Author: Vincent Osuwo

Birmingham City has named Tony Mowbray as its new manager on a two-and-a-half-year contract. Mowbray takes over with the club 20th in the championship, becoming their third manager of the season after John Eustace and Wayne Rooney. He joins following Rooney’s catastrophic spell, which saw the ex-Manchester United star witness a drop from sixth place in the table to relegation. The Blues have won just two of their 15 games under Rooney and face an uphill task to change the tide. Mowbray, who was fired by Sunderland in December, brings a plethora of experience and is eager to play in…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited Betta Edu, the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, to its headquarters in the Jabi area of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja. The invitation was issued less than 30 minutes after President Bola Tinubu confirmed Edu’s immediate suspension from office, Ajuri Ngelale, President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity announced. An EFCC operative confirmed the incident to reporters, saying the anti-graft agency had already recommended the minister’s immediate suspension to allow for the ongoing probe ordered by the president. According to the source, the commission acted quickly after…

The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has launched an online passport application portal that would allow Nigerians to apply for their passports easily. Tunji-Ojo declared in December that the FG was striving to guarantee the country’s application procedure was totally automated. At the time, Tunji-Ojo stated that the online passport application system was “99 percent done” and that the procedure would entail submitting images and supporting documentation. He stated that Nigerian applicants for 32-page passports with a five-year validity would pay N25,000, while those seeking 64-page passports with a 10-year validity would pay N70,000. Meanwhile, overseas applicants seeking the travel…

Pope Francis called for a global ban on surrogacy on Monday, calling it “deplorable” that a woman carries another person’s child. In his New Year’s address to diplomats at the Vatican, Pope Francis called for a global ban on surrogacy, calling it a “grave violation of the dignity of the woman and child.” In a speech dominated by efforts to cease global wars, the leader of the Catholic Church said, “The path to peace requires respect for life.” This began “with the life of the unborn child in the mother’s womb, which cannot be suppressed or turned into an object…

The British Broadcasting Corporation’s Africa Eye has aired a three-part exposé on the purported secret lives of the late televangelist TB Joshua. The documentary, titled “Disciples: The Cult of TB Joshua,” includes statements from former disciples and church staff who accuse the late prophet of deception and physical abuse. The probe also looks into Joshua’s ownership of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, which collapsed in 2014, killing at least 115 people. Here are 12 things we know about the late televangelist: T.B. Joshua 1. T.B. Joshua was born on June 12, 1963, in Ondo State, Nigeria. He was claimed…

Over 25 people have given eyewitness accounts on allegations of sexual assault, physical abuse, faked miracles, and trauma allegedly perpetrated by the late Nigerian pastor, Temitope Joshua, popularly known as TB Joshua, the BBC reports Monday. Joshua, one of Africa’s most powerful religious leaders and wealthiest pastors, had the entire world at his disposal throughout his lifetime. He founded the Synagogue Church of All Nations, a 12-story structure located in Lagos State’s Ikotun neighborhood, where he lived with many of his followers. Joshua was renowned for his miracles, which ‘delivered’ people, followers, and visitors from any ailment, ranging from cancer and…

A boat mishap on the River Niger at Mmiata Anam in Anambra West Local Government Area of Anambra State claimed the lives of five people, with 30 others rescued.  According to reports, the boat was sailing from Kogi State to Anambra along the River Niger when it capsized at the Mmiata banks. According to a source in the riverine section of the community, the incident occurred on Sunday morning. A video provided to the press by the source showed the majority of the deceased were women and children. Though the deceased have not been identified, they were said to be…

Lawmakers have earmarked an additional N30bn for the renovation of the National Assembly Complex in the 2024 Appropriation Bill. The N30 billion earmarked for building renovations was part of the National Assembly’s N344.85 billion budget, which was increased from N197.93 billion. The N344.85 billion signed by President Bola Tinubu on January 1 is the greatest amount ever allotted to the legislature. The additional N30 billion takes the total cost of renovating the National Assembly premises to N60 billion. Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President and President of the National Assembly, said on June 30, 2023, that Tinubu would inaugurate the N30…

Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, Minister of the Interior, will open Abuja’s first online passport application portal today (Monday). He announced this during a demonstration of the online portal with Caroline Adepoju, Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, on Friday. According to Tunji-Ojo, an online passport application platform has been created for both international and Nigerian applicants. In December, the minister declared that the Federal Government was striving to implement a fully automated passport application system in the country. At the time, the minister stated that the automated application system was “99 percent done” and that the procedure would entail submitting…

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested Clinton John of the Mega World Healing Ministry, Giwa Agbado, in the state’s Ifo Local Government Area for allegedly defiling a 16-year-old girl. In a statement issued Saturday night the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Omolola Odutola, stated that John had unlawful carnal knowledge of the girl since 2022, when she was only 14 years old. According to Odutola, the victim told police that the 43-year-old pastor had always threatened to kill her if she exposed the scandal to anyone. She stated that the victim’s family reported the event to authorities after becoming suspicious that their daughter had been sexually molested while being treated for recurring infections.…