Author: Vincent Osuwo

A Russian drone ploughed into a residential residence in central Ukraine overnight Thursday, killing three members of one family, including a one-year-old baby, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed. Zelensky accused Moscow of “buying time for itself to continue killing” and urged the West to impose “maximum sanctions” and “pressure” on Moscow, despite Russia’s repeated rejection of calls for a full and unconditional ceasefire. Pryluky, a city in central Ukraine, saw five individuals slaughtered, including three generations of the same family. A local firefighting chief was responding to an earlier attack when his own home was targeted by a Russian drone,…

Oyo State Police Command, on Thursday, deployed personnel in strategic locations across the 33 local government areas of the state to ensure sufficient security during and after the Eid-El-kabir celebrations. Johnson Adenola, the state Commissioner of Police, revealed this in a statement issued in Ibadan, the state capital. He also directed Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers, and Heads of Tactical Teams to establish a proactive security strategy to ensure efficient security coverage during and after the festival. Adenola said, “The command had emplaced comprehensive security protocols. These measures are designed to protect strategic locations. “The locations are places of worship,…

Sapphire Egemasi, a Nigerian programmer known online as “tech queen”, faces nearly 20 years in prison after the FBI arrested her for allegedly helping defraud US government organisations of millions. Egemasi was arrested in April 2025 in the Bronx, New York, along with other suspects, including Ghanaian national Samuel Kwadwo Osei, considered to be the leader of the fraud ring. The charges originate from a federal indictment for online fraud and money laundering, said to have occurred between September 2021 and February 2023. According to court filings, Egemasi’s role was to establish fake US government websites in order to steal…

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Wednesday, released the final list of candidates for the 2025 Anambra State governorship election. INEC also announced June 11 as the formal start date for election campaigns, which must conclude at midnight on Thursday, November 6, 2025. According to a statement issued on Wednesday by Sam Olumekun, National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, the list was compiled after the candidate substitution processes were completed and the personal information submitted by political parties was verified. INEC stated that 16 political parties met the submission deadline of May 12, 2025,…

Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the suspended senator representing Kogi Central, denied on Wednesday any connection to a viral audio and video purportedly featuring her in a conversation with a journalist in which she claimed that Senate President Godswill Akpabio blackmailed President Bola Tinubu to imprisoning her. In a statement personally signed and released in Abuja, Natasha unequivocally disassociated herself from the recordings’ contents, encouraging the public to dismiss them altogether. She condemned the viral materials as “a deliberate act of misinformation” designed with malicious intent to harm her name and undermine the National Assembly’s leadership. Her statement partly read, “I categorically and…

President Donald Trump issued a fresh proclamation preventing nationals of 12 nations from entering the United States, citing national security concerns. The whole travel restriction applies to citizens of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. The restriction will come into effect on June 9, 2025. In addition to the outright bans, the decree places partial limitations on citizens of Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela. According to the BBC, some exemptions apply, including sportsmen travelling for important sporting events, some Afghan nationals, and dual nationals with citizenship in unaffected…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has deployed over 28,000 operatives across the country to ensure a peaceful and secure holiday period. According to a directive issued by the NSCDC’s Commandant General, Dr Ahmed Audi, operatives from several specialised units, including the Intelligence Directorate, Special Female Squad, Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad, Mining Marshals, Quick Response Tactical Team, Counter Terrorism Unit, Operations Department, and Special Weapons and Tactics, have been mobilised. Audi, in a statement signed by corps spokesperson Afolabi Babawale on Wednesday, noted that the large-scale deployment was part of the corps’ continued efforts to defend important…

At least three persons have been killed by gunmen in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State. Joseph Chudu Yonkpa, a youth leader in the Irigwe community, who confirmed the killings in Jos on Wednesday, said the victims were attacked by the gunmen near GSS Kwall, opposite the Military Drone Base, while on their way home from Kwall District. Yonkpa, who doubles as the National Publicity Secretary of the Irigwe Youth Movement, added that the deceased were identified as Sunday Ishaya, aged 37; Joshua Mishi, aged 51; and Range Kpeh, aged 32. Yonkpa said, “Yes, it’s true. Yesterday, Tuesday, June…

Members of Itaapa, an Osun State community, organised a peaceful demonstration on Wednesday outside the State Headquarters of the Osun Amotekun Corps in Osogbo, condemning the indiscriminate arrest and detention of some of the town’s indigenes. During the protest, which caused traffic gridlock on the ever-busy Osogbo/Kwara boundary motorway that runs in front of Amotekun headquarters in Osogbo, palpable anxiety hung in the air, with armed Amotekun agents stationed at the premises’ gate, keeping an eye on the demonstrators. The demonstrators, led by Itaapa’s Odofin, Olusegun Owoeye, said that members of the community’s security volunteer team, as well as several…

The Ondo State Election Petition Tribunal has upheld Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa’s election victory while dismissing petitions from the Peoples Democratic Party and four other political parties. The panel issued its ruling on Wednesday evening. It was confirmed that Aiyedatiwa of the All Progressives Congress won the governorship election on November 16, 2024, with 366,781 votes. The PDP, Social Democratic Party, Action Alliance, Allied Peoples’ Movement, and African Democratic Congress all challenged the outcome. They stated that the election was marred by anomalies such as overvoting, multiple thumbprinting, and the breakdown of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System. The three-man panel, led…