Author: Vincent Osuwo

Mamuka Jugeli, the agent of Victor Osimhen’s teammate Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, has predicted that the Nigerian international will move to Saudi Arabia in the summer, alleging that the Napoli talisman is driven by his love for money. According to La Gazzetta Dello Sport, while comparing his client to Osimhen, Jugeli noted that, unlike Kvaratskhelia, who wants to be “successful,” Osimhen is driven more by money. He said, “Victor Osimhen has signed a new contract, but do you really believe he’ll play for Napoli for his entire career? “I’ll tell you in advance that he (Osimhen) will go to Saudi Arabia next…

The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has stated that Gov. Godwin Obaseki betrayed him for not supporting his candidacy in the coming 2024 governorship election. Shaibu, who claimed he was convinced to serve as Obaseki’s deputy governor, stated that he improved his principal’s government’s political structure and finances.During an interview with Arise TV on Wednesday, the Peoples Democratic Party gubernatorial aspirant expressed disappointment that Obaseki was endorsing an outsider instead of him.However, he did not say who the outsider was. “Actually, I was persuaded, and there was no protest. I actually didn’t want to be a deputy governor.…

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has stated that there will be no hiding place for corrupt persons in Nigeria. Olukoyede provided the promise in Abuja on Tuesday, January 9, when Musa Aliyu, Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission, paid him a courtesy call at the commission’s corporate headquarters. This was disclosed in a statement posted on the EFCC’s Facebook page on Tuesday. According to Olukoyede, President Bola Tinubu is creating an appropriate environment for anti-graft actions by both the EFCC and the ICPC, and no Nigerian is immune…

Nigerian artist Victor Adere, popularly known as Victor AD, has responded to the BBC’s three-part series accusing the founder of Synagogue Church of All Nations, Temitope Balogun Joshua, also called TB Joshua, of staging miracles and torturing, abusing, and traumatizing his members. Victor AD said on Wednesday, via his X handle, that his family has been visiting Scotland since he was six years old and that he has recovered from a skin illness. He also mentioned that TB Joshua restored his mother’s hand, which was intended to be amputated due to a gunshot wound, and his sister, who was healed…

Mr. Dare Adejumo, a public affairs analyst and member of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, criticized the BBC documentary on the late Temitope Babatunde Joshua, also known as TB Joshua, the founder of SCOAN. On Tuesday, he dismissed the video as obnoxious, adding that the people mentioned in the report were unfamiliar to the church. However, a former disciple of the prophet TB. Joshua, Paul Agomoh, told the BBC that the allegations were accurate, adding that he had to go into hiding for eight years after speaking out because his life was in danger. Chronicle NG reports that no…

The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has criticised Monday’s meeting of Peoples Democratic Party officials in Edo North, where they selected Asue Ighodalo, a former Sterling Bank chairman, as their preferred PDP governorship candidate. Chief Mike Oghiadomhe, a former deputy governor of the state, organized the meeting, which was attended by numerous party heavyweights. The meeting was conducted at the residence of Oghiadomhe in Fuga and was attended by the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Blessing Agbebaku, former Senator Yisa Braimoh, former House of Representatives member Johnson Abolagba, and a former House of Assembly Speaker, Kabiru Adjoto.…

President Bola Tinubu has issued a directive requiring a significant reduction in official entourage at both local and international events. Ajuri Ngelale, the presidential spokesperson, made this known on Tuesday while briefing journalists at the State House in Abuja. The directive, which results in a 60% cut, applies to the President’s, Vice President’s, and First Lady’s offices, as well as ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs). According to him, the President, Vice President, and First Lady will now be accompanied by 20, 5, and 5 officials, respectively, on foreign trips, while the President will be accompanied by 25 officials and the…

A Family Court sitting in Ibadan on Tuesday ordered the remand of one Michael Ayinde, 51, and his son, Abiola, 19, for allegedly raping his 17-year-old daughter and the latter, his sister. Mrs. O. Ogunkanmi, the magistrate, refused to accept the defendants’ pleas and ordered their custody to the Abolongo Correctional Facility in Oyo town. According to reports, the defendants, the complainant’s father, and elder brother, allegedly committed the offense at their residence in the Agboti Olosan neighborhood of Alakia, Ibadan. Ogunkanmi explained that the father and son were detained pending legal advice from the Oyo State Directorate of Public…

Hussain Na’abba, a close associate of former Speaker of the House of Representatives Ghali Na’Abba, has revealed that the former politician died without a house in any region of the country. Chronicle NG reported that Na’Abba died on December 27, 2023, in Abuja after a protracted illness and was buried the same day according to Islamic rites. According to Na’Abba’s associate, in an interview on the Hausa podcast program ”Rigar Kaya,” the former speaker said he did not have a house in Kano but squatted at his mother’s house during any visit. According to the associate, the speaker of the…

The Supreme Court has reserved judgment on an appeal seeking to overturn Caleb Mutfwang’s removal as governor of Plateau State. Mutfwang was removed as governor of Plateau state by the Abuja Court of Appeal on November 19. After the parties adopted their respective submissions on Tuesday, a five-member panel of the Supreme Court, led by John Okoro, stated that the date for judgment would be communicated to the parties. On March 20, Idris Amali, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) returning officer in Plateau, declared Mutfwang the victor of the election with 525,299 votes, while Nentawe Yilwatda, the All Progressives…