Author: Vincent Osuwo

Sacked British interior minister Suella Braverman unleashed a scathing attack on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday, accusing him of failing both her and the country. Braverman, who is popular on the right of the party, remained silent after being sacked on Monday, but issued a letter to Sunak on Tuesday that might signal the start of a campaign to replace him if the Conservatives lose an election next year, as polls predict. She accused the Prime Minister of betraying a promise to do “whatever it takes” to stop the boats and illegal migration on the eve of a Supreme…

Joy Nsude, a Nigerian woman living in the United Kingdom, was discovered dead at her home in Hartlepool after conversing on the phone with her husband and several others. Nsude had two children, a four-year-old boy and a two-year-old girl. Ibironke Khadeejah Quadri, a member of the Nigerian community in the UK, announced Nsude’s death in a Facebook post on Monday, adding that the reason for her death had not been determined. Nsude, who died on November 2, was a student of international management at Teesside University in Middlesbrough, according to Quadri. Quadri wrote, “It is with deep sorrow that…

Nelson George, an 11-year-old teenager, has filed a N100 million lawsuit against Limi Children’s Hospital Limited for alleged misdiagnosis and mistreatment that resulted in the damage of one of his testes. Nelson, who filed the claim through his father, Bankole George, also asked Justice Akanbi Yusuf of the FCT High Court in Kubwa to issue an order directing the hospital to pay him N5 million as legal fees. Nelson further asked the court for an order requiring the medical outfit to write a letter of apology to him for the alleged misconduct in the action marked: FCT/HC/CV/7356/2023, which was dated…

Sonia Adesuwa, the estranged wife of former Nigerian footballer Jude Ighalo, has alleged that the footballer slept with a Big Brother Naija (BBN) celebrity and dated a Nigerian actress. In a post on her Instagram story on Tuesday, the mother of three claimed that she was responsible for Ighalo’s journey to stardom. Her words: “Tell the world how I changed your life from being a Udinese B-list player to the person you are today. “Tell the world, if not me, that you have no smell. United Kingdom—Watford FC, to be precise—(your pathway to stardom). At least your agent is still…

The Nigerian Army has confirmed the death of one of its commanders, Lieutenant Alphonsus Bazza, and denied reports that he committed suicide in Akwa Ibom State. This was revealed in a statement issued by Danjuma Jonah, Acting Deputy Director, 6 Division Army Public Relations, on Tuesday, November 14. The statement read, “The attention of Headquarters, 6 Division, Nigerian Army has been drawn to a publication making the rounds in the media over the unfortunate demise of Lieutenant Alphonsus Alexander Kalthy Bazza. “The late officer died while deployed on duty at the 2 Brigade Step-Up Headquarters for Exercise Still Waters III…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has requested that the Federal Government remove universities from the list of agencies required to pay 40% of their internal revenue. ASUU explained that universities were not revenue-generating agencies in a statement signed by its National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, on Tuesday after its National Executive Council meeting at Kaduna State University, Kaduna, saying that the obligatory fees paid by students were to provide the necessary tools for them to be properly educated. According to the announcement, the NEC meeting was held from Saturday, November 11, to Sunday, November 12, 2023, and discussed…

Israeli forces bombed southern Gaza after tanks pushed to the gates of the enclave’s main hospital in the north, where health officials say dozens of patients, including babies, have died due to a lack of power and severe fighting. According to Gaza health ministry authorities, at least 13 individuals were killed when Israeli forces struck their homes in the southern city of Khan Younis. The IDF has also stationed tanks outside Al Shifa Hospital, Gaza City’s major medical facility, which Israel claims is built over tunnels that house a headquarters for Hamas gunmen who use patients as human shields. The…

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) decried on Monday the current rise in the number of adolescent children becoming mothers before the age of 18. As a result, it demanded prompt and comprehensive intervention from governments at all levels, stressing that it had “committed $1 billion in investment in Nigeria over the next five years.” Eduardo Celades, Chief of Health at UNICEF Nigeria, mentioned this during the stakeholders roundtable on Adolescent and Youth Health Policies in Africa, with the theme “Fostering International Partnerships to Contribute to Adolescents’ and Youths’ Health in Nigeria.” The UNICEF Chief of Health stated that the…

Adegboyega Isiaka, Chairman of the House Committee on Federal Polytechnics and Higher Technical Education, has asked for an increase in education budgetary allocation to a minimum of 15%. He also demanded that the sub-allocation for technical education be increased to at least 30% of the total education budget. He said that this, coupled with other essential institutional and behavioural changes, would put the country on the path to national growth and worldwide competitiveness in the 21st century talent market.  The senator revealed this at the committee’s launch yesterday in Abuja, saying there was an urgent need to move young graduates…

A young lady, simply identified as Sughshater Ushahemba, has been arrested by operatives of the Benue State Police Command for allegedly killing her 11-year-old baby. Her arrest was verified on Monday by the Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, Superintendent, SP Catherine Anene, who stated that the suspect had been brought into custody for further investigation. According to reports, the lady from Mbadyul Council Ward of Logo Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state allegedly killed the baby after feeding her a weed-killing pesticide. Mr. Paul Pevikyaa, the Information Officer of Logo LGA, who confirmed the development, stated that when the…