Author: Vincent Osuwo

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo State, Asue Ighodalo, has expressed displeasure with the Supreme Court judgment affirming the election of Governor Monday Okpebholo. In a statement issued shortly after the case’s conclusion on its X account, Ighodalo said, “Today, the Supreme Court has ruled. Though I accept the finality of its judgment, I do not and cannot pretend that what was delivered amounts to justice.” On Thursday, the Supreme Court issued its final decision on the election, confirming Okpebholo as the legitimate winner. Okpebholo, on the other hand,…

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo’s victory in the September 2023 governorship election. Wike encouraged the governor to stay focused, describing the victory as a renewed summons to selfless service to the people of Edo State. In a statement issued yesterday by his senior special assistant on public communications and social media, Lere Olayinka, the minister stated that the Supreme Court’s ruling was a definitive confirmation of Okpebholo’s freely granted mandate by Edo people. “This victory is for the people of Edo State, who…

No fewer than four security men have reportedly been killed by suspected armed herdsmen at the Udei community in the Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. According to a source who requested anonymity because he did not have permission to communicate with the media about the incident, it occurred on Tuesday evening while a team of joint security operatives was patrolling the area. The Buffalo Squad of Operation Zenda was a joint security force made up of troops from the Mobile Police Force, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, the Police Counter-Terrorism Unit, and the Benue State Civil…

Bala Chiroma, a People’s Democratic Party chieftain, has allayed his party’s supporters’ fears that the African Democratic Congress (ADC) could pose a danger to the ruling PDP in the Bauchi State election in 2027. In an exclusive interview with journalists in Bauchi, Chiroma, who also serves as Governor Bala Mohammed’s Senior Special Assistant on Youth, stated that ADC will never pose a danger to the PDP in Bauchi or Nigeria. According to him, “ADC is not a party like its counterpart, the All Progressives Congress. It is just like a union or association, as their name implies – an alliance…

Alhaji Aliko Dangote, President of the Dangote Group, has expressed doubt over the resumption of operations of state-owned refineries which are managed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPC, Dangote further stated that Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna had gobbled up to $18 billion yet refused to work. The billionaire businessman remarked on Thursday after touring the Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Lekki, Lagos, with members of Global CEO Africa from the Lagos Business School. According to Dangote, the 650,000-capacity Dangote refinery, which he built after the government of late President Umar Yar’Adua halted his acquisition of government refineries, now…

The presidency has made a bold claim that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party’s Peter Obi have no chance of defeating President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election. Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, stated this during an interview on Arise Television’s Prime Time on Thursday, claiming that the president’s accomplishments will speak for him in future elections. He also stated that the APC does not regard the coalition of opposition leaders floated on the African Democratic Congress’ (ADC) platform as a danger. He said, “They are free to form alliances, but as…

Terrorists in large numbers invaded the Ekwulobia and Oko communities in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State on Wednesday and started shooting indiscriminately, killing about four persons and injuring many others in the process. According to eyewitnesses and social media recordings observed by our correspondent, the heavily armed terrorists entered the community about 8 a.m. on Wednesday. It was gathered that the terrorists also set fire to one of the joint security team’s vehicles in the vicinity, as well as a few others. Oko and Ekwulobia are nearby communities. “There was confusion everywhere, and most of the people, workers…

Suspected terrorists kidnapped three people, including two palace administrators, and set fire to many residences in the Bunyun village in Bashar District, Wase Local Government Area, Plateau State. The incident, which occurred on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., is thought to be related to last Sunday’s clash between vigilantes and terrorists, which resulted in the deaths of numerous vigilantes and the destruction of several residences. Abdulbari’u Muhammad, the village’s paramount ruler, confirmed the latest occurrence to journalists in Jos on Thursday, adding that the terrorists raided the community in huge numbers on motorbikes and took precious commodities like food, clothing, and…

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, has denied claims that he is vying for the position of National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), describing such reports as false and distracting. Akume’s position was revealed in a statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the SGF, Yomi Odunuga, on Thursday, in reaction to a publication by a national news platform which named Akume among top politicians allegedly jostling for the APC chairmanship. The statement partly reads, “The attention of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, has…

The Plateau State Police Command has stated that the trial of 22 individuals arrested in connection with the murder of 13 wedding guests in the state’s Mangun town, Mangu Local Government Area, has begun. The sad episode occurred on June 20, 2025, when a mob stormed a bus carrying passengers from Kaduna State, killing and injuring many people. Addressing journalists at the command’s headquarters in Jos, the state capital, on Thursday, Commissioner of Police Emmanuel Adesina stated that the command responded quickly to the incident by dispatching officers and operational assets to the location, resulting in the arrest of the…