Author: Vincent Osuwo

The New Nigeria Peoples Party’s (NNPP) Board of Trustees has suspended Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso for alleged anti-party activity. Kwankwaso, the candidate of the party in the February 25 Presidential election was suspended along with the National Working Committee (NWC), and some members of the party. The suspension is  for six months is said to run for six months. The political party also named new national offices, appointing Dr. Agbo Major as acting national chairman and Mr. Ogini Olaposi as acting national secretary. Speaking to journalists at the end of the meeting in Lagos on Tuesday, Secretary of the BoT,…

The Delta State Police Command has arrested no fewer than 100 men suspected of carrying out a gay wedding in the state. This was disclosed in a statement by the Delta State Police Force via its verified Twitter handle. According to the statement, the suspects were apprehended in a hotel while carrying out the gay wedding ceremony. The statement on Twitter reads, “Delta State Command has arrested over 100 gay suspects in a hotel carrying out a gay wedding ceremony. We will be going live shortly on Facebook to parade the said suspects.” Niger lawmakers want gay relationships criminalised According…

The President Bola Tinubu-led federal government has announced plans to create 50 million jobs in a bid to reduce unemployment in the country. This was disclosed by the Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment, Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite, after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting yesterday. Speaking to newsmen after the Council’s meeting, she noted that President Bola Tinubu is totally committed to making true his campaign promise of creating 50 million jobs. Stating that the job creation will be in phases, she noted that industries such as the creative industry, digital economy, agri-food sector, mining, oil, and gas will contribute…

The Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has stated that President Bola Tinubu’s administration inherited a bad economy. Speaking to newsmen on Monday after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, Edun noted that the Tinubu administration inherited a bad economy with an unacceptable high rate of unemployment and inflation standing at 24 percent. According to Edun, “per capita has fallen steadily, inflation is at 24 percent, unemployment is high, and you know they are rebasing the way in which it’s calculated. Either way, it is high, and youth unemployment is even unacceptably high; these are the key…

On Monday, President Bola Tinubu issued a marching order to the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to implement initiatives aimed at reviving the economy. He handed the charge to his ministers while presiding over his administration’s first FEC meeting, which was held at the State House Council Chambers, Presidential Villa, Abuja. In his inauguration address to his 45 ministers, Tinubu emphasized the enormity of the work before the administration, demanding all those assigned responsibilities to give their all. Tinubu stated that the administration’s main areas had been laid out in its economic programs and charged them with being prepared not to…

Multiple Raids conducted by troops of Operation Safe Haven have led to the arrest of 17 murder, kidnapping, and robbery suspects in Plateau State. According to a statement signed by Captain Oya James, Media Information Officer of Operation Safe Haven on Monday, “the troops arrested five murder suspects for killing one Mr. Joshua Deme on his farm at Kassa village in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State”. The statement reads, “Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) on Operation Hakorin Damisa IV from August 21 to August 28, 2023, have arrested 17 criminal suspects in connection with murder, kidnapping,…

Nigeria’s external reserves plummeted to $915 million due to the CBN’s formal flotation of the naira and liberalization of the foreign exchange market. Data obtained from CBN on Sunday showed that the reserves, which stood at $34.66 billion as of June 14, 2023, when the naira was floated, fell to $33.74 billion as of August 24, 2023. The naira, which was valued at 471.67/$ at the Investor & Exporter forex window on June 13, a day before the CBN announced the naira float fell to over 700/$ at the I&E window. Since then, the country’s currency has traded at or…

France has announced that abayas, the loose-fitting full-length gowns worn by some Muslim women, will be prohibited at France’s state-run schools. The French education Minister Gabriel Attal who announced the new rule stated that the rule will be implemented as soon as the new school year begins on September 4th. Religious signage is strictly prohibited in state schools and government buildings in France, stating that it contravenes secular rules. Since 2004, wearing a headscarf at state-run schools has been prohibited. “When you walk into a classroom, you shouldn’t be able to identify the pupils’ religion just by looking at them,”…

No fewer than 13 people reportedly lost their lives due to heavy rains in central Tajikistan on Sunday. The latest natural disaster to hit the mountainous Central Asian country resulted in deaths that occurred in areas just south and east of the capital Dushanbe, where storms caused “mudslides, falling rocks, and landslides” in around a dozen districts, a spokeswoman for the country’s emergencies ministry told journalists. According to the spokeswoman, “because of the heavy rains, a natural catastrophe happened yesterday and caused the deaths of 13 people, including 11 in Vahdat and two in Rudaki district. Tajikistan, the poorest of…

The Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) has threatened to leave the National Housing Fund program due to the Federal Mortgage Bank’s failure to refund deductions. Joe Ajaero, President of the NLC, made the argument while speaking before the House of Representatives Adhoc Committee probing non-remittance to the NHF and fund utilization from 2011 to the present. Ajaero informed the committee that the Federal Mortgage Bank has kept civil servants in a state of ignorance about the status of their deductions by failing to send them monthly alerts, urging lawmakers to take drastic measures to remove the impediments to affordable and quality…