Author: Vincent Osuwo

Dr. Agbu Kefas, the Governor of Taraba State, announced a 24-hour curfew on Karim town and its surroundings in the state’s Karim Lamido Local Government Area on Sunday. The curfew was imposed in response to further communal hostilities in the LGA between the Wurkuns and the Karimjos, which purportedly resulted in the deaths of at least 50 people and the burning of numerous houses on Saturday. Usman Abdullahi, spokesman for the Taraba State Police Command, said the incident began at 3 a.m. on Saturday and that the precise number of casualties had yet to be determined. Gunmen lose grip of…

Nigerian athlete, Tobi Amusan won the women’s 100m hurdles at the Stockholm Diamond League with a timing of 12.52 seconds. Sarah Lavin came in second with a personal best time of 12.73 seconds, and Pia Skrzyszowska came in third with a time of 12.78 seconds. Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico won the event in 12.40 seconds. Liverpool sign Leipzig’s Szoboszlai for £60m on 5-year deal Tobi Amusan finished in 12.47 seconds, matching her personal best for the season. Tia Jones finished third with a timing of 12.51 seconds. It was a little improvement from Amusan, who finished third at the…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) announced on Sunday that it would revoke the result of Ejikeme Mmesoma and prosecute her for fraudulently inflating her score and presenting herself as the highest scorer for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. According to the board’s statement, in a bid to secure a N3 million scholarship from Innoson Motors, Mmesoma fraudulently inflated her score. She was set to be honored by the Anambra State government before she was caught. The statement reads: “The attention of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has been drawn to several publications in both print and…

The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has enjoined Corps members to remain calm over the non-payment of their June monthly allowance, colloquially referred to as ‘allowee’  in Nigerian parlance. In a statement signed by Eddy Megwa, Director, Press and Public Relations of the NYSC, it was noted that the Scheme is not unaware of the hiccups experienced by Corps members in getting their allowance. The Scheme also noted that it has “completed all arrangements for the payment of Corps Members’ allowance since the 27th of June, 2023, and remittances have been made the same day to various…

No fewer than six people have reportedly lost their lives in a fire outbreak at a nightclub.  According to San Sok Seiha, Phnom Penh Municipal Police spokesman, four men and two women died in the inferno, which broke out in the early evening at an undisclosed nightclub in Cambodia. “We don’t know yet if there will be more victims,” Sok Seiha said. Fire razes plank market in Ogun He further added that police were still waiting to enter the burnt club. The cause of the fire outbreak which took a few hours for firefighters to extinguish, remains unknown at the…

President Bola Tinubu has been urged by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SEREP) to use his mandate as the president of the country to “urgently publish details of spending of about N400bn so far saved as a result of the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit popularly known as petrol”. Tinubu was urged to also “provide details of the plans on how subsequent savings from the removal of petroleum subsidy would be used, including specific projects on which the funds would be spent, and the mechanisms that have been put in place to ensure that any such savings…

Unidentified gunmen invaded a Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Ogun State yesterday, July 1, 2023, killed the pastor, and kidnapped seven worshippers. According to Soji Ganzallo, Commander of the Ogun State So-Safe Corps, who confirmed the incident, officers of the corp rescued the seven church members while one of the suspects was killed during the rescue mission. As stated in a statement issued by the Director of Information and Public Relations, Moruf Yusuf, Ganzallo was quoted as saying the incident occurred at about 12 a.m. Gunmen kill vigilante leader, 2 others, rape women in Kastina He said “the…

The Super Falcons have been tasked by the First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, with winning the FIFA Women’s World Cup finals in Australia and New Zealand. She gave the charge on Saturday in Abuja, where she hosted the squad for a dinner ahead of their departure on Sunday for the event, which begins on July 20 and finishes on August 20. Tinubu, who was represented by Dr. Betta Edu, the National Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), stated that Nigeria’s participation in the 9th FIFA Women’s World Cup must be for the worthy aim of bringing the prized cup…

Al Hilal announced on Saturday, July 1, 2023, the appointment of Jorge Jesus as the new manager of the team. The announcement came as a surprise, as the coach was being considered for the Saudi national squad. He chose to return to Al-Hilal, the team he led in 2018/19 and won the Saudi Arabian Super Cup with. Jorge Jesus resigned from Fenerbahçe late Sunday, just after the Istanbul-based club won the Turkish Cup in 2023. Joao Cancelo, Daley Blind leave Bayern Munich “As of today, I am not the head coach of Fenerbahçe. I told this to our president a…

Senator Ahmed Sani Yerima, the former Governor of Zamfara State, has advised the Federal Government to dialogue and empower bandits in order to end the insecurity crisis bedevilling the country. He emphasized that engaging in dialogue with these bandits is the panacea for solving the insecurity crisis in the Northern part of the country. The former governor stated this during an interview with BBC Hausa on Saturday. He urged the federal government to treat bandits the same way repentant militants in the Niger Delta were treated. He said, “I’m advising the government to, first of all, find time to sit…