Author: Vincent Osuwo

The International Rescue Committee has set aside $250,000 as emergency relief money for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Plateau State.  According to the charity organization, the funds would be used to support and meet the urgent needs of the IDPs in the state. The inhabitants of the state had been confronted by the crisis, which had resulted in the deaths and displacement of several inhabitants, according to a statement issued on Friday by the IRC Country Director in Nigeria, Babatunde Ojei. The statement read, “The International Rescue Committee is swiftly responding to the escalating conflict in Plateau State, North-Central Nigeria,…

Renowned Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN), has called for an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Adebola Akin-Bright, the boy whose intestine was allegedly removed at a hospital in Lagos State. Falana’s call for an investigation of the death of the patient comes on the heels of the mother of the 13-year-old boy, Mrs. Deborah Abiodun, who had cried out that her son’s intestines were removed during surgery at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH). However, the management of LASUTH has since denied the claims, saying it did not remove any organ from…

The Lagos State House of Assembly has disclosed that Dr. Abayomi Baiyewu, the doctor who performed surgery twice on late Adebola Akin-Bright, is not a qualified surgeon. Adams, the chairman of the Lagos Assembly ad hoc committee tasked with investigating the circumstances surrounding Adebola Akin-Bright’s small intestine disappearance, revealed that the doctor, Dr. Baiyewu, is not a surgeon. This comes after the Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, directed the Clerk, Olalekan Onafeko, to write to the State Police Command requesting the arrest of Dr. Abayomi Baiyewu of Obitoks Hospital in Lagos’ Alimosho neighbourhood on Thursday. Adebola died on Tuesday,…

Troops of Operation Hadarin-Daji have rescued six female students of Federal University, Gusau, abducted in the early hours of Friday. The Information Officer of the task force, Captain Ibrahim Yahaya, confirmed this development to newsmen on Friday. The rescue effort was launched in response to the suspected kidnapping of an undefined number of female students from their rented hostels in Sabon-Gida, a few metres from the university campus on the borders of Zamfara State’s capital. According to Yahaya, the Army troops, in conjunction with the Nigerian Air Force, tracked the abductors of the students into the forest and engaged them…

Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) have raided a gun manufacturing syndicate in Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State. This was disclosed on Friday in a statement by the Army Headquarters on its verified X handle. According to the statement, the raid led to the arrest of “a wanted gunrunner, Napoleon John, who has been on the wanted list of OPSH” as well as the recovery of several weapons. The statement noted that as a result of his arrest, “the suspect who confessed to the crime led troops to a concealed factory where arms of different caliber were…

The Lagos State Police Command has debunked reports that its operatives fired teargas at sympathisers in a bid to prevent them from holding a candlelight procession in honour of the late Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly called MohBad. On Thursday night, several reports alleging that the police fired teargas as sympathisers in a bid to stop the candlelight procession made the rounds on social media. However, in a statement signed by Benjamin Hundeyin, the Force Public Relations Officer, the police stated that the use of teargas was employed as the last resort in order to stop the breakdown of law…

Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, has revoked 167 plots of land in some highbrow districts of the nation’s capital, Abuja. Some of the revoked landed properties belonged to the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi; former Senate Chief Whip, Udoma Udoma; former Cross River Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke; the first Minister of the Niger Delta, Ufot Ekaette; and the late publisher of Leadership Newspaper, Sam Nda-Isaiah. The FTC Administration stated in a notice released Thursday night that the plots were revoked due to the lack of their allottees to develop them. “The Federal Capital Territory…

On Thursday night, operatives of the Lagos State Police Command reportedly fired tear gas canisters at sympathizers who had gathered to pay tribute to the late musician Ilerioluwa Aloba, known as Mohbad. The candlelight procession to honour Mohbad, who unfortunately died, was attended by several fans, friends, and fellow musicians, but it quickly devolved into turmoil as police attempted to stop the gathering. According to reports, many people were hurt during the encounter with law enforcement officers. Confirming the incident, Sarah Ibrahim, a social media user, took to her verified X handle to write, “The police are currently shooting and…

The Nigerian Police Force has announced that the autopsy conducted on Nigerian rapper, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly called MohBad, has been completed. This was announced on Thursday in a statement via the Police Force-verified X handle. The statement reads, “The Nigeria Police Force wishes to inform the public that the autopsy procedure for Mr. Mohbad has been successfully completed. Further information will be provided as soon as the results are available.” Earlier, Chronicle NG reported that the corpse of the late rapper was exhumed for coroner inquiry. The ‘feel good’ crooner, who died on September 12, is alleged to have died from…

Troops of the Nigerian Army, in collaboration with vigilante operatives, have reportedly neutralised 21 suspected bandits in Danko Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State, an official has said. Hussani Bena, the Council Chairman, verified this in a phone interview with the newsmen on Thursday. He claimed that Danko Wasagu shares a border with Niger State’s Mariga Local Government Area, via which bandits gain entrance to Kebbi. According to him, the troops carried out the operation from Monday to Wednesday, and the bandits entered Tudun Bichi under Wasagu through Mariga, but credible intelligence kept security services, vigilante groups, and villagers…