Author: Vincent Osuwo

Former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has stated that President Bola Tinubu has achieved in 100 days what the former president Muhammadu Buhari’s administration could not attempt in many years. Fani-Kayode, a former PDP chieftain who is now a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), stated that Tinubu has returned Nigeria to its position among the Community of Nations. Stating how proud he is of the achievements of Tinubu since he took over the affairs of the country, Fani-Kayode noted that with Tinubu at the helm of affairs, “Nigeria is clearly on the rise again. He said, “In the…

Emeka Nwonyi, the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, has said the late Divisional Police Officer of Ahoada, Bako Angbashim, played into the hands of his killers. Nwonyi revealed that the cultists had sold a dummy to the late Superintendent of Police and were willing to surrender their weaponry in exchange for amnesty. He stated this during a solidarity protest by a human rights advocate, Charles Jaja, at the headquarters of the state police command in Port Harcourt on Monday. Nwonyi expressed remorse that the late Angbashim believed the miscreants, only to discover their deception after his death. The CP, on…

An attack by unknown gunmen has led to the deaths of 10 people and the injury of one in Kulben community, Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. Mr. Jerry Datim, a member of the community, told the newsmen on Monday in Jos, the state capital, that the event happened on Sunday night. “Last night, at about 8:40 p.m., some gunmen attacked the Kulben community, killing 10 people and injuring one. “The criminals invaded the village and started shooting sporadically. People started running to safety, but the bullets killed some, whose bodies were later found. “We alerted the security personnel,…

The Nigerian Navy (NN) has warned the general public to disregard a bogus and fraudulent advertisement for recruitment in the 2023–2024 Direct Short Service Commission that has been spreading on social media. The Navy stated that for the advertisement of such enlistment exercises, it will normally notify the public through its official website, www.nigeriannavy.mil.ng, and other reputable verifiable channels, includingmainstreamm media. Commodore AO Ayo-Vaughan, Director of Naval Information, stated in a statement that “the attention of the Naval Headquarters has been drawn to a fraudulent online advertisement on the enlistment exercise for Direct Short Service Commission (DSSC) into the NN…

President Bola Tinubu’s visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has led to the lifting of the visa ban imposed on Nigerian travellers by the Emirate. The embargo, which was enforced ten months ago, had an impact on the activities of Nigerians who were frequent visitors to the Middle Eastern country for business, tourism, and leisure. However, President Bola Tinubu recently reignited many people’s hopes when he pledged to do everything in his power to resolve the diplomatic row between the two countries. When UAE Ambassador Designate, Amb Salem Saeed Al-Shamsi, delivered his “Letter of Credence” to Tinubu at Aso…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has stated that President Bola Tinubu’s legal team only indicts themselves with their watermark claims. In a press statement signed by Hon. Debo Ologunagba, National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, the party stated that the “admission by the Tinubu Legal Team that it ‘scanned and watermarked’ its copy of the judgement with the inscription, ‘Tinubu Presidential Legal Team ‘TPLT’ is self-indicting and lends credence to widespread public insinuation of pre-determined manipulation by the APC.” Demanding that the All Progressive Congress (APC) come clean on the matter, the PDP demanded that “the Tinubu Legal Team explain…

Doctor Noah Kekere, who was arrested for allegedly harvesting a woman’s kidney in Jos, reportedly turned lunatic on Saturday while in police detention at the Plateau State Police Command. Chronicle NG reports that the doctor was arrested on Wednesday following a report at the Nasarawa Gwom police division accusing him of removing the right kidney of Mrs. Kehinde Kamal during a surgery in 2018. The suspect’s arrest had previously been confirmed by the state police headquarters. According to our source, Kekere was rushed to the psychiatric unit of Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) after exhibiting signs of insanity in the…

Prof. Ali Pate, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, and Dr. Tunji Alausa, the Minister of State, have launched a four-point strategy to ensure that the sector provides better healthcare to Nigerians. Pate stated at a weekend news conference in Abuja that the ministry would increase the performance of health governance in Nigeria while minimizing political influence. The media conference followed a three-day ministerial briefing organized by the ministry on the realities in the health and social welfare sectors. The purpose of the gathering was to create a model for Nigeria’s healthcare system. According to Pate, there is…

Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested six suspects on Saturday in connection to the gruesome murder of SP Bako Angbashim. Bako, a divisional police officer of Ahoada Division in Rivers State, was killed in the line of duty while engaging cultists in a shootout. The event occurred in the late hours of Friday, following allegations of a gunfight between police officers on patrol and members of a known cult group in the Odeimude village in Ahoada East. According to sources familiar with the situation, SP Bako and his men were engaged in a fierce gun battle with…

Prof. Aminu Muhammad, the President of the Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria, has stated that it would take Nigeria 10 years to replace the 500 doctors who recently left Nigeria in search of greener pastures. Muhammad made the remark while speaking on Sunday against the backdrop of findings by the association from 50 out of 80 chapters, which confirmed that no fewer than 500 medical personnel including doctors have left the shores of Nigeria for the outside world. The president, who was answering questions from journalists shortly after reading the communiqué of the association’s biennial delegate meeting in…