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CONGRATULATIONS, HISTORY IS MADE IN EWATTO KINGDOM TODAY ,,, CHIEF (DR) LEEMON IKPEA, CON, FNSE, JP. AN ICON OFFICIALLY COMMISSIONED A LEGACY OF EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT OF IT'S KIND. See more details later... ESANLAND UPDATE MAGAZINE 

FROM: MR. BENEDICT EGUALEONAN Chairman, Ewatto New Look Development Initiative .            THE IKPEA BROTHERS TO: HIGH CHIEF DR. LEEMON AGBONJAGWE IKPEA, CON, JP The Adolor of Ewatto Kingdom Group Chairman, Lee Engineering Group Sir,  On behalf of the entire leadership and members of the Ewatto New Look Development Initiative,  and the entire sons and daughters of Ewatto Kingdom both at home and in the diaspora, we bow our heads in deep appreciation and pour out our hearts in fervent prayers for you. We congratulate and celebrate you, our pride, our jewel of inestimable value, for this historic, life-changing gift of a 62-Bed Ultra-Modern Medical Centre* to your fatherland, now an annex of Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (ISTH). Chief, what you have done is beyond philanthropy; it is DIVINE. You have turned our pain to joy, our shame to pride, and our tears to celebration. You have opened doors o...

A brief history on the map of Edo State, in the heart of Esan South-East, lies a Kingdom as old as the Esan nation itself Ewohimi, correctly called Ebho-Ikhimi, meaning The People of Ikhimi. Founded centuries ago by the progenitor Ikhimi, Ewohimi is one of the 35 autonomous Kingdoms of Esanland, whose history is intertwined with the great Benin Empire, the great Esan exodus of 1460, and the resilience of a people who have preserved their identity to this day. Great monarchs have sat on the throne: the wise Odia (c.1810) who cemented friendship with the Oba of Benin; Osawe (1540) who installed the first rulers of Ewossa and Ebhoato; and Ifebhor (1900-1931) who led Ewohimi through colonial rule as a District Head over Ewohimi, Ewatto and Ewossa. THE STRUCTURE: EGUARE PALACE OF EWOHIMI KINGDOM Ewohimi is built on two great quarters: Eguare, the royal seat and home of the Onojie's Palace, and Okaigben, comprising 11 villages founded by th...

UROMI, EDO STATE - The Okosodo Foundation has commenced inspection of the ongoing construction of a Modern Event Centre at the MOPOL 82 Divisional District, Idisaba-Ubierumu, Uromi, in Esan North-East Local Government Area of Edo State. The landmark project, which had its groundbreaking on August 12th, 2026, is being executed by the Foundation as part of its commitment to support government and give back to society. The groundbreaking ceremony was led by Chief Okoh Okosodo, the Eni of Uromi Kingdom, who represented the initiator of the project, his son, Chief Dr. Owi Franklin Okosodo, the Omozoya of Ekpoma Kingdom.  The Founder of the Okosodo Foundation, Chief Okosodo, who said he came directly from Port Harcourt, Rivers State to perform the ceremony on behalf of his son who is currently out of the country, noted that the multi-million naira project is a non-profit venture aimed at giving the MOPOL 82 Barracks a new look, reducing the stress of officers, an...