Author: Vincent Osuwo

The Borno State Police Command announced that a female suicide bomber detonated an explosive in a fish market in the state’s Konduga Local Government Area, killing 12 people and injuring 18. According to a statement released on Saturday by the State Police Public Relations Officer’s Spokesperson, ASP Nahum Daso, the incident took place at a nearby fish market. The statement reads, “A suicide bomb attack occurred on Friday, 20th June, 2025, at about 2130 hrs, at the fish market area in Konduga town, Borno State, where a female suicide bomber, who had an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) strapped to her…

The family of Mr Daniel Ikwo in Nnewi, Anambra State, has petitioned the state Commissioner of Police, Ikioye Orutugu, about his detention by Udogachi vigilante operatives. In a plea dated June 20, 2025, the family stated that Ikwo’s pregnant wife, Cynthia, and their two children were also held. According to the family’s plea, written by their legal counsel, Chijioke Onwe, security personnel entered Ikwo’s home in the early hours of May 30, 2025, abducted the family of four, and have since imprisoned them. The family stated that after several failed attempts, the operatives permitted them to visit Cynthia and her…

The United States (US) has carried out successful airstrikes in Iran, destroying nuclear sites in the Arab nation. This was announced in a statement on X by US President Donald Trump on Sunday. According to the statement, the successful airstrike led to the destruction of three nuclear sites in Iran. Trump disclosed that “a full payload of bombs was dropped on the primary sites” in Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan, turning the nuclear sites into ruins. This intervention by the US comes after protracted airstrikes between Israel and Iran, which have led to the death of over 200 people and the…

No fewer than eight people were killed on Saturday when a hot air balloon with 21 passengers caught fire in southern Brazil, said the governor of Santa Catarina state, where the incident occurred. “Eight fatalities and 13 survivors,” Governor Jorginho Mello said on X. The balloon erupted in flames above the seaside village of Praia Grande, causing the basket containing the passengers to plunge dozens of metres to the ground. Bystanders captured videos of the incident, which were broadcast on Brazilian media. “We still have no information” about the condition of the survivors, a spokeswoman for Santa Catarina firefighters told…

Amnesty International has called on the federal government to investigate the killing of 12 travellers by a mob in the Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. Chronicle NG reports that on Friday evening, an 18-seater bus carrying 31 people to a wedding was assaulted, killing 12 people and injuring 11 others. The human rights organisation highlighted the need for the government to ensure that those guilty for the attack are quickly brought to justice. According to sources, the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria bus was conveying people from Basawa in Zaria LGA, Kaduna State, when it was ambushed around 8…

Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang has condemned the murder of eight travellers in the Mangun community of the Mangu Local Government Area of the state by suspected hoodlums. Mutfwang, who called for calm, said this when he visited the scene of the incident on Saturday. Chronicle NG reports that on Friday, an irate mob attacked 31 travellers, including women and children, and killed twelve of them. The travellers were traveling from Zaria to Qua’an Pan LGA of the state to attend a wedding ceremony. Mufwang, who expressed sadness over the incident, described it as an act of criminality. “I have…

The Plateau State Police Command has arrested 22 suspects in connection with the brutal killing of 12 wedding guests in Mangu Local Government Area. The Police Public Relations Officer, Alabo Alfred, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday. Chronicle NG reports that the victims were travelling from Zaria, Kaduna State, to attend a wedding ceremony in Qua’an Pan LGA when their bus was attacked by an angry mob after they lost their way. The incident occurred on Friday, June 20, 2025, at about 9:47 p.m., when the attackers set the bus ablaze, resulting in the deaths of some passengers,…

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has reportedly handpicked three potential successors in the event he is assassinated during Israel’s ongoing military strikes — a revelation that signals unprecedented urgency inside Tehran’s highest ranks. According to an investigative article published by The New York Times on Saturday, the 86-year-old Supreme Leader, who is reportedly working from a reinforced bunker, has privately named three senior clerics to take over authority if he dies during the fight. According to “senior Iranian officials”, Khamenei made the picks in response to a series of high-level assassinations by Israeli forces. Significantly, Khamenei’s important son, Mojtaba,…

At least 12 travellers from the Basawa community in Zaria, Kaduna State, were killed during an attack by an irate mob in the Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, on Friday. Eleven others were injured and are still receiving hospital treatment. The victims, a group of 31 men, women, and children, were travelling in an 18-seater bus owned by Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria when group assaulted them around 8 p.m. According to reports, the travellers were on their way to Qua’an Pan LGA to attend a wedding ceremony when they encountered a mob. Sheikh Suleiman Haruna, the Chief…

The Special Adviser to the president on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has said that President Bola Tinubu will choose his 2027 running mate after the next convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Onanuga revealed this in an interview with Daily Trust, following the speculation about Tinubu’s alleged plan to drop Kashim Shettima as his running mate for the 2027 election. The assumption was recently fuelled by certain speakers at the APC stakeholders gathering in Gombe, who endorsed President Tinubu for a second term without mentioning Shettima. The omission disrupted the gathering, with some delegates questioning why the vice…