Author: Vincent Osuwo

The executive Governor of Imo State, Gov. Hope Uzodinma, has described Imo’s talents as a veritable resource for the nation. Uzodinma made this remark while receiving Super Falcons of Imo origin: Chiamaka Nnadozie, Desire Oparanozie, Osinachi Ohale, and Tochukwu Oluehi at the Government House in Owerri. While commending the Super Falcons of Nigeria for their outstanding performance at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, which he described as an impressive outing, Uzodinma urged them not to be deterred by the outcome of the competition. CAF Confederation Cup: Obaseki gives 30 buses, 100 jerseys to fans As an encouragement to the…

Godwin Emefiele, the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), was not arraigned as scheduled on Thursday in the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja. Chronicle NG reports that the Federal Government applied to drop the “illegal possession of firearms” case it filed against the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, at the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos. In an oral application, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) at the Federal Ministry of Justice, Mohammed Abubakar, told Justice Nicholas Oweibo that the application followed the result of further investigations. FG drops firearms case against…

Godwin Obaseki, the governor of Edo State, has urged fans of sports in Edo to turn out in huge numbers on Saturday to support Bendel Insurance Football Club when they take on ASO Chlef FC of Algeria at the Samuel Ogbemudia stadium in Benin. On Saturday in Benin, the opening preliminary match of the 2023–24 CAF Confederations Cup is slated to take place between the Benin Arsenals and ASO Chlef of Algeria. The game will begin at 4:00 p.m. The announcement was made by the Obaseki during a news conference on Wednesday at the Samuel Ogbemudia stadium in Benin City…

Governor Mai Mala Buni has distributed food baskets as palliatives to over 3,000 disadvantaged households in Jakusko Local Government Area of Yobe State to alleviate the effects of the removal of subsidies. Makinde sets up Oyo palliative committee The Governor flagged off the distribution exercise in Jakusko LGA, Yobe North Senatorial District. In recent times, Buni has flagged off similar distributions of food items in Damaturu and Fune Local Government Areas in Zones A and B of the State. The distribution exercise is aimed at over 80,000 vulnerable households, with over 400, 000 people spread throughout 14,500 communities in the…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has stated its displeasure over various attacks perpetrated by armed groups in the Republic of Niger, which have resulted in the deaths of several Nigerien soldiers. Condemning the attacks, the regional body, in a statement issued on Wednesday, conveyed its condolences to the people of the country and to the families of the bereaved soldiers. The regional bloc also called on the Niger Junta to restore constitutional order in the country “in order to focus on the security of the country that has become fragile” as a result of the coup that…

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday assigned portfolios to ministers who will serve in his cabinet after weeks of suspense. Tinubu appointed Nyesom Wike, a former governor of Rivers State and a member of the Peoples Democratic Party as minister of the Federal Capital Territory. Another former governor, Dave Umahi was named the Minister of Works while Wale Edun was named the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy. Other notable names in the cabinet are Festus Keyamo, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, former Zamfara governor, Bello Matawalle who was appointed Minister of State Defence and former Plateau…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPCL) has secured a $3 billion Emergency Crude Repayment loan from AFREXIM Bank. This was disclosed in a statement on Wednesday, August 16, 2023, by the NNPCL. According to the NNPCL, the loan, which is projected to bring relief to the naira, was signed at the bank’s headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. CBN staff loans hit N40bn, a jump of 113% The corporation further stated that the loan will bring immediate relief that will assist the federal government in its ongoing fiscal and monitoring reforms in a bid to stabilize the exchange rate. The statement by…

Aggrieved Muslims, under the aegis of the Lagos Muslim Community, have staged a protest over what they described as official marginalization in the list of commissioner-designates forwarded to the state House of Assembly by the executive Governor of Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Governor Sanwo-Olu’s list of commissioners supposedly includes eight Muslims and 31 Christians. Hundreds of Muslims gathered in the early hours of Wednesday at the state’s house of assembly building. The protesters include heads of numerous Islamic organisations and academics, as well as other Muslim faithful, holding signs that said, “Muslims say no official discrimination”. Speaking to a large crowd…

Multiple churches were vandalized and burned down by an irate mob in the Jaranwala tehsil area of Faisalabad, Pakistan, on Wednesday over blasphemy allegations. Speaking on the attacks on the churches, a Christian leader, Akmal Bhatti, stated that the mob had torched no fewer than five churches and looted valuables from houses that had been abandoned by their owners after clerics made announcements in mosques inciting the violence. Images making the rounds on social media showed smoke rising from the burning church buildings and people setting fire to furniture that had been dragged from them. Also, a Christian cemetery was…

The Federal Government has ordered the removal of “All Eyes on the Judiciary” billboards nationwide. The government also disbanded the secretariat of the Advertising Standard Panel (ASP) over its approval of the advertisement. The Director-General of the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria, Dr. Olalekan Fadolepo, announced the removal of all the billboards in a statement on Tuesday. Tinubu putting Nigerians through tough, frightening era – Dapo Abiodun’s wife laments According to him, the advertisement is inappropriate and is currently before the courts. “The Advertising Standards Panel did not approve the exposed concepts; hence, the council has directed that all the…