Author: Vincent Osuwo

Dr. Dele Alake, Minister of Solid Minerals Development, says Nigerian schools that charge tuition in foreign currencies should be closed. On Wednesday in Abuja, Alake made the call during the Nigeria Gold Day Celebration, which was held in conjunction with the 10th edition of Nigeria Mining Week, themed Nigeria Mining: From Progress to Global Relevance. He criticized the practice, describing it as one of the leaks and flaws in Nigeria’s economy that jeopardize its growth. “I am still going to make a proposal to the Federal Executive Council that all those schools in Nigeria that are charging in foreign currencies…

Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca received a one-match touchline ban on Wednesday for dissent and over-celebrating a last-gasp goal in a 2-1 Premier League win over Liverpool on October 4. Maresca will now be banned from the touchline for Chelsea’s match away to Nottingham Forest in the Premier League on Saturday. He has also been fined £8,000 ($10,685), and the Football Association claims Maresca openly agreed to the misconduct charge. He received a yellow card for protesting a penalty judgment and another in the sixth minute of stoppage time for aggressively celebrating Estevao Willian’s angled winner during a desperate onslaught. Chelsea…

Hamas announced Wednesday that it had handed back the remains of all slain hostages that it could reach, while the Israeli military reported that the Red Cross had received two more bodies in Gaza. Since Monday, under a cease-fire arrangement negotiated by US President Donald Trump, Hamas has returned 20 surviving captives to Israel in exchange for approximately 2,000 Palestinian prisoners released from Israeli prisons. Before the two bodies were turned over late Wednesday, Hamas had already delivered the remains of seven of the 28 known deceased captives, as well as an eighth body that Israel said was not that…

Israeli defense minister vowed to resume fighting on Wednesday if Hamas did not follow the conditions of a US-brokered ceasefire that ended the war in Gaza. The announcement from Defense Minister Israel Katz’s office came after Hamas handed over the corpses of two more hostages and stated that it would be difficult to recover any more bodies from Gaza’s ruins without specialized equipment. Since Monday, under a cease-fire arrangement negotiated by US President Donald Trump, the Palestinian Islamist group has given over 20 surviving hostages to Israel in exchange for over 2,000 Palestinian prisoners released from Israeli jails. Before the…

A State High Court sitting in Kano, presided over by Justice Musa Dahuru Muhammad, on Wednesday sentenced a football team coach, Hayatu Muhammad, to eight years’ imprisonment without the option of a fine for committing sodomy against his minor player. The convict, a resident of Sanka in the Dala Local Government Area of the state, was discovered to have performed the offense twice in different locations. He first pled not guilty. However, to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt, Kano State attorney Ibrahim Arif Garba presented five witnesses to testify against the defendant. In his defense, the felon was…

Malam Dikko Radda, the governor of Katsina State, has underlined that his administration will not negotiate with bandits, emphasizing that the state wishes only true and long-term peace. He made the announcement during the inauguration of 100 new Community Watch Corps (C-Watch) officers, who will expand the security organization’s operations to 20 of the state’s 34 local governments. Radda spoke during the passing-out ceremony for the third batch of C-Watch officers in Katsina, reflecting on his administration’s steady progress toward restoring long-term calm across the state. There had been reports of a putative peace meeting between bandits and government officials…

The winner of Big Brother Naija Season 10, Opeyemi Ayanwale, often known as Imisi, has disclosed plans to form a non-governmental organization dedicated to assisting girls. Speaking shortly after receiving an additional N2 million check from BetKing recently in Lagos, Imisi hailed the gesture as both astonishing and encouraging. The prize was given to her for winning a betting company-sponsored competition during her time in the BBNaija house. Imisi told about her early challenges, which she characterized as dramatic and challenging, while thanking BBNaija for the opportunity and the newest cash award. She further stated that her journey had long…

President Bola Tinubu’s candidate for Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Amupitan, will be screened by the Senate on Thursday. The news was made in a circular sent on Wednesday by the Senate’s Director of Information, Bullah Audu Bi-Allah, and distributed to journalists in Abuja. The screening comes less than 24 hours after Senate President Godswill Akpabio reads Tinubu’s letter demanding Amupitan’s confirmation on the Senate floor. According to the circular, the exercise would take place at the Senate Chamber of the National Assembly Complex in Abuja. The statement read, “The Office of the Secretary, Research…

Ayodele Fayose, former governor of Ekiti State, has revealed that three more governors elected on the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) platform will soon abandon the opposition party. Fayose made the remark on Wednesday while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, following Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri’s recent defection from the PDP. According to him, the opposition party may soon be left with only five governors as internal crises continue to plague its ranks. “Let me tell you, there are three more governors that will leave soon. There will be five remaining. Of the five remaining, one of them will struggle…

Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has stated that the mass defection of party leaders and state governors from the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party to the ruling All Progressives Congress has justified his support for President Bola Tinubu, as those who previously criticized him are now APC members. Wike made the statement on Wednesday in Abuja at the start of construction of the outer southern expressway’s main carriageways. Wike stated that several governors had previously criticized him for destabilizing the PDP and working for the APC, but that the governors should instead praise him for “doing a…