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Police Arrest Officers Over Alleged Extortion In Edo  Iduozee Efe Paul  Six serving police officers, including an Assistant Superintendent of Police and two inspectors, have been arrested over alleged harassment, abduction and extortion by operatives of the Edo State Police Command. Those arrested are a dismissed police corporal, two commercial bus drivers and a POS operator. The suspects were apprehended following sustained surveillance, technical intelligence and coordinated operations by the command. In a statement issued on Monday, the command’s spokesperson, Eno Ikoedem, said the operation was prompted by several complaints from members of the public. Ikoedem said the serving and dismissed personnel formed a well-organised criminal syndicate responsible for a series of serious offences, including abduction and extortion of unsuspecting citizens She identified the suspects as ASP Bonny Paul Onajite, Inspector Ehubarieme Wisdom, Inspector Arebame God’s Power and...

Edo  NDLEA Intercepts 7,245Kg Of Cannabis, Arrests Five In Highway  Iduozee Efe Paul, Benin  The Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has intercepted two articulated trucks laden with seven thousand, two hundred and forty-five kilograms of skunk cannabis and arrested five suspected drug traffickers. Speaking to journalists on the incident, the Edo State Commander of the agency, Mitchell Ofoyeju, said the estimated street value of the drugs is seven hundred and twenty-four million, five hundred thousand naira. The Commander of Narcotics noted that the development marked the first time in the history of the command that two trucks laden with illicit drugs are being intercepted at a time. Commander Mitchell reiterated that the operation aligns with the strategic mandate and zero-tolerance directive set forth by the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Brigadier General Mohamed Buba Marwa. According to him, the trucks carrying cartons...

Monday Lines OPINION:Abuja: Why Are The Americans Running? By Lasisi Olagunju (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on 13 April, 2026) War commanders die cheap deaths; farmers are murdered on their farms, traders in their shops, landlords vanish on their lands, tenants in their rented rooms; students abducted from their studies. What more must happen before we become what Italians would call "Paese dei Morti" (Country of the Dead)?  When I read last Thursday that the United States had asked all its non-emergency staff to leave its embassy in Abuja, and had followed this by suspending visa issuance in the city, I asked the question everyone had on their lips: why? What did America see that we failed to see?  The deadliest earthquake in the history of Europe occurred in southern Italy on 28 December 1908 at 5:20 a.m. local time. The epicentre of that tragedy was the city of Messina which was utterly destroyed, losing more than half of its population. The tsunami that f...

‎NPFL26: BENDEL INSURANCE FC PIP ABIA WARRIORS  ‎ ‎ ‎Bendel Insurance Football Club, weekend returned to winning ways after a back to back draws with Warri Wolves, Plateau United and 4-0 defeat to Kano Pillars as they defeated Abia Warriors 1-0 in the match day 34 of the Nigeria Premier Football League. ‎ ‎The NPFL match day 34 played behind closed doors at the Samuel Ogbemudia stadium lived up to its billing as both sides approached the game tactically and with strength for strength throughout the duration of the game but with the host team having an edge. ‎ ‎Pacy Winger Chinedu Nwosu scored the only goal of the match in the 62nd minute and eventually gave Bendel Insurance FC the deserved victory. ‎ ‎The visitors did everything in the last quarter of the game to get something out of it but Insurance FC remained resilient and held on to the 1-0 lead  till the end of the game. ‎ ‎In their first round meeting in Umuahia, Insurance FC ran away with a point after a bar...

Ex-Edo Rep Member, Agbonayinma Dumps APC, Accuses Oshiomhole      Iduozee Efe Paul, Benin    A former member of the House of Representatives in Edo State, Hon Ehiozuwa Agbonayinma, on Wednesday dumped the All Progressives Congress, APC, citing undue interference from political leaders in the state, among others as his reasons. Announcing his resignation from the party at his Benin residence, Agbonayinma lamented the party had been hijacked by some individuals, who appropriated the party to themselves. While not disclosing the political party he would be joining, the lawmaker, who represented the Egor/Ikpoba-Okha Federal Constituency, said that he would be seeking a return to the lower chamber in the next National Assembly election. Agbonayinma bemoaned a situation where other people, such as Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the senator representing Edo North Senatorial District and Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, a senatorial aspirant for Edo South Senatorial Dist...

Afegbua Defends Okpebholo Regime, List Achievements Recorded  ...Says Over 6,000 Teachers  Recruited Into State’s Workforce Iduozee Efe Paul, Benin  The Edo State Government has defended its performance amid rising criticism, insisting that important advancements have been recorded across key sectors in the state in the last 16 months. The State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Prince Kassim Afegbua, made the assertion in a press briefing Benin City, dismissed recent protests and allegations of poor governance, describing critics as “faceless individuals” lacking political credibility. Afegbua said the present regime has remained focused on addressing inherited challenges, including infrastructural decay, weak social services and security concerns. According to him, the government has embarked on aggressive road construction and rehabilitation projects across the state. He listed ongoing works to include the Ramat Park Flyover, the Adesuwa Junction F...