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Jun
10
2025
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A Season Of Political Divorces, From Lagos To Washington

A Season Of Political Divorces, From Lagos To Washington

Opinion, Politics
By SHEDDY OZOENE This is a season of political divorces, that strange separation of godsons from their godfathers and the end to political alliances between people of like interests. The events of the last two weeks were quite revealing, from the rift that blew open in the political relationship between Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu and the governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu Lagos in Nigeria to collapse in the political romance between US President Donald Trump and billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk in the United States.  The former is more of a godfather and godson relationship, while the later is/was…
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Jun
09
2025
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Rotimi Amaechi’s Endless Voyage Of Self Reinvention

Rotimi Amaechi’s Endless Voyage Of Self Reinvention

Opinion, Politics
BY ABRAHAM OGBODO Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi has a way of saying the right things to court public attention. He talks as if he is one of us and not one of them. He was President Muhammadu Buhari’s minister of transport for eight years. Before then, he had been Governor of Rivers State for eight years too. Altogether, he had been very lucky. He had never been short-changed in the serial partisan transactions in the ongoing Fourth Republic. He knew how to create the right alignments and realignments to secure his due. Even as a rookie, he had started very high.…
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Jun
09
2025
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Edo Courts Sentence 34 Internet Fraudsters to Jail

Edo Courts Sentence 34 Internet Fraudsters to Jail

News
Justices A.N. Erhabor and W. I. Aziegbemhin of Edo State High Courts sitting in Benin City, between May 29 and  June 4,  2025 convicted and sentenced 34 internet fraudsters to various jail terms. The convicts are; Ogbeide Osayande Bright, George Micheal, Asazobro Kindness, Asamonye Davis Chibudion, Efosa Imasuen, Fortune Innocent, Owah Eloho, Osifo Bright, Oselunosen Ojeh Oziegbe,, Igbinogie Esemude Eloghosa, Abijade Jeffery, Godwin Osayowanbor, Okon Bassey Benjamin, Owie Success Etinosa, Emmanuel Chinedu Ariwa, Ogbonna Precious, Agboniroho Promise, Ogbonna Michael, Sunday Onyekachi, Igbinogie Esenuede Amos, Favour Abdul, Efe Louis Ediyeri. Others are: Benson Odion Kelly, Benson Ovbokhan Kelly, Oliver Collins Chijoke,…
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Jun
08
2025
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June 12 And Its Casualties, 32 Years After

June 12 And Its Casualties, 32 Years After

Opinion
FESTUS ADEDAYO (Published by the Sunday Tribune, June 8, 2025 On Thursday this week, it will be 32 years of that June 12 phenomenon. On July 9, 1998, the lifeless body of a young man adorned the front page of the Nigerian Tribune. The tear-jerking, bloodied body decorated the front pages of many other Nigerian newspapers like manacles in the hands of a convict. He had been shot dead by the police in Abeokuta, Ogun State. It was during a Southwest-wide protest against the perceived murder in detention of Chief MKO Abiola, winner of the June 12, 1993 election. The…
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Jun
08
2025
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Breaking Chains Of The Mind

Breaking Chains Of The Mind

Lifestyle, Opinion
By OREVA GODWIN Chains of the mind. As I wrote this piece, I came to the realisation of how much I've grown as to identify the chains that once held me bound, and how I confronted and broke them. I recalled when I stood in front of my mirror, naked as Eve, and spoke to myself. Yes, it looked insane, but my spirit was listening. There was an awakening, and I reminded myself that I am a god before my fears, and I broke the chains and set myself free. When I talk about chains of the mind, it's that…
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Jun
04
2025
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Alleged N1.38b Fraud: Trial of Jude Okoye, Ex-Manager Of P-Square, Adjourned   Till Oct 23

Alleged N1.38b Fraud: Trial of Jude Okoye, Ex-Manager Of P-Square, Adjourned   Till Oct 23

BREAKING
Justice A. Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, adjourned till October 23, 2025 further hearing in the alleged N1.38bn fraud involving Jude Chigozie Okoye, elder brother and former Manager of Paul and Peter Okoye. The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is prosecuting Okoye alongside his company, Northside Music Limited, on a seven-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of N1.38bn. One of the counts reads: “That you, Jude Okoye Chigozie and Northside Music Limited, sometime in 2022, in Lagos, within the jurisdiction…
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Jun
04
2025
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UK Visa Scam: Felix Ewulum Dragged To Court

UK Visa Scam: Felix Ewulum Dragged To Court

BREAKING
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, arraigned one Felix Chimezie Ewulum on an 11-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence, stealing, possession of fraudulent documents and forgery to the tune of N23,500,280 (Twenty-Three Million, Five Hundred Naira Two Hundred and Eighty kobo)  before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. Chimeze allegedly promised to help the petitioner obtain a United Kingdom visa,  work permit as well as a certificate of sponsorship to travel abroad. He, however, allegedly reneged on his promise…
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Jun
04
2025
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EFCC Arrests Fake Journalist, To Arraign Him For Extortion

EFCC Arrests Fake Journalist, To Arraign Him For Extortion

Entertainment, News
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested a fake Journalist, Ernesto Chukwudum Chukwukamma for alleged extortion, impersonation and obtaining N2,000,000.00 ( Two Million Naira)  under false pretence to influence the investigation of the sum of $4,500,000,000.00 (Four Billion, Five Hundred Million United States Dollars)alleged  Petroleum Trust Fund, PTF, Fraud.  Chukwukamma, 63,  was arrested for allegedly threatening the life of a petitioner and receiving financial inducement  from him to stop the investigation of $4,500,000,000.00 alleged  Petroleum Trust Fund, PTF, Fraud.   The suspect allegedly presented himself to the petitioner as a journalist attached to the EFCC.  He also allegedly informed…
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Jun
03
2025
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Tinubu’s Mid-term Report And The Distractions Over 2027

Tinubu’s Mid-term Report And The Distractions Over 2027

Opinion
By SHEDDY OZOENE As President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's administration approached its second anniversary, the atmosphere was charged with political activity. Officials from his administration made efforts to account for their performance, but these efforts were overshadowed by a loud call for the President's second term. Supporters, high-ranking party officials, even the All Progressives Congress governors and federal government officials were preponderantly focused on capturing more states and diminishing opposition parties than in showcasing their achievements.  If Tinubu opposed this distraction, he did not make it known. He prominently welcomed defectors into the APC and, during a recent caucus meeting he…
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