Author: Vincent Osuwo

Ghana won the bronze medal at the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, defeating South Africa 4-3 on penalties following a 1-1 draw at the Larbi Zaouli Stadium in Casablanca on Friday. It was a replay of their group-stage match, which South Africa won 2-0. This time, the Black Queens turned the tables. South Africa took the lead shortly before halfway through with Nonhlanhla Mthandi, but Ghana equalised in the 68th minute thanks to an own goal by custodian Andile Dlamini. In the shootout, the Black Queens converted four of five penalties, while Banyana Banyana missed two. The result echoes…

The Delta State Police Command says investigations have revealed that the 11-year-old girl arrested at the Ekpan Police Division was being used to traffic hard drugs. SP Bright Edafe, the command’s spokesperson, made the announcement on Friday on his official X feed, following social media outcry over the child’s arrest and detention. Kat, a Nigerian woman who tweets as #Living_JustCus, claimed she paid N500,000 to secure the minor’s release after police detained her and adult suspects who were allegedly caught with hard drugs in a commercial tricycle. Kat wrote, “You want to know how useless the Nigerian police is? “Well,…

Thousands of Nigerians working in the United Kingdom on Certificate of Sponsorship or Skilled Worker visas have panicked as a result of the British government’s new regulations. In its efforts to curb immigration, the UK government has eliminated over 100 jobs, including skilled worker roles, from CoS eligibility, while raising wage thresholds for other jobs on the scheme by at least 30%. The government has eliminated lower-skilled roles (formerly at RQF Level 3-5) from CoS eligibility unless they are on a newly formed Temporary Shortage Occupation List. Some of the delisted jobs include managers and proprietors in agriculture, forestry, hospitality,…

Emmanuel Friday Iraborie, a retired Superintendent of Police, has expressed dissatisfaction with the sum given to him as gratuity after 35 years of service in the Nigeria Police Force. Iraborie, who retired from the Force Command in Edo State on July 1, 2024, claimed he received N2,870,451 in lump sum gratuity, which he described as “highly unacceptable.” In a video that circulated online, the officer clearly stated his financial entitlements, indicating that his pension arrears totalled N706,915. He said, “I am SP Emmanuel Friday Iraborie. I retired July 1st, 2024. My gratuity lump sum is N2.8m. “Two million eight hundred…

The University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has “vehemently rejected and strongly condemned” the Federal Government’s decision to rename the institution after the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, vowing to challenge the move in court. In a statement issued on Friday and signed by its Chairperson, Abubakar Mshelia, and Assistant Secretary, Peter Teri, ASUU-UNIMAID stated that the resolution was passed following an emergency congress on July 24, 2025. ASUU members, representatives from the Student Union Government, and other key players attended the congress, according to the union. It stated that after significant consideration,…

US President Donald Trump said Friday that Hamas did not want a ceasefire deal in Gaza, after Israel and the United States quit indirect negotiations with the Palestinian militant group. “It was too bad. Hamas didn’t really want to make a deal. I think they want to die,” Trump said. Mediators in Qatar had been travelling between Israeli and Hamas delegations for more than two weeks in an effort to broker a truce and the release of Israeli detainees after nearly two years of conflict. Despite recalling negotiators from Doha, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that his government was…

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has set Monday, July 28, for the commencement of its online registration for the Post-UTME screening exercise for admission into all undergraduate programs for the 2025/2026 academic year. Mrs. Abosede Wickliffe, Registrar One and Secretary to Council, made the announcement in a statement retrieved from the institution’s website on Friday in Lagos. According to UNILAG, the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination registration period, which began on Monday, will end on August 20. The UNILAG announcement said, “Eligible candidates who made UNILAG their first choice in the 2025/2026 UTME and scored 200 or higher are eligible to…

Femi Akinjobi, the State Controller of the Federal Fire Service in Osun State, has decried the mistreatment of his personnel while attempting to extinguish a fire in a blazing truck in Osogbo, the state capital. On Thursday, there was chaos in the Old Garage Area of Osun State’s capital when a vehicle was discovered burning near the MDS Road, prompting residents to flee in various directions in search of fire extinguishers and water to put out the flames. Tempers rose, however, when Federal Fire Service operatives arrived on the scene and were about to disembark from their truck after the…

The Commissioner of Police, Katsina State Command, CP Bello Shehu, on Thursday, presented ₦10,957,292.72k to 34 beneficiaries under the Group Life Assurance and the IGP’s Family Welfare Scheme for the next of kin of police personnel who died in active service to the nation under Katsina State Command. Aminu Gusau, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Department of Finance and Administration, represented Bello. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the command Public Relations Officer, DSP Abubakar Sadiq, and made accessible to journalists in Katsina Friday. The statement said, “The CP appreciated the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun,…

The House of Representatives has threatened to issue an arrest warrant for Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Mr. Olayemi Cardoso. The House of Representatives’ Joint Committee on Public Accounts and Public Assets, which is investigating alleged noncompliance with the Fiscal Responsibility Act 2007 and the Finance Act 2020 on the remittance of operating surplus and the management of unclaimed dividends and dormant account balances, made the disclosure on Friday. In a statement issued on Friday and signed by Bamidele Salam and Ademorin Kuye, chairmen of the House Committees on Public Accounts and Public Assets, respectively, the committee said it…