In Abia State, the Nigeria Police Force reported that it had rescued 12 children who had been trafficked.
Two people were detained by the police for operating an unregistered, illegal motherless baby home inside their residential apartment in Abia’s Ikot Ekpene Road.
Twelve (12) children, ranging in age from six months to fourteen years old, were discovered by the operatives upon arrival, according to a statement from Force spokesman Muyiwa Adejobi.
According to preliminary investigations, the children were from various Arochukwu-area villages.
The Abia State Ministry of Women Affairs is taking good care of the rescued minors.
“The suspects are currently being interrogated and will be taken into custody when the investigations are finished.
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Weapons recovered
Additionally, according to the Force spokesman, Kogi State Police Command officers recently ran through a high-speed pass through a green-colored Sharon vehicle.
The bus was engaged in a fierce pursuit, and the driver abandoned it and fled into a nearby bush when he realized he was being followed.
A quick cordon and search were carried out on the spot, which resulted in the recovery of a sizable amount of ammunition, including 283 rounds of 7.62x39mm ammunition, 62 rounds of 5.56mm ammunition, and 2 rounds of 7.62x59mm ammunition.
Lieutenant Colonel Jonny Thompson, who frequently appears at the King’s side and has captivated a horde of online fans, has wed for the second time, it has been revealed.
The King with equerry Lieutenant Colonel Jonny Thompson(Image: Getty Images)
He has won over a legion of fans after never being far from King Charles’ side at some of his most high-profile appearances. Lieutenant Colonel Jonny Thompson has become known as the ‘hunky’ equerry after catching the eye of royal fans while on duty with both the King and Queen Camilla in his trademark kilt.
And now it has emerged he has tied the knot for a second time, months after becoming engaged to PR executive Olivia Lewis. It emerged last year that the soldier, who is from the 5th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland, had struck up a romance with Olivia after he split from his first wife several years ago.
Lt Col Thompson is often at the side of the King (Image: Getty Images)
And according to the Mail On Sunday, the pair tied the knot just over a week ago in an ‘elegant’ and ‘low-key’ ceremony at St Mary’s Church in Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, which was followed by a lunch hosted by the bride’s parents. However, it seems it was shortly back to work after the big day as just two days later, the equerry was spotted in Canada with the King and Queen on their whistlestop visit across the Atlantic.
After dating for a year, the couple was later revealed to be in love with Olivia and that they were “well matched and very happy” at the time. Their engagement was later made public in The Times, with the happy news coming just days after he was promoted to Charles “super equerry.”
The equerry with Queen Camilla and France first lady Brigitte Macron(Image: AFP via Getty Images)
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Lt Col Thompson will now have a new role, which will allow him to work with both the King and the Queen and be in charge of the monarch’s private affairs. Unfortunately, this will mean he won’t be as visible to the royals as they are in public.
Equerries are drawn from the armed forces and are required to assist the royals both inside their residences and when out and about on public engagements.
He has been on the King’s side since the beginning of his reign, and he was a notable guest at the late Queen’s funeral and the Coronation. He also attracted a new generation of English Channel fans when he joined Charles and Camilla on their 2023 trip to France.
He was also seen sitting behind Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at a service to mark the late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee last year. Also, he welcomed former Prime Minster Rishi Sunak as he visited Buckingham Palace to see the King.
One fan previously described Jonny Thompson as a “great hunk” on X! While another person expressed their feelings for King Charles’ new royal equerry, adding, “I think I’m getting a wee crush on it.”
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Tatler magazine, a society publication, praised his ability to “look as good in a suit as he goes in a kilt,” as well. The King’s equerry wields its distinctive brand of quiet, charming power, according to the statement, “From within the palace walls, at the coronation, or on the opening night of the Berntson Bhattacharjee Gallery in Fitzrovia, where he wore a bunny tie and charmed India Rose James”
James Bye, who portrayed Martin Fowler in one of the soap’s saddest episodes ever, experienced a significant change in his life after his character’s fateful ending.
It’s all change for this EastEnders star!(Image: PA)
EastEnders star James Bye has sold his home and is now living in a field after bidding farewell to Albert Square earlier this year. In one of the soap’s saddest episodes, marking its 40th birthday, James’ character, Martin Fowler, was killed off when the Queen Vic collapsed, leaving his legion of loyal fans bereft.
Following the dramatic scenes, James, 41, who is currently playing Mr Darcy in a theatre tour of Death Comes to Pemberley, has made a major life change as his wife told their followers they have sold their home and moved into caravan – with their four kids and two blind dogs. Revealing the surprising news on Instagram, Victoria said: “It’s official …because we’ve only gone and sold our ‘forever home’. And not only that. We’ve done it so that we can move into a field – and into a caravan…
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EastEnders star, James Bye, who played Martin Fowler in the BBC soap, has made a huge life change(Image: Instagram/jimmybye)
You read that correctly, yes. A cat, two blind dogs, and a tin box on wheels with barely enough room to swing. Now, you might be wondering what in the world we’re doing (I know, but I’m in denial)! “
Because both their parents had done it in the 1980s, Victoria explained the “method to their madness.”
