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Owa Monarch Calls For  Comprehensive Investigation Into Deadly Train Derailment ... Mourns Victims Who Lost Their Lives Iduozee Efe Paul, Benin  The Obi of Owa Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Obi Dr. Emmanuel Efeizomor II, JP, OON, has called for a thorough investigation into the immediate and underlying causes of the train derailment that occurred four days ago at Owa-Oyibu in Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State, resulting in the loss of four lives and injuries to several passengers. The revered monarch made the call during a visit to the scene of the tragic incident, where he urged relevant government authorities and security agencies to unravel the circumstances surrounding the accident and identify those responsible for any acts of sabotage. Obi Efeizomor expressed concern over intelligence reports indicating that suspected vandals frequently operate along the railway corridor at night, allegedly removing metal components and other critical infrastr...

   Ghana Citizens Protest Against Xenophobic Attacks ...Gives South African Businesses Close In Their Premises  Iduozee Efe Paul, Benin  Hundreds of Ghanaians marched through the streets of Accra on Thursday in a protest against what they described as ongoing xenophobic attacks and discrimination targeting Ghanaians and other African migrants living in South Africa. The demonstration, organised by the Ghana First Alliance, drew large crowds carrying placards with messages such as “Stop Afrophobia,” “Enough Is Enough,” “South Africa Must Go,” and “We Are Brothers and Sisters.” Videos and images from the march quickly spread across social media, sparking conversations across the continent about migration, discrimination, and African unity. Protesters accused South African authorities of failing to adequately protect foreign nationals from hostility, violence, and exclusion. Organisers called on the South African government to take stronger action against xe...

NUJ Presi. Extols Bauchi Gov, Bala For Reconstructing Bauchi Press Center ...Urges NUJ Members To Use The Opportunity To Reposition  Profession By Editor  The National President, Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Comrade Alhassan Yahya, has commended Governor Bala Mohammed for awarding the contract for the reconstruction of the NUJ Bauchi State Council Secretariat. Comrade  Yahya made the commendation this Friday while speaking to journalists after inspecting the ongoing construction of the secretariat accompanied by the former National Secretary Shuaibu Usman Leman, General Manager, Yobe Television Authority, Alhaji Yusuf Isa and other union leaders from the NorthEast Zone. Yahya said the project as long overdue, recalling that the governor made the promise and that its execution is now visible on site. The President underscores the importance of having a journalist as governor of Bauchi State who understands the challenges journalists are facing and taking ...

  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...

Senator Ikpea Extols Gov. Okpebholo For Closing Schools Aftermath Of Security Threat   ….. Calls On Constituents To Be Security Conscious, Report Strange Activities To Authorities   The senator representing Edo Central Senatorial District of Edo State in the upper chamber of the National Assembly, Senator Joseph Ikpea, has commended Governor Monday Okpebholo for the proactive steps he took by closing down some secondary schools in the state following a red alert raised by the Department of State Security (DSS) on the plan by some bandits to attack some schools in the state.   Senator Ikpea said that by closing some of the schools prone to the threat as warned by the DSS, Governor Okpebholo had shown uncommon leadership and full grasp of the elementary principle of governance which places a premium over the wellbeing of the people.   The senator, in a statement he endorsed in Benin, Edo State capital, and made available to journalists, said that with the s...

Anxiety In Edo As Govt. Shuts Down Three Schools In Akoko-Edo Iduozee Efe Paul, Benin  There is anxiety, panic and tension in Edo, as the state government on Wednesday closed down three schools in Akoko-Edo local government areas allegedly owing to insecurity. The schools are; Ososo Grammar School, Ososo, Ososo Comprehensive High School, Ososo and Makeke Secondary School, Makeke. " The Edo State Government hereby announces for the information of the general public, the immediate closure of the following schools in Akoko Edo Local Government Area with immediate effect and until further notice: " Ososo Grammar School, Ososo, Ososo Comprehensive High School, Ososo, Makeke Secondary School, Makeke " This decision has been taken by Governor Monday Okpebholo as part of the government's commitment to safeguarding the lives and property of citizens, particularly students, teachers, and school personnel. " Consequently, all academic and non-academic activitie...

EFCC Arraigns Blessing CEO For Fresh Alleged N69.1m  By Editor  The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, arraigned a social media influencer, Okoro Blessing Nkiruka, (a.k.a Blessing CEO) for an alleged N69,150,000 (Sixty-Nine Million, One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) fraud before Justice R.A. Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. Nkiruka was arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and stealing to the tune of N69,150,000. At the commencement of the proceedings, prosecution counsel, C.C.Okezie, urged the court to proceed with the arraignment, arguing that the defendant had been duly served with the charge. More so, defence counsel, Nkama Nneka, informed the court that service of the charge had only recently been effected. In his ruling, Justice Oshodi held that the arraignment should proceed in accordance with the law, hence the ch...

