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  Insecurity:NEO-Black Movement Calls On FG To Deploy Military To Schools By Editor  As insecurity continues to pose a major challenge in several parts of Nigeria, with repeated incidents of mass kidnappings, attacks on schools and killings by armed groups, the Body of Founders (BOF) of the NEO-Black Movement of Africa Worldwide, has called on the Federal Government and security agencies to urgently strengthen security around schools across the country by deploying military personnel and other security operatives to protect students and teachers from persistent attacks by terrorists and kidnappers. The group made the call amid growing concerns over the escalating wave of abductions, killings and attacks on educational institutions across Nigeria, describing the trend as a grave threat to the nation’s future and educational development. Speaking during a world press conference held in Asaba, Delta State, on Thursday, the BOF Coordinator, Akpo Bodunrin Diekomaoh, sai...

 Court Sentences Five To Death By Hanging Over Lawyer’s Murder In Edo  Iduozee Paul, Benin  After six years of legal proceedings, the Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City has delivered judgment in the murder and kidnapping case involving the late legal practitioner, Barrister Iyoha Osobase, with five defendants sentenced to death by hanging while one defendant was discharged and acquitted. Delivering judgment in Charge No. B/CD/136C/22, The State versus Valentine Dibie and Five Others, presiding Judge, Justice Efe Ikpomwonba, held that the prosecution successfully proved its case against five of the defendants beyond reasonable doubt. The court consequently convicted the five defendants on charges bordering on conspiracy, kidnapping and murder, imposing various prison terms and sentences, including the death penalty by hanging. However, Justice Ikpomwonba found that the evidence presented against the second defendant, Solomon Esuike, was insufficient to ...

Edo Central Senator, Ikpea Preaches Peace, Unity On Democracy Day By Editor  THE Senator representing Edo Central Senatorial District, Joseph Ikpea has called for peace, unity and patriotism as Nigeria marks 27 years of uninterrupted civilian rule. Ikpea in a statement made available to journalists in Benin City also called for support and collaboration with the federal government and other state governments in their efforts to check insecurity in the country. Besides, the senator particularly called on the people of Edo Central to take security as their own and compliment what the government is doing. He celebrated late Chief MKO Abiola the winner of the June 12 1993 presidential election which was annulled that led to his incarceration and death in detention. On the coming 2027 general elections, Senator Ikpea said there was need to consolidate on the pro-people interventions of Governor   Monday Okpebholo who was the senator representing the dis...

Edo Govt. Condemns Use Of Substandard Materials In Collapsed Two-Storey Building Iduozee Efe Paul, Benin   The Edo Government has condemned the use of substandard materials in the construction of a two-storey building that collapsed while under construction at Gospel Avenue, off Adesuwa Road, in Oredo Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mr Vincent Uwadiae, ordered the sealing of the building and warned developers against the use of inferior materials and the erection of structures without the necessary approvals. Speaking at the site of the incident, Uwadiae expressed gratitude that no lives were lost in the collapse. “Let me first thank God that no worker was on site when the building collapsed. Had it occurred while workers were on site, the casualties could have been enormous. “This building was not approved, there is no application before the ministry. How can someone erect a two-storey building with...

OSIFO, Osa Washington, Esq.* *LL.B; B.L; LL.M; MPA; Ph.D (Comparative Economics and Development Studies); Ph.D (Law _in view_) *Lawyer | Political Scientist | Public Administrator | Policy Analyst*   *Date Thursday, June 10, 2026.* THE METAMORPHOSIS OF POWER: WHEN OFFICE REFINES CHARACTER — SENATOR MONDAY OKPEBHOLO AND THE EXCEPTION TO THE GLOBAL TWO-FACE NORMAL _An Essay on Governance, Trust, and the Leader Who Remains the Same_ _To the People, To the Nations, To Humanity,_ There is a pattern older than constitutions yet newer than every election. It is a pattern the world feels in its bones but few diagnose with precision. Men and women enter public office carrying the virtues their communities swore by — humility, restraint, empathy, moral clarity. They campaign on service. They speak the language of the market and the village. They walk the streets they promise to repair. But something happens when the office door closes behind them.  It is as if *power is...

Northern Elders Express Fear Over Continuous Collapse Of Security Across Nigeria  ...Urges Tinubu To Declare National Security Emergency  The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to immediately declare a national security emergency, warning that worsening insecurity across the country is pushing Nigeria towards a dangerous situation. The forum said urgent and extraordinary measures were needed to halt the spread of violence, kidnappings, banditry and other criminal activities threatening national stability. In a statement issued on Wednesday and signed by its spokesperson, Prof. Abubakar Jiddere, the group expressed concern over what it described as the continuing collapse of security across the country. The forum said millions of Nigerians now live in fear as criminal groups continue to attack communities, abduct citizens and operate with increasing boldness. “The Northern Elders Forum expresses its deepest outrage and concern over...