Author: Vincent Osuwo

Reno Omokri has called on Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in the 2023 presidential election, to look for amicable ways to settle the rift between the party and Nyesom Wike. Omokri, in a statement on Monday, noted that it is politically unwise for the PDP to antagonize the minister of the FCT. The PDP is reportedly at loggerheads with Wike, the immediate past governor of Rivers State, for allegedly working against the party during the 2023 presidential election. His emergence as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory further underscored the love lost between him and…

Chief Olisa Metuh, former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, joined family members on Sunday to commemorate the 62nd birthday of jailed former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu.  Despite Ekweremadu’s absence, Metuh attended the event with his daughters and other family members. He revealed this in a post on X.com on Sunday. Metuh wrote, “Today, I joined the Ekweremadu daughters and some family members to celebrate the 62nd birthday of my friend and brother for life. “Indeed, I am so proud of the girls, especially Sonia, who has shown remarkable strength and resilience in these trying and most…

Members of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), converged on DisCos’ headquarters across the country on Monday, preventing workers from returning to work for the day. The NLC and TUC members were seen singing and appealing for the Band A pricing to be reversed at the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company’s corporate offices in Lagos. In Oyo, demonstrators invaded the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company’s office and picketed it. Our correspondent reported that police were present to prevent any breakdown in law and order. The NLC and TUC have given the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission a seven-day…

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, led a protest against the recent increase in electricity tariffs at the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission headquarters in Abuja on Monday. Our correspondent at the scene also reports that protesters forced their way into the NERC complex. Workers under the aegis of the NLC and the Trade Union Congress thronged various offices of electricity distribution companies. The organised labour movement launched statewide protests against the Federal Government’s increase in electricity tariffs and elimination of subsidies from the power sector. The strike was also scheduled to shut down the NERC headquarters…

Alhaji Ibrahim Dende Egungbohun, an Ogun state-born businessman, has filed a defamation lawsuit against Arise Media Group (the owner of Arise Television), journalist Fisayos Soyombo, and his online platform, Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), alleging that he was labelled a smuggler and gun runner in their reports. Dende, in the complaint, CV/2286/24, brought before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) by lawyer Bola Aidi (SAN), criticised the purported offensive reports by Soyombo, FIJ, and Arise TV, which portrayed him as a smuggler and gun runner. In a statement of claim, the claimant stated that he was described…

No fewer than 26 suspected internet fraudsters, popularly called “Yahoo boys,” have been arrested by the Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. This was disclosed in a statement on Monday by the Commission. According to the EFCC, they were apprehended following credible intelligence on their nefarious activities. The Commission noted that different brands of cars, laptops, and phones were conspicuous among the suspects. The statement by the Commission reads, “Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 26 (twenty-six) suspected internet fraudsters on…

Gunmen attacked the Orba and Eha-Alumona towns in Enugu State’s Nsukka and Udenu local government areas, killing four people, including two police officers and two Federal Road Safety Corps officials. According to reports, the attack occurred just 24 hours after two police officers on a stop-and-search operation were attacked and killed by gunmen in the state capital, less than a kilometre from the Government House. During the attack, which claimed the lives of police officers and FRSC officials, our correspondent learned that it began at the Premier intersection at Eha-Alumona in the Nsukka LGA and progressed to the Army Checkpoint…

Members of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Plateau State, blocked the entrance to the Jos Electricity Distribution Company headquarters in Jos, the state capital.  The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission offices on the Gold and Base axes in Jos were also picketed by union members, leaving their employees stranded. Eugene Mangji, the State Chairman of the NLC who led the union members, told the press in Jos that the move was by their national secretariat’s directive to force the government to reverse the country’s recent increase in energy tariffs. “We have shot down the…

Nigerian Police has declared Dorcas Adeyinka, a Lagos socialite and blogger, wanted for alleged cyberstalking, kidnapping, and murder, among other things.  Police advised the public to “arrest and give over the suspect to the nearest police station or the office of the IGP Monitoring Unit, Force Headquarters, Abuja.” The police also characterized Adeyinka as a married female Yoruba blogger from Ekiti State and Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State. She is estimated to be 1.64m tall, with an oval face, tribal markings, a pointed nose, a wide mouth, full and white dentition, and a light complexion with black eyes. The…

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State on Sunday assured his supporters and the people of the oil-rich state that intimidation by his successor is over. Fubara, who refrained from mentioning Wike by name, noted that he has put the feud with his successor behind him and is now looking ahead. In his calm fashion, Fubara referred to the Bible, explaining that Pharaoh once intimidated the children of Israel (the Hebrews) but that Pharaoh’s intimidation eventually ended. “Intimidation has a time when it expires. It’s over,” he said in an interview. “Even in the Bible, Pharaoh intimidated the children of Israel…