Edo Online Media Practitioners, the umbrella body Online journalists in Edo State on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, inaugurated a new executives to lead the association for the next three years.
The officers were elected at its Congress held at the Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Edo State Council, in Benin.
The newly inaugurated executives are:
Sam Dada Ayokhai — Chairman
Charity Ozigbo-Esere — Vice chairman
Chris Akhabue — Secretary
Kingsley Abavo — Asst Secretary
Stephen Ehichoya Odion — Treasurer
Monday Oise — Financial Secretary
Lucky Isibor — Auditor
They were given the mandate to reposition digital news management in the state.
A former Editor of Nigerian Observer, Eubaldus Enahoro, who presided over the oath-taking, urged the new leadership to raise standards in digital journalism to match peers nationwide.
In his remarks after taking the oath of office, the Chairman, Sam Dada Ayokhai, said the body would operate in line with the NUJ constitution, meet members’ expectations, and seek stakeholders’ cooperation to secure online media’s rightful place in journalism.
Ayokhai paid glowing tribute to the pioneer Chairman of the association, Otunba Mike Aladenika, who is now the image maker of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, for laying the foundation of the body.
Thereafter, the Chairman inaugurated a standing Screening Committee, chaired by Mr Eubaldus Enahoro, with Isaac Olamikan and Joseph Kanjo as members, to vet new applicants.
