Author: Vincent Osuwo

Uju Kennedy Ohanenye, the Minister of Women’s Affairs, has apologized to individuals who were upset by her statements and conduct in relation to the sexual harassment issue at the University of Calabar (UNICAL) in Cross River State. The minister underscored her steadfast commitment to preserving due diligence and the rule of law in a statement made on Sunday, emphasising that justice and fairness are the essential principles upon which egalitarian communities are based. The announcement comes in response to recent public debates and comments from concerned Nigerians regarding the unfolding issue at UNICAL, which involves the dean of the faculty…

Jimmy Odukoya, the son of Bimbo and Taiwo Odukoya, has been named senior pastor of the Fountain of Life Church. The news was made during the church service on Sunday. Rotimi Okpaise, a pastor, told the audience that following his death, the late Taiwo Odukoya informed the Board of Trustees (BoT) members about the succession plan. According to Okpaise, Jimmy was unanimously voted senior pastor and board chairperson by the Board of Trustees. “The board has chosen Saturday, September 30, 2023, as the date of Jimmy’s installation,” he stated. The founder of the church, Odukoya, died on August 7 in…

Femi Babafemi, the spokesman for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has refuted claims that the late singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly called MohBad, was poisoned in their custody. Babafemi, in a post on X on Saturday, argued that the deceased was not one of the Marlian music acts arrested by the agency in 2022, as speculated by many. He further stated that this makes it impossible for MohBad to have been poisoned in their custody. According to Babafemi, the arrested people include two females and four males, in the persons of Oniyide Azeez (Zinoleesky), Owoeye Michael (m), and Abimbola…

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger’s leaders signed a treaty establishing a defence partnership on Saturday, ministerial delegations from the three Sahel countries announced at a news conference. “Today, together with the Heads of State of Burkina Faso and Niger, I signed the Liptako-Gourma Charter establishing the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), the aim of which is to establish an architecture of collective defence and mutual assistance for the benefit of our populations”, the head of Mali’s ruling junta, Assimi Goita, posted on X. In recent years, jihadism has decimated the Liptako-Gourma region, which connects Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger. The…

Troops of the Joint Security Task Force acting in the Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State freed 33 people who had been kidnapped. They were kidnapped a few days ago by gunmen who took them into the wilderness and held them hostage until their family paid a ransom. However, on the orders of Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed, who is from the LGA, the joint security taskforce engaged the bandits and achieved the safe release of all 33 kidnapped victims. Bala Mahmoud, the caretaker chairman of Alkaleri LGA, received the 33 kidnapped victims on Friday night from security personnel…

An inspired Tottenham team came from behind to defeat newly promoted Sheffield United in the fifth match of the English Premier League. In the pulsating encounter, Tottenham Hotspur were clearly the better side, but they could not convert their shots on target in the first half of the game, which ended in goalless parity. A goal from Gustavo Hamer in the 73rd minute put the visitors in the lead. However, Ange Postecoglou’s side restored parity in the 8th minute of added time with a goal from Brazilian international Richarlison. The Londoners sealed their victory two minutes later with a goal…

Caleb Mutfwang, Governor of Plateau State, has approved the appointment of 136 special assistants with specific tasks to allow him to keep his promises of service delivery to the people. The appointees were picked from the state’s 17 local government areas, or LGAs, with eight from each LGA. According to a statement made in Jos by the Governor’s Director of Press and Public Affairs, Gyang Bere, their designations will be notified to them at their respective local government councils. He said, “The appointees, whose names are listed below, are the first batch. They will assume their roles and responsibilities immediately.…

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25th presidential election, has condemned in totality the gruesome murder and beheading of a chieftain of the Labour Party, Zachary Maduka, in Abia State. Obi, who stated that he was away in Bangladesh when the “despicable” act occurred, in a condolence message to the bereaved family on X, called on the Governor of Abia State, Gov. Alex Otti, “to rid Abia of all forms of criminality to ensure that this type of hateful, dastardly act does not go unpunished.” Furthermore, he pledged his support for the bereaved…

Professor Florence Bisong, the Vice Chancellor (VC) of the University of Calabar, UNICAL, has expressed concern about threats made by the Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Ohaneye, to female students at the university who were appearing before a panel probing charges of sexual harassment against the Dean of the university’s Faculty of Law, Professor Cyril Ndifon. The UNICAL Vice-Chancellor (VC) described as alarming the minister’s leaked audio message that went public in which she threatened one of the female students with jail and asked her to stay out of the case. In a leaked phone call with one of the…

The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, said on Friday that the country’s ambassador to Niger is being held captive at the French embassy and that military governors are preventing food deliveries to the mission. The envoy is living off “military rations”, Macron told reporters in the French town of Semur-en-Auxois. “As we speak, we have an ambassador and diplomatic staff who are literally being held hostage in the French embassy.” “They are preventing food deliveries,” he said, in an apparent reference to Niger’s new military rulers. “He is eating military rations.” After overthrowing President Mohamed Bazoum on July 26, Niger’s…