Author: Vincent Osuwo

Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia has warned that some of the state’s indigenes are importing herders from surrounding countries, such as the Niger Republic, to undermine his administration. The governor made the statement while addressing the state’s people on Sunday at the Chapel of Grace, Government House, Makurdi, the state capital. According to a statement issued by Donald Kumun, Principal Special Assistant on Print Media, and made accessible to journalists late Sunday, the governor urged the people to be calm, stating that security agencies would safeguard their safety. Alia stated that individuals responsible for the migration of herdsmen into the…

Opta, a British sports analytics company, has ranked Super Eagles forward Moses Simon as the fourth best dribbler in Europe’s top five leagues. According to a recent post on Ligue 1 X Twitter quoting OptaJose, the Nigerian is only surpassed by Barcelona wonderkid Yamine Lamal, Manchester City’s Jeremy Doku, and Bayern Munich’s Leroy Sane. Simon is in his fourth season at Nantes and has been one of the club’s most prominent players, leading them to the Coupe de France victory in 2022 and helping the French club win their first trophy in 2022. The 28-year-old has been the club’s main…

No fewer than sixty-four bloodied remains have been discovered along a road in Papua New Guinea’s remote highlands. On Monday, authorities reported a grisly escalation of long-standing bloodshed between local warring tribes. The fatalities were believed to be tribal fighters who were ambushed by a rival gang early on Sunday. The incident occurred near the town of Wabag, around 600 kilometres (370 miles) northwest of the capital, Port Moresby. The rough and lawless terrain has long been the site of tit-for-tat mass massacres between competing Sikin, Ambulin, Kaekin, and other groups. Graphic police pictures from the site showed stripped and…

The Presidency has countered Atiku Abubakar’s Foreign Exchange Solution, stating that a controlled floating of the currency to prevent further devaluation will merely return Nigeria to the economic regime of Godwin Emefiele, the beleaguered former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. It said that the programme, which saw approximately $1.5 billion paid monthly to prop up the naira, encouraged financial malpractices such as arbitrage, which harmed the economy. Mr. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, made this claim in a statement released on Sunday titled ‘Once again, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar got it…

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the recently held general election, has berated President Bola Tinubu over the “currency fluctuation and poverty” facing the country.  Atiku, in a statement posted on his X page on Sunday, berated Tinubu for “cluelessness” in solving the “foreign exchange crisis and the problem of economic downturn, among others,”  stating that the president has failed to “showcase any concrete policy steps that his administration is taking to contain the crises.” Atiku further stated that “the wrong policies of the Tinubu administration continue to cause untold pain and distress…

Mixed reactions have trailed the call for prayers for the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. The INEC chair has been subjected to severe backlash for allegedly manipulating the outcome of the 2022 general election. Despite the outcomes of the Supreme Court verdict on the recently held presidential election, disgruntled loyalists of the opposition parties have alleged repeatedly that the INEC boss manipulated the election in favor of President Bola Tinubu. Despite the blame game, a cross section of Nigerians on social media drummed for prayers for the INEC boss, noting that the elections were free…

Nigerian comedian and Nollywood actor Lawrence Oluwaseyitan Aletile, popularly known as Seyi Law, has suffered a backlash from Nigerians over his call for support for President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Seyi Law, a vocal supporter of Tinubu, in a solemn call on his verified X handle on Saturday, urged Nigerians to support the Tinubu-led administration, noting that “things would get better.” Making, an allusion to the story of Moses in the Holy Bible, Seyi Law noted that, “I would rather stay with a Moses through the wilderness to Canaan than eat meat and drink wine in slavery in Egypt at the…

Controversial Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, experienced a robbery at his music studio in Sango-Ota, Ogun State, in the early hours of Saturday morning. Portable shared the news on his Instagram stories, revealing that all his valuable items and studio equipment worth millions of naira were stolen. Portable stated that the group behind the attack had always intended to harm him, emphasizing the importance of being cautious. Sharing a video of the burgled studio, the Portable wrote in Pidgin: “Evil people around me. Thank God, say, man, no be God. “Big God go do am again. ZehNation…

Governors elected on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) platform have urged the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government to give up if it is unable to activate all organs and levels of government to find long-term solutions to Nigeria’s economic woes. The PDP governors lamented that the cost of food items has recently risen, as have economic issues, making it difficult for Nigerians to purchase necessities. The PDP governors, led by Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed, stated on Monday that Nigeria under Tinubu was on the verge of turning into Venezuela. In response, Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation,…

A judge has ordered former President Donald Trump to pay about $355 million (£281 million) to New York State for lying about the worth of his properties. Judge Arthur Engoron also prohibited him from serving as a company director or taking out loans from state institutions for three years. The New York real estate billionaire avoided having several of his firms liquidated, which may have led to bankruptcy. Speaking from his Florida home, Mr. Trump stated that he would appeal the verdict. “A crooked New York state judge just ruled I have to pay a fine of $355 million for…