s 15th anniversary on Sunday with a personal reflection on how a question asked in a small Lagos room became one of Africa’s most influential public-finance organisations.
We’ve Tracked 112+ Public Projects Across Nigeria, With Over 26 Completed – MonITNG
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Abah corrects viral claim on how Nigeria shares public revenue
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2027: Niger Delta group issues warning to Tinubu over roads, refineries
Environment By • Yenegoa, Bayelsa – A Niger Delta advocacy group has given President Bola Ahmed Tinubu a set of infrastructure demands ahead of the 2027 elections, saying the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) should “forget seeking votes of Niger Deltans” unless the projects move quickly. The Niger Delta Patriotic Front (NDPF) released the statement on Saturday, 12 September 2026.
SERAP gives INEC seven days to account for ₦126.46bn in electoral spending
SERAP gives INEC seven days to account for ₦126.46bn in electoral spending Crime/Social Justice By Emmanuel Ikhenebome • 13 Sep 2026 The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) seven days to explain the use of more than ₦126.46 billion in public funds appropriated for electoral operations, saying the money was “allegedly diverted, lost, mismanaged or otherwise unaccounted for.” The demand is contained in a letter...
FG Takes 52%, Runs 1,600 Agencies, Fake Bodies While Governors Get Blamed — Joe Abah
Business/Economy By • Governance expert Dr. Joe Abah has urged Nigerians not to focus solely on state governors while overlooking the Federal Government’s dominant share of national resources and its bloated bureaucracy.
Edo’s New Power Plant Targets December start as CCETC Clears Ossiomo Blame
Edo’s New Power Plant Targets December start as CCETC Clears Ossiomo Blame Inside Edo By Emmanuel Ikhenebome • 12 Sep 2026 Benin, Edo — The Edo State Government says work on Governor Monday Okpebholo’s new gas-fired power project with Chinese technical partner CCETC Clean Energy is advancing, with officials targeting the start of power evacuation by the end of December 2026.
Senate’s Foreign-Aid Bill Faces Revolt as NGOs Call It a Civic-Space Trap
Crime/Social Justice By • Nigeria’s Senate is under renewed pressure to drop a foreign-aid bill that civil society groups say would let the state choke independent NGOs. On Friday, the Headfort Foundation for Justice posted a thread on X arguing that Senate Bill 1034, the Foreign Aids (Regulation, Transparency and Disclosure) Bill, 2026 is a “Trojan Horse” that would give government “absolute power to control, monitor, and shut down CSOs that hold power accountable” under a national-security...
Civic Group Renews Alarm Over Dilapidated Oyo School
Civic Group Renews Alarm Over Dilapidated Oyo School Education By Emmanuel Ikhenebome • 11 Sep 2026 Apete, Oyo — Civic technology platform MonITNG has again drawn attention to Community Secondary School Awotan-Orisun in Apete, Ido Local Government Area of Ibadan, saying pupils are still learning in unsafe, overcrowded and unfinished classrooms more than a year after the group first flagged the school.
Oyo says dilapidated Ibadan school will be fixed “in batches” as civic group demands a timeline
Oyo says dilapidated Ibadan school will be fixed “in batches” as civic group demands a timeline Education By Emmanuel Ikhenebome • 11 Sep 2026 Ibadan, Oyo – The Oyo State Government says Community Secondary School, Awotan-Orisun in Apete, Ido Local Government Area, Ibadan, has not been renovated because dilapidated schools are repaired in batches, and that a 17-month-old complaint will be sent again to the Ministry of Education.
Deziani: UK acquittal is not a clean slate, anti-graft groups tell federal government
Crime/Social Justice By • A coalition of Nigerian and United Kingdom civil society groups has said the London acquittal of former Petroleum Resources Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke does not close questions about asset recovery, public accountability, or the management of recovered wealth in Nigeria. The groups convened a virtual media and civil society briefing that drew more than 55 participants, including lawyers, journalists, academics and campaigners.
Wild Coast communities win as ConCourt sets Shell exploration right aside
International By • South Africa’s Constitutional Court has set aside Shell and Impact Africa’s Wild Coast oil and gas exploration right, closing the last legal route to keep the permit alive. The apex court delivered judgment on 14 August 2026 in Sustaining the Wild Coast NPC and Others v Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy and Others (CCT 194/24 and CCT 196/24).
Radisson hotel project not abandoned, we’re resetting legal, equity ownership – Edo govt
Radisson hotel project not abandoned, we’re resetting legal, equity ownership – Edo govt Inside Edo By Emmanuel Ikhenebome • 10 Sep 2026 BENIN, Edo — The Edo State Government has dismissed reports that the Radisson Hotel project in Benin City has been abandoned, saying work remains active while it reviews what it calls an unfair ownership structure left by the previous administration.
