Author: Vincent Osuwo

Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command killed two known kidnappers, including a kingpin named ‘Occasion,’ during a shootout in a jungle in Rivers State’s Emohua Local Government Area The command also stated that four people who were found blindfolded in the kidnappers’ den were rescued after two days in captivity.Grace Iringe-Koko, the command’s spokesperson, confirmed this in a statement made in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. Iringe-Koko noted that the kidnapping victims were rescued after operatives subdued the hoodlums during an exchange of gunfire. Meanwhile, one of the casualties, a commercial driver who talked to newsmen in Port Harcourt on…

No fewer than two people have been killed and many others injured in an attack by Boko Haram on Chibok town in the Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State. In April 2014, Boko Haram terrorists invaded the Government Girls Secondary School and abducted over 300 students, bringing the town to national attention. The most recent attack occurred at 7 p.m. on Tuesday. According to a local, Moses Adamu, residents fled into the adjacent bushes as the Boko Haram terrorists went on the rampage, shooting, destroying houses, and looting food. According to Adamu, the majority of the locals spent the…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) announced on Wednesday that the registration cost for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination for 2024 has not been increased. According to a statement issued on Wednesday by Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s public communication advisor, the board’s examination fee would stay modest in order to keep candidates from becoming overloaded. Despite a rise in production costs, JAMB stated that the cost of purchasing the UTME form remained N3,500. The statement reads: “The attention of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has been drawn to several publications in recent times insinuating that the Board has…

Barr. Simon Bako Lalong, a former Minister of Labour, Employment, and Productivity, has been sworn in as senator representing Plateau South senatorial district. On Wednesday, he was sworn in by Senate Clerk Chinedu Akubueze at the start of plenary, which was presided over by Senate President Godswill Akpabio.Lalong was sworn in after resigning from the federal executive council, where he was Labour Minister for about four months.He formally tendered his resignation to President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday. The Court of Appeal dismissed Napoleon Bali (PDP) and declared the former minister (APC) the duly elected senator for Plateau South, directing the…

Nuno Espirito Santo has been named the new manager of Nottingham Forest after a dramatic 24 hours at the City Ground. Former manager Steve Cooper was fired by the Tricky Trees on Tuesday, after winning just one of his last 13 games in charge. Cooper was a fan favorite.Although supporters could be heard singing his name in recent clashes with Wolves and Tottenham, Evangelos Marinakis’ outfit pulled the trigger on his immediate future at the club. Forest confirmed in a statement that Nuno “will take charge of his first training session with the squad on Wednesday morning as they prepare…

Neymar has been ruled out of the 2024 Copa America due to his inability to recover from a torn Anterior Cruciate Ligament in time for the start of the tournament, which will be held in the United States in June. “It’s too early; there’s no point skipping steps to recover,” said Rodrigo Lasmar, a doctor with the Brazilian national soccer team, of the ex-PSG and Barcelona winger’s bid to return to competition by the start of next summer. “Our expectation is that [Neymar] will be prepared to return at the start of the 2024 European calendar, which is August.” On…

The Nigerian Navy ship Beecroft said it apprehended 14 stowaways aboard the UOG Constantine, a motor tanker, at Lagos Road Stead. Commodore Kolawole Oguntuga, Commander of NNS Beecroft and Maritime Component Commander of Operation Awatse, made the announcement in a statement signed by the base information officer, NNS Beecroft, Sub-Lieutenant H. A. Collins, on Tuesday. The suspects include Osas Nusakare, Victor Egoma, Okechi Chika, Stephen Mmuta, Ibrahim Hassan, Ebuka Onura, and Okonkwo Gift. Others are Emmanuel Godbless, Ayefuwe Collins, Alfred Ese, Abubakar Ibrahim, Godspower Moses, Aki Opeoluwa, and Oluwatosin Sunday. The stowaways were apprehended on December 15, 2023, according to…

The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, claims that his office has not gotten any funding in the last six months due to disagreements with his boss, Governor Godwin Obaseki. Shaibu disclosed this at the presentation of the correspondent office in Benin on Tuesday, explaining that he had been maintaining the office and undertaking other operations on the basis of goodwill and contributions from friends. Shaibu, who described himself as an ambassador of the Correspondents Chapel, said he would be eternally thankful to journalists because an investigative reporter’s write-up saved him when he was imprisoned alongside other activists during…

A US court sentenced a former Haitian senator Joseph John to life in prison on Tuesday for his role in the 2021 assassination of the Caribbean country’s president, Jovenel Moise. Before the verdict was read in a federal court in Miami, Joseph John, 52, pleaded for mercy while wearing a brown prison uniform, handcuffed, and with shackles around his ankles. John claimed he never intended to murder Moise but rather to bring him before Haitian courts for alleged mismanagement of the country. The plot became out of control when other conspirators decided to assassinate the president, according to John, who…

The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump will not be able to run for president in the state next year, citing a constitutional insurrection clause. The court ruled 4-3 that Mr. Trump was ineligible to run for president because he participated in an insurgency over the US Capitol riot nearly three years ago. The Trump campaign described the decision as anti-democratic and promised to appeal. It is the first time Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution has been used to disqualify a presidential candidate.Attempts to remove Mr. Trump from the ballot in New…