Author: Vincent Osuwo

Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the suspended senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, has arrived at Abuja’s Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, to face charges of defamation. Natasha entered the courtroom at 10:30 a.m., ahead of the session’s scheduled start time of 11:00 a.m., and waited for the presiding judge. The Federal Government’s Director of Public Prosecutions, Mohammed Abubakar, filed the accusation against Natasha on its behalf. The Federal Government charges Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan, the single defendant, with uttering defamatory statements about Senate President Godswill Akpabio during a live television broadcast. The charge names Senate President Godswill Akpabio and former Kogi State Governor…

No fewer than 30 people have been injured after Iranian missiles targeted a hospital in Beersheba, southern Israel. An Iranian strike in the early hours of Thursday hit Israel’s Soroka Hospital, officials confirm. At the time of filing this report, medical staff are still working at the site, as Israel’s emergency services say more than 30 people have been injured. The main target of this morning’s missile strike was a military site next to Soroka Hospital in Beersheba, not the hospital itself, Iranian state media says. According to the IRNA news agency, the attack was targeted at an Israel Defence…

A United States court has sentenced five Nigerian fraudsters to over 159 years in prison for scamming over 100 Americans, businesses, and government entities out of $17 million. This was said in a statement posted on the US Department of Justice website on Wednesday and signed by Ray Combs, the acting US Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas. According to the statement, the defendants, Damilola Kumapayi, Sandra Iribhogbe, Edgal Iribhogbe, Chidindu Okeke, and Chiagoziem Okeke, were members of a transnational organised crime ring. The attorney emphasised that the defendants launched the scam in 2017 and targeted elderly and vulnerable…

President Bola Tinubu is expected to visit Kaduna State on Thursday (today) to inaugurate numerous significant development projects carried out by Gov. Uba Sani’s government. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the visit is part of Sani’s two-year anniversary celebrations. The 300-bed Specialist Hospital in Millennium City, Kaduna, established by the state government to improve healthcare services, is among the projects set to be inaugurated. Tinubu will also launch the Rigachikun Institute of Vocational Training and Skills Development, road improvements in Soba and Samaru Kataf Local Government Areas, and the 24-kilometre Kafanchan Township Road. Others include the Tudun Biri…

President Bola Tinubu has directed the Benue State governor, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, to allocate lands for ranching in the state. Tinubu gave the directive while addressing the governor during a town hall meeting organised in Makurdi, the Benue state capital, on Wednesday. According to the president, the allocation of lands for ranching will help abate the incessant attacks by suspected herders on unsuspecting villagers. The president made the call after no fewer than 200 people were killed by suspected herders in Yelewata, a village in the Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. The president also directed the Benue…

President Bola Tinubu has stated that a cross-section of Nigerians are displeased with the All Progressives Congress’ administration. Speaking at a town hall meeting in Benue State, the president spoke on the love lost some Nigerians have for him, saying they hate him like “hell”. The president made the remark while addressing the Benue State governor, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, over the killings in the state which, according to the president, are perpetrated by his (Alia’s) political enemies. “Governor Alia, you were elected under the progressive banner to ensure peace, stability, and progress. You are not elected to bury people…

President Bola Tinubu formed a committee on Wednesday to help restore long-term peace in Benue State following last Friday’s tragedy in the Yelewata hamlet in Guma Local Government Area, which killed over 200 people. The President’s peace committee includes former Military Governor of Benue State, Gen Atom Kpera (retd.), Senator George Akume, Senator Gabriel Suswam, and Samuel Ortom, all of whom are previous Benue governors. HRM Prof. James Ayatse, the Paramount Ruler of Tiv Nation and Chairman of the Benue State Traditional Council, and HRM Dr. John Elaigwu, the Paramount Ruler of Idomaland, the Ochidoma, are also members of the…

President Bola Tinubu urged the security chief on Wednesday to arrest the perpetrators of last Friday’s carnage in Benue State’s Yelewata town, located in the Guma Local Government Area. “Christopher… We need to get our ears to the ground. Let’s get those criminals. Let’s get them out,” Tinubu told the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, during a town hall meeting with political leaders in Benue State. Tinubu is in Benue, a hotbed of recent massacres by armed herders that have killed at least 100 lives. In a conversation with Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia, he stated, “Your political…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed US President Donald Trump on Wednesday for his “support in defending Israel’s skies” as Israel exchanged fire with Iran for the sixth time. The United States has stated that it is not directly involved in Israel’s campaign, although it is a significant provider of missiles and technology for its ally’s powerful air defence systems. According to reports, American military assets in the Middle East, including a Navy destroyer, helped shoot down Iranian ballistic missiles. “I want to thank President Trump, a great friend of the state of Israel,” Netanyahu said in a televised statement.…

US President Donald Trump has disclosed that he was considering whether the United States would join Israeli strikes on Iran and said that Tehran had reached out to seek negotiations on ending the conflict. Speaking as he watched the installation of a new flagpole at the White House on Wednesday, Trump added that his patience “had already run out” with Iran and reiterated his call for the Islamic republic’s “unconditional surrender”. “I may do it; I may not do it. I mean, nobody knows what I’m going to do,” Trump told reporters on the South Lawn when asked if he…