Author: Vincent Osuwo

In the midst of a recent strident media campaign calling for the resignation of Nigeria’s Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, the Coalition of Civil Society Organisations has thrown its weight behind the Minister, calling on security agencies to arrest those responsible for the media trial against the media. According to a press statement issued by Ajagun Opeyemi on Friday, the Coalition believes the dark conspiracy against Tunji-Ojo is being backed by some cabals in order to tarnish Tinubu’s administration. The Coalition also stated that Tunji-Ojo had not only demonstrated exceptional competence and dedication to his duties since taking office as…

The Nigerian Army has vowed to investigate the allegations leveled against some of its senior personnel by Ruth Ogunleye, a female soldier. Chronicle NG reports that Ogunleye, on Saturday, accused several senior Army personnel of punishing her over her refusal to grant them sexual favors. Ogunleye noted that her supervisors, identified as Col. IB Abdulkareem, Col. GS Ogor, and Brig. Gen. IB Solebo, have made her life unbearable. Ogunleye said, “In 2022, I was posted to Cantonment Medical Centre, Ojo, where I met Col. IB Abdulkareem, who requested sex from me, and I refused. Ever since then, this man has…

Ruth Ogunleye, a Nigerian female soldier, has made severe claims against her superiors. She claims that her supervisors, identified as Col. IB Abdulkareem, Col. GS Ogor, and Brig. Gen. IB Solebo, have made her life unpleasant. Ogunleye holds Col. IB Abdulkareem personally responsible for the challenges she has encountered in the Army. Ogunleye, also known as @Ogunleyeruthsavage1 on TikTok, recently recounted her upsetting experience with the app. She alleged that Abdulkareem had repeatedly attempted to abuse her, administered injections against her will, forcibly removed her from her home, and imprisoned her in a psychiatric facility for several months. She also…

A State High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State has ordered a Policewoman in the State Police Command, Inspector Iniobong Umoren to pay a commercial tricycle operator, Jeremiah Sunday Udo, the sum of N5m for his unlawful arrest and for impounding his tricycle which he bought on hire purchase in the sum of N1.9m. The court further ordered the first Respondent, Mr. Udoka David, the owner of the Tricycle (called Keke), to pay Jeremiah Udo (applicant) an additional N5 million for inciting the Police to arrest and hold him for five days without food or water. The Court, presided…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has requested that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) issue an unreserved apology to the courts and judges for the ”foolish, irresponsible, reckless, and unwarranted attacks on the judiciary during the electoral cycle.” The APC was responding to yesterday’s Supreme Court decision on governorship election cases in Lagos, Kano, Zamfara, Plateau, Ebonyi, Bauchi, Abia, and Cross River states. “Assuming that it has any spec of decency left, the PDP must tender an unreserved apology to the courts and judges for the senseless, irresponsible, reckless, and unjustified attacks against the judiciary throughout this electoral cycle,” party spokesman…

President Bola Tinubu on Friday approved the appointment of a Governing Council of the Midstream and Downstream Gas Infrastructure Fund (MDGIF) to be domiciled in the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). This was announced in a statement by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President, Media & Publicity. According to the statement, Tinubu appointed Ekperikpe Ekpo, Minister of State, Petroleum Resources (Gas), as the MDGIF Governing Council Chairman. Also appointed are Mr. Oluwole Adama, MDGIF Executive Director; Mr. Joseph Tolorunshe, MDGIF Governing Council Secretary; Engr. Farouk Ahmed, Chief Executive of NMDPRA; and a Representative of the…

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Kennywood actor and director Ali Nuhu as the managing director of the Nigerian Film Corporation. This was disclosed in a statement signed by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on media and publicity on Friday. According to the statement, Tinubu approved the appointment of eleven other new Chief Executive Officers for agencies under the Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, and Creative Economy. The new appointees, according to the statement, include Tola Akerele, Director-General, National Theatre; Dr. Shaibu Husseini, Director-General, National Films and Censors Board; and Mr. Obi Asika, Director-General, National…

The All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the recently passed Plateau State governorship election, Nentawe Yitwalda, has accepted ”with humility,” the Supreme Court ruling that upheld the election of Gov. Caleb Mutfwang. In a statement published on his verified X handle on Friday, Nentawe congratulated the Plateau State Governor over his victory at the Apex Court. While also appreciating his teaming supporters for their support and prayers, Nentawe urged them to work in tandem to ensure the success of Plateau State. Nentawe’s statement reads, ”Finally, we have reached the final destination of the 2023 general election process, and we…

The Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeal’s decision to remove Plateau State Governor Caleb Muftwang. On Friday, a five-member panel of justices unanimously decided that Muftwang’s appeal has substance and should be accepted. The ruling, read by Justice Emmanuel Agim, concluded that Nentawe Yilwatda Goshwe and the APC’s petitions challenging Muftwang’s victory at the polls lacked locus standi since they were not PDP members. The panel determined that the nomination was an internal political party affair and that the PDP followed the high court’s direction to conduct congresses. He ruled that Muftwang was qualified to contest the election because…

The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed Dauda Lawal’s election as the elected governor of Zamfara State. The Supreme Court overturned the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal’s decision on November 16, 2023, declaring the March 18 governorship election in the state inconclusive. It held that Lawal, the People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidate, received the majority of legitimate votes and was correctly declared the victor of the gubernatorial contest by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The Supreme Court branded the appellate court’s verdict as “perverse” in its lead judgment, delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim. It upheld the previous ruling…