Author: Vincent Osuwo

The Gyel district of Jos South local government area of Plateau State has taken the lead in reducing the number of items required for the traditional marriage rite to enable young men to afford the cost and get married legally. The gesture also aims to give Plateau women pride of place in their separate households and prevent disagreements over dowry nonpayment from devolving into domestic violence. This comes as a plea to cease indiscriminate mining, which is reported to contribute to the incidence of alcoholism as well as sexual and gender-based violence in communities in Plateau state. Speaking at a…

Human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN, has urged the Federal Government to put an end to soldiers’ retaliation attacks in Okuama village in Ughelli South Local Government Area in Delta State. Falana made the call in a message made accessible to journalists on Sunday. Recall that some enraged bandits reportedly ambushed soldiers dispatched to the region to quell a communal riot. Soldiers from the Joint Task Force, led by General Officer Commanding 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Major General Jamal Abdussalam, recovered 15 soldiers’ bodies in the Okuama hamlet. Some Okoloba youths were claimed to have attacked and killed three Okuama…

President Vladimir Putin won a historic post-Soviet landslide in Russia’s election on Sunday, solidifying his already tight hold on power and demonstrating Moscow’s right to stand up to the West by sending soldiers into Ukraine. Putin, a former KGB lieutenant colonel who rose to power in 1999, stated unequivocally that the outcome should send a message to the West that its leaders will have to deal with an empowered Russia, whether in war or peace, for many years to come. The conclusion means Putin, 71, will begin a second six-year term that, if completed, will see him surpass Josef Stalin…

FIFA-accredited Nigerian sports photojournalist Sulaiman Pooja Adebayo has been berated sternly by Nigerians over his call for the killing of men, women, and children in the Okuama community in Delta State, Nigeria.  Pooja, in a now-deleted tweet, called for the Nigerian Army to “level,” which means to ‘annihilate’ the Okuama community in the Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State, following the killing of 14 military personnel in the region. Chronicle NG reports that fourteen lifeless bodies of killed soldiers were recovered in the early hours of Saturday by soldiers of the joint task force under the supervision of the…

Ijaw youths have condemned in totality reports by Vanguard Newspaper that the attack on military personnel in the Okuama community in Delta State was carried out by youths of the ethnic extraction.  While reacting to the report titled ‘Irate Ijaw youths kill army commander, others in Delta’ published by Vanguard Newspaper, youths of the ethnic extraction took to popular networking site X to condemn the report. Reacting to the allegations, an X user identified as Faceco e-wire urged Vanguard Newspaper to put their publication right, stating that the incident occurred close to his location. Refuting reports that the crime was…

The Ijaw Publishers Forum (IPF) has refuted reports that the attack on military personnel in the Okuama community in Delta State was carried out by irate Ijaws.  The group stated this while reacting to the report titled ‘Irate Ijaw youths kill army commander, others in Delta’ published by Vanguard Newspaper. In a statement signed by Comrade Ozobo Austin and Tare Magbei, President and Secretary General, respectively, the organization urged the publication to apologize and retract the allegation within 48 hours. The statement reads, “The attention of the Ijaw Publishers Forum, IPF, has been drawn to the mischievous news that it…

Yoruba men have been extolled to be the best at providing for their wives and children.  According to a statement by a social media influencer simply identified as Zizi on X on Saturday, the narrative that Yoruba men do not take care of their wives and children is far from the truth. Zizi noted that men from the southwestern part of the country “top the list when it comes to living, education, and daily family needs.” Zizi’s statement comes on the heels of accusations that men from the southwest do not provide for their families. “The narrative that Yoruba men…

The Defence Headquarters has confirmed that 15 military men, comprising two majors and 12 soldiers, were killed during a communal clash in Delta State. They were reported to have died while responding to a distress call amid a confrontation between the Okuama and Okoloba villages in Delta State on Thursday. According to a statement released on Saturday by the Director of Defence Information, Brig. Gen. Tukur Gusau, troops on a peace mission to the Okuoma village in Bomadi LGA were ambushed and killed by some community youths. He mentioned that the commanding officer of the reinforcement squad was among those…

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced that President Bola Tinubu has approved the universal electronic registration of its members. This was revealed by the APC’s National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, at a meeting with 33 APC state chairmen at the party’s Abuja headquarters on Saturday. The visit comes only hours after the APC Chairmen’s Forum urged the President to ‘wield the heavy stick’ against leaders of security services who have failed to combat insecurity and banditry. While welcoming the group, Ganduje stated that the President is pleased with the performance of the state chairmen and backed member e-registration…

Aliu Yesufu, the husband of Aisha Yesufu, co-founder of the ‘Bring Back Our Girls’ movement, has said that when they first met, the popular activist was a shy young lady who was afraid to speak in public. He made the announcement while giving a speech on ‘The Act of Becoming a Purposeful Man’ at a symposium held in Abuja on Friday to celebrate the 70th birthday of Pastor Chinedu Ezekwesili, husband of former Minister of Education, Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili. “When I married Aisha, she was in her 300th grade. Nobody knew her then. She was timid and used to be…