Festac roads still flooded after ₦78.6m payment for repairs
Environment By • Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos – Residents of Festac Town in Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area, Lagos, are again confronting flooded, potholed and largely unpassable stretches of 2nd Avenue and 7th Avenue, civic trackers warned on Thursday. Tracka, a project of BudgIT that monitors public infrastructure, asked a pointed question: how would emergency services reach people on roads in this condition?
Despite records showing ₦157.5 million spent on Ondo schools, classrooms still look abandoned
Despite records showing ₦157.5 million spent on Ondo schools, classrooms still look abandoned Education By Emmanuel Ikhenebome • 09 Sep 2026 Okitipupa, Ondo – Tracka has asked Ondo State government and anti-corruption agencies to explain why two public primary schools in Ilutitun, Okitipupa Local Government Area, still show no sign of renovation despite budget documents listing more than ₦157 million as already disbursed.
Rights group records alleged ₦32,000 bail demand at Edo Police Division
Inside Edo By • BENIN, Edo — A civil society group campaigning against the monetisation of police bail in Edo State says a citizen has alleged that ₦32,000 was demanded and paid in connection with bail at the New Etete Divisional Police Headquarters. The Association of Humble Men and Women for Egalitarian Society (AHMWFES), also known as The Bail Is Free Campaign Organisation, said the complaint was received through its helpdesk after the alleged incident on 29 August 2025.
Braimoh hails Okpebholo’s ₦50m reward for Edo Queens
Sports By • Benin, Edo – The Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Public Affairs and Media, Hon. Haruna Braimoh, has commended Governor Monday Okpebholo for rewarding Edo Queens with ₦50 million after the club won the 2025/26 Nigeria Women’s Football League and the 2026 WAFU-B Women’s Champions League.
Tracka flags ₦13.86bn in public projects with no visible delivery
Business/Economy By • Civic tracking group Tracka says it has identified 90 government projects worth ₦13.86 billion that were either not implemented, abandoned, or do not match recorded spending. The organisation compiled the list from state Budget Implementation Reports and federal expenditure records on GovSpend, covering January to July 2026, then carried out field checks. Borno accounts for the largest share: ₦4.9 billion across just three projects.
CSO move protests from Edo to Force Headquarters, Abuja
CSO move protests from Edo to Force Headquarters, Abuja Crime/Social Justice By Emmanuel Ikhenebome • 06 Sep 2026 Benin, Edo — The planned Protest that was earlier scheduled to begin in Edo State on 7 September 2026 has been lifted and redirected to the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters in Abuja, the Bail Is Free Campaign Organization has said. The organisers say the destination has changed, but not the mission.
Don’t Celebrate disability Law, Enforce It — Omosah Challenges Visually Impaired youths
Don’t Celebrate disability Law, Enforce It — Omosah Challenges Visually Impaired youths Inclusivity/Gender By Emmanuel Ikhenebome • 06 Sep 2026 BENIN, Edo – A right that cannot be accessed, enforced and enjoyed is “little more than a right on paper,” Melody Omosah Esq. told visually impaired young people, urging them to treat Nigeria’s disability law as a tool for work and politics, not a document to be celebrated and then ignored.
Edo scouting sites for new Nigerian Army 83 Division – Okpebholo
Inside Edo By • Benin, Edo - The Edo State Government, and senior Nigerian Army officers, has assessed strategic land in Iguobazuwa, Igara, Ososo, Udomi, Irrua, Ubiaja and Benin City, among other areas. According to a statement by Haruna Braimoh, special advisor to governor Monday Okpebholo, the inspections aim to identify security gaps and place formations where they can deliver stronger coverage and faster response.
NDDC has sets November target to finish Kaa-Ataba Bridge in Rivers
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UNICEF raises alarm over low birth registration in Cross River, urges parents, communities to act
Health By • Calabar, Cross River — The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concern that Cross River State is lagging in birth registration and has called on parents, health facilities and community leaders to ensure every child is registered at birth. The warning was issued by UNICEF Chief of Nutrition Nemat Hajeebhoy during an engagement with Ward Development Committees at the Primary Health Centre in Ekpo Abasi, Ward 12, Calabar South.
“My ordeal is politically engineered” — Abia varsity lecturer says after suspension lifted
Education By • Uturu, Abia – Abia State University (ABSU), Uturu, has provisionally lifted the suspension of Professor Nnamdi Chinwendu Nwaeze of the Department of Economics after the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU-ABSU) intervened.
CSO suspends protest in Edo after talks with police
CSO suspends protest in Edo after talks with police Crime/Social Justice By Emmanuel Ikhenebome • 05 Sep 2026 Benin, Edo – A planned “festival of protest” scheduled to begin on September 7, 2026, has been put on hold following dialogue between the civil society group and the Edo State Police Command.
Panic grips Bayelsa fishing communities after crude spill
Panic grips Bayelsa fishing communities after crude spill Business/Economy By Emmanuel Ikhenebome • 05 Sep 2026 Nembe, Bayelsa – An oil spill from crude-loading operations at the Nembe Creek oilfield in Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29 has polluted waterways and sparked alarm across multiple fishing settlements in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
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