She claimed that James’ sister was actually born in a wheel home, saying, “A dream we’ve long since had but never had the time to believe we could.”
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“And yet somehow, we thought, “We have more on our plate than ever.” Sod it . It’s either now or never. Our year is dedicated to change. And that’s us.
What could possibly go wrong, I mean? (Er, right. Everything seems to be true. But let’s just get past that bit and resume our pursuit of our dreams (and all that gumph).
“And it’s not surprising that our parents both did the same thing in the 1980s!” They still managed to survive! (just about!) In fact, James’ sister was born in their caravan, which is still where they still call home today.
Fans were bereft when Martin was killed off(Image: BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron)
Victoria was adamant that she and James would not add to their six-person family despite James’ parents starting a new home in their caravan.
She kept her family’s plans a secret, saying, “While there is a firm NO on any baby making shenanigans going on in our little love pad, the same belief & hope for something we’ve built on our own is there.
It’ll be a journey, they say. A messy, chaotic, and mud-filled ride with only our boys and ourselves. And we are anxious. A possible alpaca will be born. What the hell, in for a penny and a half, and all that…
So please stay for the journey, lovely bunch, and if you have any advice, please send it to us.
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All primary and secondary schools in the state are now taking a mid-term holiday to celebrate the upcoming Eid-el-Kabir celebrations.
Schools are scheduled to start taking a break on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, and are expected to resume academic work on Sunday, June 15, 2025, according to an official statement from the state’s education ministry.
According to the ministry, the directive applies to both day and boarding schools, with parents and guardians of boarding students being advised to arrive early on June 4 for their children.
The ministry stressed that the decision was in line with the 2024/2025 academic calendar, which remained unchanged despite the festive break, and that all academic and holiday schedules would be strictly adhered to.
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The Commissioner of Education, Ali Makoda, urged parents to ensure that students resume after the holiday.
We also urge parents and guardians to make sure their children adhere to the school’s official resume date, according to Makoda.
Standing in the early-evening sunshine at Ashton Gate, as the Bristol fans revelled in a first play-off finish in four years, director of rugby Pat Lam was in defiant mood.
After allowing himself a handful of seconds to dwell on the 52-26 win over Harlequins that secured the Bears’ play-off place, Lam’s attentions swiftly turned to Friday night and the semi-final showdown with local rivals Bath at The Rec.
“Bath have only lost four games this year – who have they lost to?” he rhetorically asked BBC Radio 5 Live, knowing full well his side have done the double over the runaway league leaders.
“So we know how to do it, and that’s what we’ll do. We know how to beat them. We have done it in so many different ways – rain, dry weather, home, away.
“When we came back up [into the Premiership in 2018], the supporters made it really clear we don’t lose to Bath, and we have won 11 out of 14 since.
“We know how to do it and it’s about getting it all right on Friday.”
Owner Steve Lansdown’s money has helped to tempt a host of superstars to Ashton Gate since their promotion in 2018, but Lam insists Bristol are no longer among the league’s big spenders, as the club cut its cloth during and after Covid.
“As far as spend goes, we spend eighth [out of the 10 Premiership teams],” Lam explained.
“Ourselves and Bath are the only two teams to be in the top four all season, yet Bath have spent nearly £3m more on their squad than we have.
“It reminds me of Connacht when we won the Pro12. So to get to this stage I am so pleased and proud of the players.
“Bath in six days’ time – I just have to do the gameplan, I don’t have to do any motivation or talking. The local boys – Ellis Genge, Yann Thomas – they will take control.”
Sharks sail close to the wind
In the end, the top four ended the final day of the regular season as it started, with Leicester, Sale and Bristol all doing enough to book their play-off places and join Bath in the semi-finals.
But while Leicester, who beat Newcastle 42-20, and Bristol enjoyed routine home wins, Sale had to dig deep against an Exeter side desperate to rally after a forgettable campaign.
Bath remain the bookies pick for the title, understandably so given their excellence all campaign and the depth of their squad. But Leicester are narrow favourites to join them in the Twickenham showpiece, thanks to the home advantage they will enjoy against the Sharks at an emotionally-charged Welford Road on Saturday.
However, Sale’s George Ford, who continued his supreme personal form, was unperturbed following the tricky 30-26 win at Sandy Park.
“We knew they were much improved the last few weeks, and we were anticipating a game like that,” he told BBC 5 Live.
“It was like a quarter-final for us, and finals rugby is never easy anyway. There are parts of our game we will need to fix up for next week, and we will do that.”
Perfect 10s
Premiership Rugby revealed in the week that fly-halves are again the league’s highest-paid position, with the playmakers earning an average of more than £230,000 a season.
It’s not hard to see why. On show over semi-final weekend will be three of the world’s best: Finn Russell for Bath, Handre Pollard for Leicester and Ford for Sale – who are all in great form – while Bristol’s AJ MacGinty is also a class act and won the man-of-the-match award against Harlequins.
