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Delta Ethnic Unity Cup: Sodje, Fuludu, Other Ex- Internationals Grace Sheriff Mulade’s Football Competition
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It was jubilation galore on Saturday, November 16, 2024 in Ode-Itsekiri, the ancestral community of Itsekiri people home and abroad otherwise called ‘Big Warri’ as the 2024 edition of the Delta Ethnic Peace and Unity Football Tournament was formally declared open in the ancient town.
The opening ceremony featured popular Ex-football internationals including Sam Sodje, Edema Fuludu and Bright Omokaro, among dignitaries that graced the flag-off ceremony.
Other notable personalities in attendance comprised the chairman of Local Organising Committee, Hon. Kenneth Nwaomucha, representatives of Ode-Itsekiri in the likes of Hon. E.A.E. Otare Aja, Comr. Ejoh Dimas (Secretary-General of Ode Itsekiri), Emma Ogungbemi, Rieco Tsoluwa, Comr. Asakpi Richardson (Chairman, Warri South-West NULGE, and Training Officer, Delta State Football Referees Council). Others are Prince Samson Ochuko (Chief Inspector of Education, Warri South-West LGA), Rev. Oreva Idudhi (Vice Principal, Kokodiagbene Secondary School), with officiating referee Ede Gift and assistant referees Asakpi Toritseju and Ogaga Diare, just to mention a few.
It will be recalled that the Delta Ethnic Peace and Unity Cup Competition is organised and sponsored by the Center for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ) in collaboration with the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), among others.
Speaking at the flag-off ceremony which featured a novelty football match between two teams comprising Ijaw and Itsekiri in one team and Ndokwa, Ika, Isoko and Urhobo in another team, the National Coordinator of CEPEJ, Chief Sheriff Mulade revealed that this year’s competition, which is the fifth edition of the tournament, has spanned over 10 years and is aimed at promoting peace and unity among the various ethnic nationalities in Delta State. The CEPEJ boss noted that the November 16 flag-off date for the tournament “was deliberately picked to buttress the importance of peace as the date marks the United Nations International Day of Tolerance celebrated worldwide”.
Chief Mulade therefore called on all peace-loving people of Deltan State to “embrace the tournament as a competition which promotes peace and foster unity, and also see it as an avenue for improved opportunities for more meaningful development and empowerment in the various communities across the State
The Peace Ambassador expressed gratitude to the host community, Ode Itsekiri, “for the warm reception accorded stakeholders at the flag-off ceremony”. He appealed to other stakeholders to key into the peace and unity project for the good of all Deltans.
Earlier in a welcome address, the Executive Chairman of Ode-Itsekiri, Mr. Anthony Odonghanro, thanked the organisers “for availing the community the opportunity to host the flag-off ceremony of the tournament”.
Comrade Sheriff Mulade and some ex-international at the kick-off of the competition
Odonghanro lamented the “under-usage” of the world standard Ode Itsekiri football pitch, built by the former chairman of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinniki, and called on sports enthusiasts within and around the community to see the tournament as a wak
By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
Suspected bandits have kidnapped retired Major General Rabe Abubakar, former Director of Defence Information, and his wife on Matazu Road in Katsina State.
Security sources told PRNigeria that the couple was ambushed on Saturday morning, May 30, 2026, while travelling in a red Peugeot 504 saloon car.
The gunmen intercepted the vehicle and whisked the retired officer and his wife to an unknown location.
The driver escaped with gunshot wounds and is receiving treatment at a nearby hospital, a security source said.
The former DDI and his wife were waylaid by armed men on the route. The driver escaped with gunshot injuries and is receiving medical attention,” the source stated.
Security forces have launched search-and-rescue operations and deployed intelligence assets to track the abductors, according to the source. Official confirmation from the military was still pending at press time.
—Rising concern in Katsina—
The abduction comes amid persistent insecurity in parts of Katsina despite ongoing military operations against bandit groups in the North-West.
In recent years, several serving and retired security personnel have been targeted on highways linking Katsina to neighbouring states. PRNigeria reports that criminal groups now see high-profile individuals, including retired military officers, as lucrative targets.
Maj-Gen Abubakar served as Director of Defence Information and was one of the Nigerian military’s most visible spokespersons during the counterinsurgency campaign against Boko Haram.
The incident is expected to renew calls for stronger security along major highways and rural communities in Katsina, where residents continue to face kidnapping and banditry.
Credit :PRNigeria
Abia State Police Command has nabbed two suspects for conspiracy, attempted child theft and possession of hard drugs.
The Command which made this known on Saturday, named the suspects as Nzubechi Chinagorom and Chinonso Chibundu, indigenes of Olokoro, Umuahia South LGA of the Abia State.
In a statement signed by DSP Maureen Chinaka, the Police Public Relations Officer, the Command said its officers apprehended the suspects through actionable intelligence, in collaboration with Olokoro vigilante personnel.
She stated that the suspects went to the residence of one Miss Amarachi Chinyereugo and attempted to forcibly take away her two-week-old baby girl.
DSP Chinaka said that the Nzubechi Chinagorom allegedly stabbed the nursing mother with a kitchen knife during a struggle, causing the baby to fall and hit her head on ground.
The police spokesperson said that the two suspects fled from the scene and ran into a nearby bush on realizing that the nursing mother, Miss Amarachi Chinyereugo cried out for help.
She added that the suspects were later apprehended at a bus stop
where they had reportedly gone to take hard drugs.
“The mother and child were immediately rushed to the hospital, where they received treatment and have since recovered.
“The suspects were apprehended, exhibits were recovered and investigation has been conducted at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID). Suspects will be charged to court on 2/06/2026,” Chinaka said.
Ex-Minister of Labour and Productivity, SellJoel Ikenya, has been declared winner of the governorship primaries conducted by the Tanimu Turaki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Taraba State.
Mr Felix Hyat, the chairman of the election committee, who announced the results in Jalingo on Saturday, said Ikenya scored 34,173, to defeat Mr Dinshiya Usman, who polled 4,853.
Hyat, who described the exercise as free, fair and transparent, commended the state working committee of the party for the peaceful conduct.
Ikenya, in his acceptance speech, pledged to revive Taraba to her days of glory if elected governor in 2027.
“I will transform Taraba; I will change the state from salary base, to an industrialised state.
“My desire is to also revive the state infrastructure and attract more investors to boost the economy,” he said.
The governorship candidate, however, denied the allegations of factional PDP in Taraba.
“There is no factional PDP in Taraba; I don’t know where the other people are coming from.
“PDP in Taraba is one, and we do not have any faction in the state. We are working as one united family to reclaim our mandate from Gov. Agbu Kefas of the All Progressives Congress (APC),” he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that, the Nyesom Wike led faction of the party had recently declared senator Emmanuel Bwacha as its governorship candidate in Taraba.
NAN
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