Author: Vincent Osuwo

Miss Rahab Musa, a 23-year-old female student at Gombe State University (GSU), Sambo, has been arrested by the police for allegedly killing her newborn baby. Rahab, a final-year student in the university’s Department of Public Administration, allegedly threw the newborn through a window just hours after giving birth inside a toilet in one of the female hostel blocks. According to a university source who requested anonymity, the student, who was from Filiya town in Shongom Local Government Area of Gombe State, conceived the pregnancy outside of marriage and chose to kill the newborn boy by throwing him over the window…

The Federal Government has secured a $163 million loan from the African Development Bank to support the production of wheat in the country. This was disclosed by Vice President Kashim Shettima on Sunday in Argungu, Kebbi State, while on a condolence visit to the family of the late Abubakar Giro, a sheikh. Shettima noted that the loan collected for the production of wheat in the country is part of President Bola Tinubu’s drive to improve the agricultural sector in the country. He noted that the loan, when put to judicious use, will reduce Nigeria’s dependence on wheat importation to the…

The Anambra State Police Command has secured the conviction of the two robbers arrested on the Second Niger Bridge a couple of weeks ago. This was revealed in a statement by the state police spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, issued to journalists on Sunday. When arraigned in court, the thieves, who were apprehended on the bridge with two daggers and five SIM cards taken from their victims’ phones, pleaded guilty. Ikenga disclosed that both robbers were sentenced to five-year jail terms on each of the first two counts and three-year imprisonment for the third count, adding that the sentences, which are…

Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, the governor of Anambra State, praised President Bola Tinubu on Saturday for giving the South East “juicy portfolios” despite recording low votes in the region during the last presidential election. Soludo was full of praise for the president during the courtesy visit of the Minister of Works and Housing, David Umahi, to his office on Saturday. The governor acknowledged that Tinubu’s giving the Ministry of Works to the South East was huge while saying, “In politics, you don’t get what you deserve but what you bargain for with votes.” He added, “Given the totality of votes…

Germany won the Basketball World Cup for the first time on Sunday, defeating Serbia 83-77. The Germans, who had gone undefeated throughout the tournament and were playing in their first final, took the lead in the third quarter in Manila. Serbia staged a frantic fourth-quarter comeback, but Germany held them off and took home the Naismith Trophy. Dennis Schroder finished the game with 28 points, followed by Franz Wagner with 19. Germany had defeated the United States in a thrilling semi-final match. Serbia, who was attempting to win the title for the first time as an independent nation, suffered an…

Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), United States, have developed a device that mimics the functions of a kidney. The artificial kidney, according to the university, is made up of human kidney cells contained in an implantable device known as a bioreactor. It was examined for a week in pigs and shown to replicate numerous critical renal functions. The device can operate silently in the background and does not activate the recipient’s immune system. Eventually, scientists plan to fill the bioreactor with different renal cells that perform vital functions like balancing the body’s fluids and releasing hormones…

No fewer than 18 kidnapped victims have been rescued by the troops of the Joint Task Force Northwest, Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD). According to a statement issued on Sunday by the acting Deputy Director of Information for Operation Hadarin Daji, Captain Ibrahim Yahaya, for the force information officer, OPHD, under the command of the General Officer Commanding 8 Division Nigerian Army, has rescued over 18 kidnapped victims in its Areas of Responsibility covering Zamfara, Kebbi, Katsina, and Sokoto. He disclosed that the successes were achieved on September 9, 2023, when the operatives deployed at Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Anka…

Manchester United have announced that Antony will be away from the club until further notice as the Brazilian star continues to face domestic abuse allegations. The 23-year-old winger has not been banned and has been granted a paid leave of absence to let him defend himself against the allegations brought by three women. According to reports, United’s move demonstrates the club’s concern about the matter, which it will continue to monitor. The decision, which follows discussions between chief executive Richard Arnold and manager Erik ten Hag, comes in the wake of Brazil’s decision to drop Antony from their squad for the…

Moroccan international Achraf Hakimi has offered his condolences to the people of Morocco following the earthquake that rocked a part of the country on Friday. The earthquake, which has reportedly claimed no fewer than a thousand lives, has left the country and its citizens in mourning. The Chronicle NG reports that a rare and powerful earthquake hit Morocco late Friday night, killing over 600 people and destroying buildings from the Atlas Mountains to the old city of Marrakech. The death toll was anticipated to grow as rescuers dug through the rubble and sought to reach distant places on Saturday. Reacting…

No fewer than eight people have been confirmed dead following a boat mishap in the Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa State. A boat conveying 23 passengers mishapped early on Friday in Njuwa Lake at Rugange, a village in the Yola South LGA, with the government confirming one death while search and rescue activities continued. Eight individuals had been rescued, and eight bodies had been discovered, leaving seven people unaccounted for. Mohamed Suleiman, Executive Secretary of the Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency, ADSEMA, provided the update while accompanying the state Deputy Governor, Prof. Kaletapwa Farauta, on a condolence visit…