On a recent Rugby Union Weekly podcast we discussed the question: if you could pick any of those fly-halves in your side to win a Premiership final, who would you choose? All three co-hosts picked someone different.
Whichever club ends up winning the Premiership title on 14 June is likely to owe a few more quid to the big earners.
Drama in Durban
Arguably the biggest story of the weekend didn’t take place in Britain or Ireland but in Durban, South Africa, as the Sharks reached the last four of the United Rugby Championship by beating Munster 6-4 in a penalty shootout following a 24-24 draw.
Munster emptied the tank on a daunting away fixture, as they always seem to do when the stakes are high, but were edged out after the Sharks superbly converted all six of their place-kicks.
But the shootout was riddled with controversy as first Jack Crowley exchanged words with Jaden Hendrikse after the latter opened the scoring, before Hendrikse went down with cramp just after nailing his second kick to put the Sharks 4-2 up.
The conveniently-timed injury meant Crowley initially could not take his second shot at goal, despite the Irishman telling referee Mike Adamson he was prepared to kick with the prone Hendrikse a matter of metres away.
Whether Hendrikse was genuinely injured or not was fiercely debated post-match, but his wink towards Crowley – rugby’s most notable since Bloodgate – means he will not get the benefit of the doubt in many quarters.
The Sharks will travel to fellow South African side Bulls in the last four, while Leinster host Glasgow in a repeat of their Champions Cup quarter-final in April, which Leinster won 52-0.
End of an era
The stellar careers of Ben Youngs, Mike Brown and Dan Cole all rumble on for another week at least, but it was goodbye to another great of the English game this weekend as Alex Goode left the stage after his 402nd and final appearance for Saracens.
As discussed last week, rarely in the past has such a high-calibre group of players all retired together, with Danny Care, Anthony Watson and Joe Marler also calling it a day this season.
In Sex and the City, the Carrie necklace was almost as well-known as a pair of Manolo Blahnik heels, so we’re eager to see one of our own now that it’s back on screens.
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Sarah Jessica Parker shared a close up of the iconic Carrie necklace on Instagram(Image: Sarah Jessica Parker/Instagram)
Fashion and relationships were equally important in the Sex and the City universe, particularly for Carrie Bradshaw, the main character. SATC provided some significant fashion moments, from her show-stopping Vivienne Westwood wedding dress in the movies to her wildly impractical pair of Manolo Blahnik or Jimmy Choo heels.
Her Carrie necklace, however, became just as well-known and worn on repeat by Sarah Jessica Parker throughout the entire series and into the upcoming And Just Like That spinoffs. At the conclusion of the SATC TV series, she found herself (and Big) thanks to the nameplate necklace, which was so significant.
Harriet Cowan, the star of Clarkson’s Farm, has this fleece gilet in several colors.
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The necklace was made a cameo in the second season of And Just Like That, and we’re hoping it makes another appearance in the recently released third series. Never one to let a pivotal fashion moment go away. You’ll undoubtedly want a nameplate necklace of your own, so we narrowed down some of the best options for you to buy if you’re anything like us and have coveted most of Carrie’s wardrobe since the show first aired.
Carrie Name Necklace by Abbott Lyon, £85
Abbott Lyon’s Carrie necklace(Image: Abbott Lyon)
A classic italic script-style writing that resembles Carrie’s exact writing makes for a great choice, including Abbott Lyon’s aptly named Carrie necklace. Additionally, you can choose between three different chain lengths, including 18k gold, silver, and rose gold options. For a layered look, you can personalize it with up to 12 characters and add options like a birthstone pendant or an additional half chain.
PRYA’s Siena Personalised Name Necklace cost £56, and is now costing $42.
PRYA’s Siena necklace(Image: PRYA)
This comes in three chain lengths, with options for either 18k gold plated, 14k rose gold plated, or silver plated. You can also pick your chain style from chunkier Cuban links to dainty classic chains. You can enter your choice’s name, which is case-sensitive, and provides a sneak peak at how each letter appears.
Sterling Silver Name Necklace on the High Street was no longer available. It cost £24.25, and is now costing £33.60.
Not on the High Street’s name necklace(Image: Not on the High Street)
This Potiega name necklace from Not on the High Street gives you plenty of creative freedom if you want to change up the font style. There are options for choosing between sterling silver, 18k gold, and rose gold plated finishes, and you can choose from six different fonts, including scripts and old English. Additionally, there are various chain lengths, and customization options allow you to use up to 10 characters.
£85 Posh Totty Personalized Name Necklace
Posh Totty’s name necklace(Image: Posh Totty)
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Posh Totty’s personalised name necklace is a fantastic option for a slightly softer, chunkier appearance. The font can be fully personalized with up to 10 characters, and it has a thicker, more rounded appearance than the other versions. Sterling silver, 18kt gold, or rose gold plated, are options, as are the other options, but each of the latter will cost more than £10.