EFCC Quizzes Banker, Bureau De Change Operator For Alleged $2.5m  By Editor  Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have quizzing the duo of Abdulkadir Muhammed Usman, a bureau de change operator and a banker, Masa Olumense, for alleged money laundering and making and receiving cash payment in excess of the stipulated threshold for individuals. The duo were alleged to have made and received cash payments to the tune of $2,598,900 (Two million, Five hundred and Ninety Eight Thousand, Nine Hundred Dollars) which is an equivalent of about N3,638,460,000 (Three Billion, Six Hundred and Thirty Eight Million, Four Hundred and Sixty Thousand Naira ) without going through a financial institution which is contrary to Section 2(1) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022. The Commission is on the trail of other suspects linked to the fraud who are currently at large. Eereporter.com

   National Assembly Summons  Ribadu, Service Chiefs Over  Insecurity By Editor  The House of Representatives has summoned National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, and the nation’s service chiefs to appear before lawmakers over the worsening security situation across Nigeria.  The resolution was passed during plenary on Tuesday following the adoption of a motion sponsored by Hon. Sulaiman Gumi, who represents the Gummi/Bukkuyum Federal Constituency of Zamfara State. The lawmakers expressed concern over the continued wave of killings, kidnappings, bandit attacks, terrorism and other violent crimes across the country despite repeated assurances from security agencies and the Federal Government. The summons comes amid growing public outrage over recent attacks on schools in Oyo and Borno states, where dozens of pupils, teachers and school workers were abducted by armed groups. The development also comes weeks after President Bola Tinubu assure...

DSS Arraigns Man Over Alleged Call For Tinubu Overthrow Do This Every Night And Your Prostate Will Be Restored In 3 Days! The Department of State Services on Monday arraigned a man, Paul Jibrin Oweleke, before the Federal High Court in Lagos over allegations that he used social media to call for a military coup to remove President Bola Tinubu from office. Oweleke was arraigned before Justice Akintoye Aluko on a two-count charge bordering on alleged cybercrime and the transmission of messages said to be capable of inciting public disorder. When the matter was called, counsel for the DSS, Michael Bajela, informed the court that the prosecution had filed a two-count charge against the defendant and requested that the charges be read to enable him to take his plea. The charges were subsequently read, and Oweleke pleaded not guilty to both counts. The DSS alleged that the defendant, through his social media platform known as “Oweleke TV,” published messages and broadcasts callin...

Gov Okpebholo Calls For Release Of Abducted Victims Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo has urged those behind recent abductions across the country to release their victims immediately and unconditionally.  He also  declared that no political party can attain power through kidnapping, banditry, or other forms of criminality. Speaking at the flag-off of the APC campaign for the Edo South Senatorial District local government elections at Urhokpota Hall in Benin City, on Tuesday, the governor condemned the growing wave of kidnappings and warned against using insecurity as a tool to undermine governance and national stability. According to him, political ambition must never be pursued through violence, fear, or criminal acts. “Those seeking political power should not distract President Bola Ahmed Tinubu from delivering good governance to Nigerians. Kidnapping innocent citizens will not win elections. Political power cannot be secured through criminal activitie...

‎NWFL Super Six: Edo Queens Defeat Robo Queens 4-1 In Away Match  ‎ ‎By Editor  ‎ ‎Edo Queens's quest for another Nigeria Women Football League premiership title received a boost yesterday at the ongoing season ending Super Six tournament in Port Harcourt with a comfortable 4-1 thrashing of Robo Queens FC of Lagos. ‎ ‎The former league champions' 4-1 thrashing of Robo Queens at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium on Matchday Two of the 2026 NWFL Premiership Super 6 tournament was a superb comeback response to their 1-0 shocking defeat to Nasarawa Amazon in the opening match of the competition on Saturday. ‎ ‎Esther Moses opened scoring for the thirsty  Edo Queens as early as 15 minutes into the matchday two encounter and doubled the lead in the 32nd minute to have a brace before halftime whistle. ‎ ‎Edo Queens came back for the remaining half with more confidence and determination as they continued to dictate the pace which paid off in the 60th minute with a superb...

TUESDAY FLAT OUT OPINION -Insecurity: Sending Orunmila And Ogun To The President    By Suyi Ayodele (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Tuesday, June 9, 2026) https://tribuneonlineng.com/insecurity-sending-orunmila-and-ogun-to-the-president/   I don’t know who divines for the President. I also don't know who his prophets and marabouts are. But I wish to commend President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to what Orunmila did when Death (Ikú), Sickness (Àrùn) Contention (Ìjà) and Loss (Òfò) waged a war of attrition against Otù-Ifè, where the Father of Divination lived at his Òkè Ìgètì home.   To overcome the problem, Ifá, through Ogbè Òtúrá, asked Orunmila to let go of his favourites such as: Eku méjì olúwéré (two smart rats), Eja méjì abìwègbàdà (Two big fish), Òbídìe méjì abèdò lùkélùké (two ovulating hens), Ewúré méjì abùmu rederédé (two heavily pregnant goats) and Elílá méjì tó f'ìwo s'òsùká (two big cows with big pad-like horns).     In the place of ...