Author: Vincent Osuwo

Salernitana players were hospitalised with food poisoning after coming south from a 2-0 defeat in the first leg of their Serie B relegation play-off against Sampdoria. Salernitana announced on Monday that training had been cancelled after 21 members of the playing and training staff contracted “serious food poisoning”, which caused illness during Sunday’s return trip to Salerno from the northern port city of Genoa. “The situation required the intervention of ambulances on arrival at Salerno airport and the hospitalisation of a significant number of those concerned,” added Salernitana. According to Italian media, 16 players were hospitalised, eight of them were…

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has condemned the recent massacre in Benue State, which claimed over 200 lives, calling for immediate and decisive government action. CAN President Archbishop Daniel Okoh issued a press statement on Monday expressing heartfelt condolences to the victims’ families and praying for the serenity of their souls. “The Christian Association of Nigeria strongly condemns the horrific wave of violence that recently swept through Benue State, resulting in the tragic loss of over 200 lives in a series of coordinated attacks. “These senseless killings have inflicted immeasurable pain on families, devastated communities, and further entrenched the…

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has summoned the management of Air Peace Limited following multiple complaints from passengers regarding non-refunded ticket fares, even in cases where the airline cancelled scheduled flights. In a formal notice dated June 3, 2025, the Commission directed Air Peace to appear at its Abuja headquarters on Monday, June 23, 2025, to answer mounting public outrage and charges of consumer rights breaches. On Monday in Abuja, Ondaje Ijagwu, Director of Corporate Affairs, issued a statement revealing the decision. Ijagwu claimed that the airline’s actions violated Sections 130(1)(a) and (b) as well as 130(2)(b)…

The Bauchi State Police Command is grieving the terrible death of Mustapha Garba, a 42-year-old Divisional Police Officer of the Railway Division, who was killed in a car crash less than an hour before his wedding to Fatiha. The state police spokesperson Mohammed Wakil, in a phone conversation on Sunday, stated that two other people died in the Saturday tragedy. According to Wakil, the crash happened at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday near the Bargar Tsamiya area in the Toro Local Government Area. The accident involved a Mercedes-Benz driven by the DPO with two passengers on board and a stalled Opel…

Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency service has disclosed that five people were killed and 92 wounded Monday in Iran’s latest missile strikes on the country, raising the previous toll of four deaths. The casualties were from strikes on four sites in central Israel, the MDA stated in a statement, adding those killed included “two women and two men around the age of 70, as well as one additional fatality”. “So far, MDA teams have evacuated 92 injured individuals to hospitals, including a 30-year-old woman in serious condition with facial injuries, six in moderate condition, and 85 in mild condition,” it…

Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel, said on Monday that a close Iranian missile strike caused minor damage to an embassy building in Tel Aviv, but there were no fatalities among US staff. Iran launched a salvo of missiles towards Tel Aviv early Monday after Israel targeted military sites deep inside Iran, with both sides vowing additional devastation. AFP photographs showed burnt buildings in Tel Aviv’s seaside core after Israel’s army urged residents to seek shelter from oncoming Iranian missiles. “Some minor damage from concussions of Iranian missile hits near Embassy Branch in @TelAviv but no injuries to US…

The military and the police on Sunday deployed air surveillance over Makurdi, Benue State, and its environs, following Saturday’s killings in Yelwata and Daudu communities in Guma Local Government Area of the state. According to one of our correspondents, the surveillance aircraft has been hovering over the capital city and nearby local government areas such as Guma and Gwer West since Sunday morning. A military officer, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not permitted to comment on the subject, stated that the air surveillance was to monitor the situation in Makurdi and its surroundings. “The air…

Benue State Police Command said it detained 14 individuals for hijacking a peaceful demonstration by some youths in Makurdi, the state capital, on Sunday. According to the command, the suspects obstructed a route in Apir, on the outskirts of Makurdi, forced a truck to stop, and set it on fire, trapping the yet-to-be-identified driver inside. This is stated in a statement released by the command’s spokesperson, Udeme Edet, and made available to journalists on Sunday. She vowed that the suspects would be prosecuted appropriately while investigations were underway to identify more perpetrators and instigators of the violence. The statement reads…

Veteran Nollywood actor Ganiu Nafiu, also known as Alapini, has expressed sorrow for supporting President Bola Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election. He regretted that he and other Yoruba cinema actors who supported the Renewed Hope campaign have been disregarded since the election. Alapini expressed his dissatisfaction during an interview on the YouTube channel ‘Behind the Fame – African A-List TV’, where he discussed his acting career, health concerns, family issues, and his role in Tinubu’s campaign. Alapini, speaking in Yoruba, expressed frustration that the hope they had during the campaign season had now turned into disappointment. “We were campaigning…

Omoyele Sowore, a human rights activist and former presidential candidate, claims that all opposition parties in Nigeria, with the exception of his African Action Congress, are influenced and controlled by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Sowore alleged on Channels Television’s Rubbin’ Minds talk show on Sunday that the APC purposefully founded or co-opted the majority of Nigeria’s opposition groups as “special-purpose vehicles” for political convenience. According to him, the AAC, which he created in 2018, is the only legitimate opposition among the country’s 18 registered political parties. Sowore said, ”What we found out in our little research is that…