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Peace Mass Transit Bus Gutted By Fire After Overheating Along Enugu Road By Editor  A Peace Mass Transit (PMT) bus was completely destroyed by fire after developing a mechanical fault along the Enugu Road axis near Thinkers Corner. According to eyewitnesses accounts, the 18-seater commercial bus began emitting thick smoke while in motion, prompting concerned passengers to alert the driver. The driver immediately pulled over by the roadside, allowing all passengers to safely disembark with their personal belongings. More so, the moments after everyone had evacuated the vehicle, the bus was engulfed in flames and was completely burnt beyond recognition. Luckly, no lives were lost and none of the passengers sustained any injuries in the incident, thanks to the driver’s swift response and the timely warning from passengers. The cause of the fire is believed to be overheating, although the exact circumstances surrounding the incident are yet to be officially confirmed.

Pastor Of Baptist Church, Arrested For infecting 14-Year-Old With HIV By Editor  Pastor of St. James United American Free Will Baptist Church, Timothy Chaneyfield, has been arrested by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Special Victims Unit at Orlando Airport. According to Sheriff Grady Judd, the 42-year-old Florida Pastor was placed on a watch after investigators received a cyber tip from Instagram about inappropriate activity between an adult and a child. Further talk with the victim, a 14-year-old boy, revealed that Chaneyfield allegedly picked up the boy from his neighbourhood three times, took him to his home and sexually abused him. The suspect also stated his desire, through a phone call, to continue this illicit relationship upon his return from Baltimore, where he went to preside over a funeral at Compassionate Care Hospice as an acting chaplain. Authorities secured a warrant for Chaneyfield’s arrest on July 29, and with the Orlando Police Department’s assistance...

Ilaboya Outlines Edo Sports Reforms, Backs Enabulele's Pragmatic Leadership  By Editor  On Wednesday, Hon. Frank Ilaboya, the Executive Member for Edo North of the Edo State Sports Commission, represented the Executive Chairman, Hon. Amadin Desmond Enabulele, during a live news program on EBS Television. Ilaboya highlighted the significant strides made in the state’s sports sector under the current administration. Speaking during the programme, Ilaboya attributed the recent successes of Bendel Insurance FC, Edo Queens and Team Edo athletes to the visionary leadership of Governor Monday Okpebholo and the strategic direction provided by Hon. Enabulele since assuming office. According to him, the transformation of Bendel Insurance FC from a relegation-threatened side to one of the league's strongest contenders was the result of deliberate planning, sound administration and effective leadership. He noted that although the club narrowly missed securing a continental tic...

₦1 BILLION LG PENSION GRATUITY: WHAT IT MEANS FOR EDO PENSIONERS AND OUR COMMUNITIES                             _By: Festus Alenkhe_ For years, the issue of pension gratuities at the third tier of government in Nigeria have weighed heavily on our system. Edo state is not an exception.  *1. THE BACKGROUND: YEARS OF OUTSTANDING LIABILITIES* Across the 18 LGAs of Edo state, there are thousands of local government pensioners. Teachers in primary schools, Nurses and health attendants in Primary Health Care Centers , engineers , Secretaries , accountants, Clerks, drivers, cleaners, revenue officers  in council secretariats.  Most of them have served between 30 to 35 years. When they retired, many were entitled to gratuity — a one-time terminal benefit meant to help them settle down. But for years, releases were irregular. The backlog grew into billions of naira according to records from the _Edo ...

TUESDAY FLAT OUT OPINION:A President And Nigeria's Ancient Hunger By Suyi Ayodele   (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Tuesday, August 4, 2026) https://tribuneonlineng.com/a-president-and-nigerias-ancient-hunger-i/   "History, it appears, cannot escape hunger. In the time it takes you to read this sentence, someone will have died of it. On a daily basis twenty-four thousand people die of hunger or diseases associated with it; that is a death every 3.6 seconds. As on every other day, on September 11, 2001, when terrorists murdered 2,973 people in the United States, almost twelve times that number, an estimated 35,000, were killed by hunger around the world."  - (Hunger: A Modern History by James Vernon).   Hunger may be as ancient as the Garden of Eden, but no president is elected to chronicle its history; our president was elected to kill it.   One of the world’s most pressing humanitarian challenges is hunger. The phenomenon cuts across the globe...

NEC, IMC Extols EDSG On Newly Reconstructed Oba Market, Monitor Other Projects  The Deputy Team lead of the National Economic Council (NEC) implementation monitoring committee (IMC), Busayo Awotunde has commended governor Monday Okpebholo for the reconstruction of the Oba Market affected by fire in June 2020 and a subsequent fire outbreak in October 2025. Edo State governor Senator Monday Okpebholo led administration embarked on the reconstruction of the market equipping it with modern facilities that will positively affect the economic and commercial life of Edo people. Speaking to journalists at the Conference room of the Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning at the Secretary along Sapele road in Benin City, the deputy team lead NEC IMC  Busayo Awotunde said the team is in Edo State for the purpose of visiting and tracking the level of implementation of NEC resolutions and Legacy projects in the state. "This is a monitoring exercise to look at how the Edo Stat...