Author: Vincent Osuwo

The Lagos State Police Command warned on Thursday that it will not tolerate any type of gathering at the state’s Lekki tollgate on the anniversary of the #EndSARS protest.  This comes as certain civil society organizations plan for a peaceful march on October 20, 2020, to celebrate the third anniversary of the incident that occurred during the #EndSARS demonstration in Lekki, Lagos. Speaking on the aforementioned development, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, Lagos State Command Police Public Relations Officer, stated that no gathering or convergence would be permitted anywhere near the toll gate. Hundeyin, who announced his official X profile (previously Twitter),…

The House of Representatives voted on Thursday to request that the Federal Government appoint new Supreme Court justices to ensure effective justice delivery in the country. The House resolution came after Patrick Umoh, the lawmaker for Ikot Ekpene Federal Constituency in Akwa Ibom State, presented a motion of urgent public interest. In the motion tagged ‘Urgent need for the Federal Government to appoint new justices to the Supreme Court to ensure expeditious and effective justice delivery in the country’, Umoh noted that “The Supreme Court of Nigeria is the apex court in the country with the jurisdiction to hear and…

Kaduna-based Islamic scholar Ahmad Gumi has stated that Christians cannot be trusted with the security architecture of the country. This was revealed by the controversial cleric in a 14-minute video sermon uploaded on his official Facebook page. Gumi claimed in his sermon that the first coup in Nigeria was carried out by top Christian army officers. He stated that entrusting Nigeria’s national security to Christians and Southerners is risky. According to the cleric, Muslims nominated to key security positions are simply figureheads and are not in authority over military command and control like the Christians. In the sermon, which was…

Veteran Nollywood actor Kanayo O. Kanayo has berated Reno Omokri, a former media advisor to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, for challenging the Labour Party’s presidential candidate Peter Obi into footing the medical bills of ailing Nollywood actor John Okafor, popularly called Mr Ibu. Mr. Ibu, who is battling an unidentified ailment that could cost him his leg, took to social media on Wednesday to seek public assistance. Reno Omokri challenged Peter Obi on his X page to reimburse the actor’s medical expenses, saying that Mr Ibu had endorsed and campaigned for him as his chosen candidate in the 2023 general elections.…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned the alleged actions of the Minister of Labour, Barr. Simon Bako Lalong, over alleged plans to sabotage and undermine the Labour-Federal Government October 2, 2023 agreement. The agreement between the federal government and organized labour nipped in the bud plans by the NLC to embark on an indefinite strike action. However, in a Wednesday, October 18, 2023, statement signed by the union’s secretary general, Comrade Emmanuel Ugboaja, which was made public on Thursday, the NLC alleged that the labour minister’s reckless move seeks to sabotage the critical agreement reached. The union noted that…

Officers of the Lagos State Police Command’s Rapid Response Squad, during a patrol on the Gbagada-Oshodi Motorway on Wednesday, apprehended a hard drug dealer. Victor Aghalise, 27, who was distributing a substance thought to be Arizona to motorists, was arrested by the command’s operatives. This was revealed in a Thursday post on the RRS’s official X handle. RRS reported that 93 wraps of Arizona were recovered from Aghalise’s bag. Further police investigations led to the arrest of one Ifeanyi Erem, 60, who also admitted to giving the chemical to Aghalise for sale near the Ilupeju end of the Gbagada-Oshodi Motorway…

The Kaduna State Police Command confirmed the gruesome death of a National Youth Service Corps  (NYSC) member, Grace Chalya Silas, by unidentified assailants in the state on Thursday. The command’s spokesman, ASP Mansir Hassan, informed reporters that the state police commissioner, CP Musa Yusuf Garba, has ordered a manhunt for the Corps members’ murders. Chalya Silas, who is performing her one-year mandatory national service in the state, was allegedly stabbed to death while running at Barnawa in Kaduna South Local Government Area on Wednesday. Her Friends and classmates at the University of Jos expressed their condolences on Facebook. Comfort Elisha,…

Former Nigerian lawmaker Sen. Shehu Sani has promised to do all he can to help John Okafor, the ailing Nollywood actor. On Wednesday, the veteran comic actor resorted to social media to ask for help as he battled an illness that could cost him his leg. The actor stated that he had been ill for several weeks and had been admitted to an unnamed hospital. His Instagram video elicited a wide spectrum of emotions from sympathizers. VIDEO: Mr Ibu celebrates 62nd birthday in hospital Sani who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly, described Mr.Ibu as his…

No fewer than five people have been killed by gunmen in Ayilamo, a village in Logo Local Government of Benue State. According to Catherine Anene, the spokesperson for the police command in Benue State, the attack occurred on Tuesday night. “A few others sustained injuries,” Anene added. She further disclosed that another attack occurred in the Mbachohon community in Gwer-West Local Government, but added that details in respect of that incident were not available. According to reports, six people were killed by gunmen in a separate attack in Mbachohon. “The attacks are unfortunate; more security men are being deployed to…

The immediate suspension of a first-class traditional ruler, King Boutua Aranka, the Ibedaowei of the Opokuma clan, has been approved by the deputy governor of Bayelsa State, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo. The suspension of the monarch was announced on Wednesday in a statement issued by the Bayelsa state deputy governor’s Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mr. Doubara Atasi. “His suspension was due to a reported case of falsehood and a misrepresentation of the chieftaincy laws of the state,” the statement said. The statement went on to say that a seven-member committee had been formed to investigate the charges levelled against the monarch…