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Exhumed Late Father’s Body: Family Seeks Benin Monarch’s Urgent Intervention
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The Royal Family of the Enogie of Oka Numoogunhen, Ikpoba Okha LGA of Edo State, has appealed to His Royal Majesty, Omo N’Oba, Uku Akpolokpo, Oba Ewuare II, to stop the burial of the family’s first son slated for this Friday.
A press statement by the present first son of the family, Prince Oscar Osayoige Edoigiawerie, stated that their late first son allegedly exhumed their late father’s body that was peacefully buried in his (late father) compound to unknown place without other children consent.
According to him, this act of burying their first son who allegedly exhumed their father’s body without their consent is an abomination in Benin tradition, hence His Royal Majesty shouldn’t allow it take place without the necessary sacrifice, just as he added that this abominable act has mysteriously claimed lives of their promising five sons.
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He added that he doesn’t know who would be the next person to follow in the dead spree hence the burial of their first son who carried out the abomination act should be suspended until all the necessary sacrifices are carried out.
“ We the entire children of our late father are demanding for justice to know where a father of 37 children will be exhumed from his final resting peace after selling the whole house. (SIC)

Late Ade Oyasogie Edoigiawerie, the first who exshumed his father
” We want to know where our late father’s body was relocated or even where his bones are kept.”
” We are very scared, and we want to put a stop to this endless sudden death that has been tormenting us all these years, so we can all be free. It’s a very serious abomination against our tradition/culture as we don’t know who will be next to fall down again as 3 gallant and very young men in their prime have died mysteriously. Five (5) men from the children his mother had for our late father”, he said.
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The Prince noted that as Royal Family, the Benin Monarch, as a matter of urgency, help them salvage the situation before it turns to a generational curse.
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The Lagos State Special Offences (Mobile) Court sitting at Bolade, Oshodi on Monday, 27 March, 2023 sentenced a fake Lagos State Traffic Management Authority Officer, Omotutu Bamidele, to a 2- year jail term for impersonating and extorting money from motorists across Lagos.
The convicted fake LASTMA officer was arraigned by LASTMA on a 2-count charge of impersonating as a public officer by claiming to be a staff of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (S.78 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015)” and obtaining money by fraudulent trick (Sec. 323 of the Criminal Law, Lagos State) before the court.
The PUNCH reports that Bamidele was arrested a few days ago on Olu Holloway Road, around the Alfred Rewane area of Ikoyi by a LASTMA Monitoring/Surveillance team led by the Zonal Head, Ashafa Moyosore.
In a press statement released by the Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, Mr. Adebayo Taofiq said Magistrate Kehinde Ogundare sentenced Omotutu Bamidele to a 2-year jail term without any option of fine after he pleaded guilty to the 2- count charges levelled against him.
Magistrate Ogundare emphasized that the convict should serve the jail term without any option fine due to the gravity of the offences committed.
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The Court Prosecutor Barr. Olufemi Adekunle stated that both offences levied against the convict contravened Criminal Law of Lagos State (2015).
In his reaction to the judgement, the General Manager of LASTMA Mr Bolaji Oreagba said the judgement was a welcome development as it would serve as a deterrent to others who are still extorting money from innocent members of the public under false pretence.
Oreagba also noted that the “Our (LASTMA) Monitoring and Surveillance Unit which has now been fully restructured would continue to hunt for other bad elements disturbing the peace of the society”
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Ahmed Musa Equals Zidane’s Record, Surpasses Viera, Lampard
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March 28, 2023By
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Super Eagles captain, Ahmed Musa, has become the most capped Nigerian player after his appearance in the second leg of Nigeria’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against Guinea-Bissau.
The Nigerian national team defeated the Djurtus of Guinea-Bissau 1-0 at the Estadio 24 de Setembro.
However, Musa, who made his Eagles debut in 2010, and was also part of the 2013 Nations Cup-winning side, earned 108 caps – setting a new record for Nigeria.
With his feat, he has equaled France’s midfielder Zinedine Zidane, German’s Jurgen Klinsmann, and England’s Tim Cahill’s 108 national caps.
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Also, the 30-year-old Super Eagles captain surpassed Patrick Vieira’s 107 international caps for France, and Frank Lampard’s 106 caps for the Three Lions of England.
Since his debut, the Nigerian forward has scored 16 goals for the national team. He is Nigeria’s highest scorer in the World Cup with four goals.
He also has 92 club goals and 65 assists.
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NGO Trains Delta Community On Tools For Environmental Justice
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The Connected Advocacy, a Benin-based NGO, on Monday trained the residents of Owa/Alidinma community in Agbor, Delta State, on strengthening local movement and demand spaces for environmental justice.
The training featured sessions on environmental monitoring, smart advocacy tools for environmental justice and how to build a non-violent environmental justice movement.
The Director of the NGO, Mr Israel Orekha, said the capacity building was aimed to enable local communities to advocate for and demand freedom from pollution, environmental degradation and exploitation.
Orekha said the training was due to the impact of oil exploration in the community, which include crises, environmental degradation, diversion of monetary benefits, intimidation from the traditional rulers and non-compliance with environmental multilateral agreements, among others.
“The imperative of smart advocacy tools for environmental justice are evidence-based collective efforts or strategies targeting decision-makers and polluters.
“The training focuses on influencing the actions, programmes and policies of the International Oil Companies (IOCs) and governments toward environmentally friendly interventions, fulfilling the agreement for the protection of the earth, people and planets.”
Taking the participants on environmental monitoring tools, Cadmus Atake-Enade, said the devices were effective for mitigating the danger of fossil-fuel extraction in the local communities.
He encouraged participants to monitor their environment through air, water and soil pollution, and biodiversity issues.
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Atake-Enade listed tools for monitoring the physical environment like pens, pencils, cameras and whistles, saying the need to document the findings or monitor the evidence cannot be over-emphasised.
The training concluded with the reconciliation of the Traditional Community Council and Host Community Network operating in the community.

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