Author: Vincent Osuwo

Anambra State youths on Thursday sang praises of President Bola Tinubu during his visit to the state to commission projects executed by the administration of the state governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo. While Tinubu was about to conclude his speech, some young people began chanting in Pidgin English that he was their father, alluding to the president as the nation’s father. “Na our papa be dis o, we no get another papa,” they sang. Continuing from where he left off, President Tinubu thanked them, saying, “Thank you, God bless you.” The president commissioned several projects, including the Emeka Anyaoku Centre at…

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has told Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and others pressuring him to step down from his position to rethink, stating that he will not yield to their demands. Akpabio has faced calls to resign due to allegations of sexual harassment by suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and a claim of electoral fraud in 2019. Speaking in response to remarks from Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele (APC, Ekiti Central), who urged him and other lawmakers to stay focused on their legislative agenda, Akpabio emphasised that he had no intention of stepping down over baseless allegations. He stressed that he would…

The Labour Party National Caretaker Committee (LP-NCC), chaired by Senator Nenadi Usman, has announced the six-month suspension of the party’s former National Chairman and Secretary, Barr. Julius Abure and Alhaji Farouk Umar. Usman and Senator Darlington Nwokocha, the Secretary of the LP-NCC, signed this statement in Abuja late Thursday. The party leadership said the decision was a response to the conclusions of the Senator Ireti Kingibe-led six-member Disciplinary Committee, launched on Wednesday. The statement read, “Following an in-depth investigation by a committee led by Senator Ireti Kingibe and High Chief Peter Ameh, the National Executive Council (NEC) of the Labour…

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to order suspended Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to remove a satirical apology she posted on her social media accounts. On April 27, Akpoti-Uduaghan posted a brief video in which she mockingly apologised to Akpabio, claiming it was for not letting him have his way with her. Akpoti-Uduaghan declared she was “sorry for the crime of maintaining dignity and self-respect” and for rejecting the approaches of the Senate President, whom she implied believed no one could deny him. The quarrel between the two senators comes from an incident…

President Bola Tinubu has extended his heartfelt congratulations to His Holiness Leo XIV on his election as Bishop of Rome and new leader of the Roman Catholic Church. Tinubu expressed his congratulations in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, and titled ‘President Tinubu congratulates His Holiness Leo XIV on election as Bishop of Rome.’ “The President felicitates the Conclave for electing the American Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost as the 267th Bishop of Rome. “President Tinubu rejoices with the leadership of and congregants of the Catholic Church in Nigeria on the historic election of…

The Justice Development Peace Commission of the Catholic Church on Thursday, applauded Pope Leo XIV’s emergence as successor to the late Pope Francis while distancing the election process from US President Donald Trump and any foreign influence. The JDPC’s Badagry Deanery Executives, speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria following the election of the new Pope, stated that God has conferred leadership on the Church. JDPC is the Church’s social arm, with a mandate to provide social, humanitarian, and enlightenment services to the public. Mr Onyema Onyekakeye, Chairman of the JDPC’s Badagry Deanery, stated that Pope Leo XIV was chosen…

The factional president of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Atiku Isah, has retracted a series of allegations against President Bola Tinubu’s son, Seyi Tinubu, which he describes as untrue and instigated. This comes after Isah said that Seyi Tinubu and the Minister of Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, offered him a N100 million bribe in Lagos to promote the president, an allegation that Tinubu has subsequently refuted. Remember that the scandal began when the students’ leader confronted the President’s son and stated that he refused the bribe, arguing that he could not support a President who had failed to…

Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and other party supporters and support groups in Anambra State have been prohibited from wearing party uniforms during the official visit of President Bola Tinubu to the state scheduled for Thursday (today). Prof. Charles Soludo, the Anambra State government through the Special Adviser to the Governor on Political Matters, Dr Alex Obiogbolu, disclosed this in a press statement made available on Thursday. During the formal business visit, Tinubu is slated to organise a high-level town hall meeting between the president and important state stakeholders at the newly renovated…

The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has dismissed recent criticism accusing him of de-marketing Nigeria, saying truth-telling about the country’s challenges is essential to national growth. Obi, in a statement on X on Thursday, said his remarks about Nigeria’s economic and political realities are meant to strengthen, not tarnish, the country’s image. Despite not mentioning names, Obi’s statement comes a week after Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu accused him of speaking negatively about Nigeria abroad. “I tried reminding those who argue that I de-marketed Nigeria by telling the truth about its economic and social status vis-à-vis the…

Tianzhen Ye, a Chinese national convicted of narcotic-related offences in Nigeria, has requested bail on medical grounds due to a life-threatening diagnosis of blood and lung cancer. Ye, who was apprehended in November 2024 and pleaded guilty before the court in January 2025, is currently serving a two-year sentence at the Ikoyi prison. Through his counsel, Mary Dibiaezue, the defendant begged Justice Deinde Dipeolu to consider lowering his imprisonment sentence to an option of a fine or, in the alternative, admit him to bail to obtain urgent medical treatment. According to court documents, he was diagnosed with cancer after his…