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Imo Police Rescue 12 Stolen Children ... Arrest Suspected Child Trafficker Iduozee Efe Paul, Benin  Wonder they say shall not cease, as over 12 children have been rescued by the Imo State Police Command from a 42-year-old woman, Ann Ngozi Enyenwa, suspected of operating within a child trafficking syndicate. The rescued children, aged between 5 and 13, were identified as Chinyere Nnaralaeze (10), Favour Madufor (13), Ugochi Pius (13), Ifeanyi Pius (9), Favour Timothy (10), Solomon Ihechi Chinuike (7), Chinaza Madufor (10), Nneoma Timothy (9), Promise Maduenyenwa (5), Gospel Chibuike (9), Chinonso Paul (10), and one other child whose identity is yet to be fully confirmed. The operation which took place on June 20, 2025, along the Owerri-Aba Expressway, followed an intelligence-led stop-and-search exercise. A statement released Sunday night by police spokesperson Henry Okoye, said the suspect, Enyenwa, a native of Umudim Ohekelem in Ngor-Okpala Local Government Area, was a...

Govt Aide seeks protection over threat to life, goes into hiding after publishing fact By our reporter  Special Advisor on Civic and Inter-Governmental Engagement, to the  Oyo State government, Eghaghe  Oghogho Junior,has fled the country to unknown destination after facing severe political persecution and multiple assassination attempts on his life in Nigeria.  A statement by the President National Movement For Progressive Change (MPC) Comrade Uyioghosa Nosakhare Okundia, tagged: Open Letter To The International Community And Nigerian Authorities Re: Coordinated Threats Against Eghaghe Oghogho Junior,Special Adviser, on Civic and Inter-Governmental Engagement,Ibadan North Local Government and made available to Journalists in the state, said his troubles started years ago, when Oghogho Junior, authored a damning investigative report that exposed a widespread illegal mining activities in both Oyo State and across Nigeria.  This report laid bare the op...

Bright Osayi U-13 Tourney: Super Eagles Star Calls For More Investment In Grassroots Football, Leagues In Nigeria ...says Nigeria's abundant talents need opportunities to shine  Super Eagles and Fenerbahçe defender, Bright Osayi-Samuel, has called for increased investment in grassroots football development and the nation's leagues in order to create more career opportunities for Nigerians to shine. Osayi made the call on Tuesday morning at the Benin Airport as he arrived in Benin to witness the final match of the U-13 football tournament he sponsored in Benin. The Nigerian International who was accorded a rousing welcome by the Edo FA and Bendel Insurance FC supporters' club on arrival noted that Nigeria is full of raw football talent,but the opportunities and exposure are limited.  “I think it’s the opportunity. There are a lot of footballers that are very good in this country but they are not seen or given enough opportunities to try their luck. “Everyone has ...

TUESDAY FLAT OUT Col. Umar, Tinubu And Sycophants By Suyi Ayodele (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Tuesday, July 1, 2025) https://tribuneonlineng.com/col-umar-tinubu-and-sycophants/ I read Colonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar’s advice to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Sunday, and I remembered a passage in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Hamlet: Do you see yonder cloud that's almost in the shape of a camel? Polonius: By th’mass, and 'tis like a camel, indeed. Hamlet: Methinks it is like a weasel. Polonius: It is backt like a weasel. Hamlet: Or like a whale? Polonius: Very like a whale. (Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 2). Polonius is a Yes Man. All yes men are sycophants, power pleasers! We have them in abundance in Nigeria. Elizabethan Literature (1558-1603) remains the best one can read. My personal assessment though. One of the figures of that era, and easily the most popular, is William Shakespeare. The excerpt from one of his plays, Hamlet, produced above, speaks to one of the...

    Fed. High Court Grants Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan Bail  By Editor       The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail on self-recognisance to suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents Kogi Central Senatorial District, following her arraignment on a six-count charge related to alleged cybercrime. Appearing before Justice Mohammed Umar on Monday, 30 June, Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan pleaded not guilty to all the charges levelled against her by the Federal Government. The charges stem from statements allegedly made by the senator against the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, and former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello. According to court documents, Akpoti-Uduaghan was accused of alleging that Senator Akpabio urged Bello to ensure her elimination was carried out in Kogi State to make it appear as a local attack, rather than a politically motivated one from the Federal Capital Terrqitory. In a subsequent appeara...

Oba Ewuare II Advises Journalists To Cross Check Their reports Before They Publish  ...Faults Past Obaseki Regime Of Starving Palace Of Statutory Funds Iduozee Efe Paul, Benin  The Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, has blamed the past administration in Edo State of deliberately starving the palace of its statutory funds. Oba Ewuare II, made the allegation during a parley with the Journalists in his palace in Benin City, when Edo state chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), paid him a courtesy visit in his premises. He  alleged that at first, the government slashed the funds to the palace before eventually putting a stop to it, an act which lasted for seven months. Oba also advised journalists to cross check and balance their reports before they publish to avoid libel and defamation. The Benin  monarch said, during that period, the palace has to take responsibility of paying the palace staff and clearing the weeds around its surroundings. He said slashi...