Author: Vincent Osuwo

A group of senior Gabonese Army officers have appeared on national television to say they have taken over power in Gabon.  According to the soldiers, they said they were annulling the results of Saturday’s election, in which President Ali Bongo was declared the winner. In an election the opposition argued was fraudulent, the electoral commission said Mr. Bongo had won just under two-thirds of the votes. The Twelve Soldiers appeared on national television, announcing they were annulling the results of the election and dissolving “all the institutions of the republic”. Speaking on TV channel Gabon 24, one of the senior…

Bishop Seun Adeoye, an Osun-based activist and cleric, has described President Bola Tinubu’s three months in office as a period of great hardship for Nigerians. Expressing his displeasure at the current situation in the country in a statement on Tuesday, Adeoye noted that “businesses are collapsing, hunger now pervades the land, and many who appear to be alive are walking corpses” under the Tinubu-led administration. He further stated that the hardships and sufferings Nigerians endure under Tinubu’s administration has become unbearable. Adeoye lamented that while Tinubu and his family live in the comfort, affluence, and security of the Aso Rock…

Federal Ministry of Health has stated its commitment to increase the tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) from the current rate of 10 percent to 20 percent. Dr. Chukwuma Anyaike, the Director/Head, Public Health Department, Federal Ministry of Health, disclosed this at the Pro-Health Tax Policy Campaign on SSB, held at the Federal Ministries of Finance and Health, respectively, on Tuesday in Abuja. According to Anyaike, “taxation on SSBS has been successfully implemented in countries like Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Portugal, and so many others to reduce the consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks. “The introduction and sustenance of the tax in…

Manchester United goalkeeper, Andre Onana has returned to the Cameroon national team after being called up ahead of their forthcoming Africa Cup of Nations qualifier. Last year, Onana was withdrawn from the World Cup team after a heated altercation with manager Rigobert Song about his style of play, with the custodian reportedly advised to take a more risk-free approach on the ball. He was then sent home and abruptly retired from international football following the tournament in Qatar, but he made a spectacular U-turn this month. The 27-year-old was chosen from a 24-man group for the September 12 qualifier against…

British athletes have been left stranded in Budapest after the World Athletics Championship after nearly 1,000 flights into and out of the UK were cancelled. According to reports, nearly 1,000 flights into and out of the UK were grounded or cancelled owing to a failure in the country’s air traffic control system on Monday, a group of roughly 40 athletes and staff from UK Athletics  were forced to return to their hotel. On Tuesday, Transport Secretary Mark Harper stated that “a defect of this magnitude had not occurred in a decade and that it would take some days to get……

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…