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2nd NDGs: Edo Begins Athletes Trials  As Preparation For Games Enters advance Stage  By Kehinde Osagiede As preparation for the second edition of the Niger Delta Games enters advance stage across the region Team Edo has scheduled it's athletes trials exercise to hold between Wednesday,February 4 and Friday 6,2026. The trials exercise is for the selection of athletes that will be participating in the second Niger Delta Games, holding in Benin from February 20 to 27, 2026  The Edo athletes trials exercise, according to the secretary of Edo Liaison Committee for the Niger Delta Games Mr  Idahosa Bright,is holding across the 18 Local Government Areas of the state. " Edo is set for the final preparation for the Niger Delta Games and to host the rest states of the region. All 17 Sports associations participating in the games must complete the exercise on Friday as directed by the  Executive Chairman of the Edo State Sports Commission,Hon Amadin Desmond Ena...

Benin JDPC Calls For Collaboration To End Gender Based Violence ...As Rev. Fr. Onwugbenu Urges Partakers To Speak Out  Iduozee Efe Paul, Benin  The Justice Development and Peace Centre of the Benin Catholic Archdiocese (Benin JDPC) has called for collaborative efforts to build a society where women and girls can live in a violence free environment with dignity, safety, and equal opportunity. Executive Director of Benin JDPC, Rev. Fr. Benedict Onwugbenu stated this in his opening remarks at a Capacity Strengthening Workshop it organised in collaboration with one of its partners, Women Aid Collective (WACOL); with the theme, “Multi Level Dialogue for Men, Women, Youths and Critical Stakeholders on The Prevention and Response to Gender-Based Violence (GBV)” held on Friday, 30 January in Benin City. Fr. Onwugbenu also stressed the need to build a society rooted in respect, compassion and human dignity. Rev. Fr. Benedict Onwugbenu, urged every community to b...

TUESDAY FLAT OUT An Incantation For Tinubu’s Next Trip By Suyi Ayodele (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Tuesday, February 3, 2026) https://tribuneonlineng.com/an-incantation-for-tinubus-next-trip/ Anyone who falls and does not want people to talk about it had better not fall like a man I know did, years ago. It was a Sunday service at one of the orthodox churches. The verger followed the priest closely with the pastoral staff delicately balanced in his hands as the pastoral team members made their way to the temple. Suddenly, the verger or macebearer missed his step. As he was about to stumble, he spoke the language of the elders to wit: Èmó tere ni t'Àjàò. That sounds esoteric. I will explain presently. The words were not too audible, but the priest heard him clearly. The Man of God (MoG) threw a furtive glance at the macebearer who pretended as if nothing happened. The procession continued. The service held and ended. After the benediction and the congregants dep...

NPFL26: INSURANCE FC FORCED TO 2-2 DRAW IN MINNA AS NIGER TORNADOES ESCAPE HUMILIATION  By Editor  Bendel Insurance Football Club on Sunday evening narrowly missed the chance to get another maximum points away from home as they were  forced to a 2-2 draw by Niger Tornadoes in the match day 24 of the Nigeria' Premier Football League,NPFL. The Benin Arsenals enjoyed a flying start to the 2025/26 revised fixture encounter at the Bako Kontagora stadium in Minna with a brilliant early goal scored by Nnamdi Anthony 3 minutes into the game. Wing Commander Chinedu Nwosu doubled the lead for Insurance FC in the 40th minute to increase the pressure on the host team as the first half ended with the visitors going into the break with two goals advantage. The Benin Arsenals maintained the lead in the second half till the 60th minute when A. Dalhatu struck to reduce the goals deficit and regain confidence. Insurance FC however maintained composure and resilience but were un...

Monday Lines 2 Small Talks With A Childless Mother By Lasisi Olagunju  (Published in the Nigerian Tribune of Monday, 02 February, 2026). One sad Monday in June last year (2025), I wrote in passing about the perils of fibroid and the ruin it does to hopes, wombs and homes. I got plenty of reactions and comments, some of them from ladies who have seen everything fibroids- with all the tears and pains. One victim volunteered a close-up picture of her problem for me: “You may publish,” she said. She attached her real name to the message. I found it very surprising that she said that much. I was surprised because afflicted women rarely talk; they merely sulk on their reproductive disappointments. The person who spoke with me added that she had twice gone through fibroid procedures. “I did the second surgery because it grew back since I didn’t have children still. They say fibroid grows in a disappointed womb. It takes over when pregnancy refuses to occur.” But why did she op...

Monday Lines  Idolatry: The Worship Of A President By Lasisi Olagunju  (Published in the Nigerian Tribune of Monday, 02 February, 2026). President Bola Ahmed Tinubu returned over the weekend, swagger intact, despite his tumble in Turkey. His face was calm; his steps steady. His left arm tucked into the left fold of his riga; his right palm expectantly popped into the waiting hands of top appointees lined up to receive him. Ministers and governors do this airport praise-and-worship ritual routinely. From the aircraft steps to his waiting car, Tinubu left no one in doubt: power, in his court, walks with a king’s gait. 'American Idolatry: The Worship of a President' was an opinion article published in the November 9, 2004 edition of the Yale Daily News by Christopher Ashley. What I have here is the Nigerian version of that headline; it borrows from Ashley’s critique which deplores the worship of a leader who demands “support of his person in spite of his policy” and a...