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NWFLPMDF SALUTES EDO QUEENS FC ON 2026 LEAGUE TRIUMPH By Editor  The NWFL Premiership Media Directors Forum (NWFLPMDF) extends her warmest congratulations to Edo Queens FC on their hard-fought and well-deserved victory at the just concluded 2026 NWFL Premiership Super Six playoffs in Port Harcourt, Rivers state. After a hard-fought campaign marked by excellence and resilience, Edo Queens FC proved their mettle by going ahead of other equally formidable challengers to clinch the title and a ticket to represent the nation at the continent for the second time. The Forum urges the champions to carry Nigeria’s flag with pride and resilience as they get ready to represent the nation at the WAFU-B Women’s Zonal playoffs in Burkina Faso from August 13 - September 05 where they will be expected to secure ticket for the CAF Women's champions League and a potential route to the FiFA Women's Club World Cup. The Benin-based topflights were the fourth best side in Africa in their...

JAMB Releases 2026 UTME Original Result Slips For Printing By Editor  The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that candidates who sat for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will be able to print their Original Result Slips from Wednesday, June 17, 2026.   This was disclosed on Wednesday in a statement issued by JAMB’s spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin. According to the statement, the original result slips contain candidates’ photographs, national ranking, and other security features required for post-UTME screening and admission processes in tertiary institutions. “The 2026 UTME Original Result Slip will be available for printing within the next two hours today, Wednesday, 17th June, 2026,” the statement read.   It added, “The Original Result Slip contains the candidate’s photograph, national ranking, and other security features.   It is part of the official document required for post-UTME processing and consi...

NDLEA, Nigerian Senate Synergise On Fighting Illicit Drugs Trafficking As Committee Chairman, Ikpea Visits Agency By Editor  The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Drugs and Narcotics Senator Joseph Ikpea has assured the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) would continue to provide the necessary legislative backing to strengthen the agency’s capacity, improve operational effectiveness, and enhance its ability to discharge its mandate efficiently. Senator Ikpea made the commitment on Monday June 15, 2026, when he paid a familiarisation visit to the Abuja headquarters of the NDLEA where he was received by its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Brigadier-General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), alongside his management team. Briefing General Marwa on the purpose of his visit, the senator paid glowing tribute to General Marwa’s leadership, acknowledging the remarkable transformation that had taken place within the agency in recent years. He also praised the NDLEA’s r...

CRPP Berates Okpebholo For  Kidnapping In Edo  ...Laments  Abduction Of Woman In Vegetable Market  Iduozee Efe Paul, Benin  Coalition of Registered Political Parties (CRPP), has castigated the Edo state governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo for the incessant kidnapping in the state. The coalition also lamented about the recent abduction of a woman in vegetable market on June 14, 2026,  after kidnappers failed to abduct the man. This followed a statement issued and titled:"Edo now under siege of kidnappers and criminals, we're tired of lamentation," by  Dr. Samson Isibor, the National  Chairman, and Hon. Nkama Waribe, National Secretary, of CRPP, said despite the 1 billion naira that governor Okpebholo is  receiving every month as security vote that crimes and criminality are escalating everyday in Edo state. According to Dr. Isibor, said because of the continuous crimes and insecurity that have overwhelmed the three senatorial distri...

POS Operator, Bashir Jailed 20 Years For ₦20k Commission on  Transfer To Boko Haram Member   ...As Convict Admitted  He received ₦5 Million From Boko Haram By Editor  A Maiduguri-based businessman, Umar Bashir, has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment without option of fine after he was convicted of terrorism financing. Bashir, who claimed to be a major dealer in oil perfumes and also a Point of Sale operator, was found guilty of using his bank account to carry out financial transactions for members of the Boko Haram sect. The Federal Government arraigned him on Monday before Justice Binta Fatimah Nyako on charges linked to terrorism financing. According to the prosecution, Bashir used his United Bank for Africa account number 2213629628 to receive and transfer money on behalf of Boko Haram members. He specifically admitted that he received ₦5 million from a Boko Haram member identified as Ibrahim Modu and later transferred the money into the terrorist...

OPINION: Northern Nigeria Will Soon Kill Nigeria   _President Bola Tinubu, in his June 12 broadcast, condemned terrorists and their work but told us not to “assign blame or point fingers” because “crime has no ethnicity.” Crime may indeed have no ethnicity, but that does not relieve us of the duty to identify the environment that breeds and sustains it. A desert does not cease to be a desert because it contains a few oases._   _As I write this, Yoruba schoolchildren and their teachers have spent one full month in captivity, held in the bush by badly brought up boys from northern Nigeria. Exposed to the rain, exposed to the sun, the abducted remain bargaining chips in a conflict they knew nothing of. Their captors reportedly demand the release of northern terrorist commanders in northern detention centres._   _A friend heard the president and said this president is as afraid of the North as all those before him. The fear of the North is regularly...