Month: March 2026

DSS Arrests Suspect in Connection With Attack on Peter Obi and ADC Leaders in Edo State

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Photo: Mr Peter Obi By Mandy Park The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested a 26-year-old man suspected to be involved in the violent attack on former Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi and several political leaders of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), in Benin City, Edo State. The suspect, identified as Udeme Sunday Stephen, is said to have been taken into custody on Monday, March 2, following a thorough investigation by the secret service into the February 24 incident that sparked widespread condemnation and stirred political tensions…

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Silverbird Man of the Year Award: Senator Ndoma-Egba congratulates Governor Otu

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Photo:  Governor Otu By: Mandy Park The Pro-Chancellor/Chairman Governing of Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Distinguished Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, SAN, has extended his warmest felicitations to Governor Bassey Edet Otu of Cross River State for the 2025 Silverbird Man of the Year Award conferred on him in Lagos on Sunday, March 1, 2026. Ndoma-Egba, a former Senate Leader and ex-Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Board Chairman, in a statement, hailed Otu’s emergence as Silverbird Man of the Year, describing the award as a well-deserved honour considering the significant impact the governor…

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Rep Akiba congratulates Governor Otu on Silverbird Man of the Year Award

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Photo: Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu By: Mandy Park The lawmaker representing Calabar Municipality/Odukpani Federal Constituency at the Green Chamber of the National Assembly, Rep Bassey Akiba, has extended his heartfelt congratulations to Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State, over his emergence as Silverbird Man of the Year 2025. The Silverbird Man of the Year Award is one of the flagship honours of the media outfit’s annual ceremony, celebrating individuals whose leadership and public service have made measurable impact on national development. Otu’s recognition, according to Silverbird, is…

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Ex-Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Killed in Reported U.S.-Israeli Airstrike on Tehran Home

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Photo: Ex-Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad By: Daniel Kanu Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has reportedly been killed in an airstrike on his residence in Tehran during coordinated U.S.-Israeli military operations, according to Iran’s state-linked news agency, ILNA. Ahmadinejad, 69, was said to have died alongside his bodyguard when the strike hit his home in the Iranian capital late Tuesday. Iranian authorities have yet to release detailed information about the circumstances of the attack, and there has been no immediate official confirmation from Washington or Tel Aviv regarding the specific target.…

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Benue killings: New Tears As FG Exhumes Yelewata’s 105

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By Ikeddy Isiguzo Tears have been normalised in Benue State for years. People are killed, butchered, burnt and buried at intervals as bandits, mainly Fulani herders, attack communities with an ease that governments’ inactions keep enabling. Sometimes the frequency of the attacks demands that tears are rolled over from one funeral to the other. That too is becoming normal. There are also times that the people run out of tears; their sorrow too suffocating to afford tears. What is not normal is for them to cry twice for the same…

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