Author: Vincent Osuwo

The Republic of Ireland deported 35 Nigerians, including five children, to Nigeria on a chartered aeroplane departing from Dublin Airport on Wednesday night. According to the Irish Mirror, the returns, which included 21 men, nine women, and five children, arrived in Nigeria on Thursday. Jim O’Callaghan, the Irish Minister for Justice, said he was “happy to say” that all of them had returned to Nigeria despite an unexpected stoppage owing to a medical event on board. While the Irish government did not provide a specific cause for the deportation of Nigerian nationals, O’Callaghan simply stated, “”Ireland has a rules-based immigration…

The Deeper Life Bible Church has protested the purported demolition of its facilities around Lagos State by government agencies. In a statement signed on Thursday by its legal counsel, Nojim Tairu & Co., the church accused the agencies of targeting its premises for demolition without due process. It described the action as unjust and systematic harassment. The church stated that the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, Lagos State Building Control Agency, and Surulere Local Government demolished its branches in Yaba, Olorunishola, and Lawanson, respectively. The statement read, “Deeper Life Bible Church, a longstanding pillar of faith and community service providers…

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 2,200 migrants on Tuesday, as President Donald Trump’s government stepped up its crackdown on illegal immigrants in the United States. According to NBC News, the number of arrests was the biggest in a single day in United States history. Following pressure from the United States, the agency increased the hunt, and hundreds of persons apprehended have been registered in ICE’s Alternative to Detention programme. According to the report, ICE freed undocumented immigrants who were not judged a threat to public safety and had tracked them via ankle monitors, smartphone applications, or other geolocation programs.…

The Chief Safety Officer at Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) in Awka, Anambra State, has stated that it will examine the event that claimed the life of one of its students (name withheld). Late Thursday, a male student jumped from a three-storey building at a private lodge near Royal Kitchen Junction in Ifite-Awka, in the state’s Awka South Local Government Area, killing himself. According to reports, the UNIZIK student jumped off the balcony of a nearby building after consuming an unknown substance thought to be “mkpurummiri” (crystal meth). According to eyewitnesses near the scene, after the victim fell, all attempts to…

The family of Janet Damiro, a 71-year-old cleaner recently sacked from the London School of Economics, has responded to widespread coverage of the incident, calling the web and media narratives incorrect and lacking important details. In a statement on Friday, the victim’s daughter, Aina Damiro, detailed the events that led to her mother’s firing, claiming that the matter had been “blown out of proportion”. According to her, the incident happened in February, during the closing minutes of Janet’s morning shift, when she discovered a bracelet on the floor. Damiro apparently picked it up with the intention of turning it in…

Janet Olufunke Damiro, a 71-year-old Nigerian grandmother, was fired from her cleaning position at the London School of Economics after being accused of stealing a bracelet. Damiro, who emigrated to the United Kingdom from Nigeria in 1971 and had worked at LSE for 13 years, told Metro UK exclusively on Thursday that she simply forgot the gold bracelet in her purse after finding it during her shift and meant to hand it in later. She returned it three days later after being questioned by management, but she was still suspended and finally fired in April for gross misconduct. Damiro said,…

Sophie Okoye, a female clothing dealer at Ogbo-Ogwu Bridgehead Market in Onitsha, Anambra State, has filed a legal suit against the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC and its Director-General at the Federal High Court, Awka. Okoye said that despite the fact that her store only sells clothing, watches, and fashion accessories and has no relation to the pharmaceutical industry, it was targeted in a broad enforcement action purportedly carried out by a combined task force acting under NAFDAC jurisdiction. The aggrieved trader filed the lawsuit after the statutory term specified in the pre-action notice placed…

President Bola Tinubu has expressed deep grief over the loss of former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mohammed Lawal Uwais, who died on Friday at the age of 88. In a statement released on Friday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the President called the late judge a remarkable legal intellect and statesman who served Nigeria with unshakeable dignity, courage, and honesty. “I join family members, friends, protégés, and all well-meaning Nigerians in mourning this respected patriot and statesman,” Tinubu stated, noting that Justice Uwais’ death coincided with the solemn observance of Eid-al-Adha. Tinubu praised Justice…

President Bola Tinubu, on Friday, joined Muslim faithful to observe the Eid-el-Kabir prayers at the Dodan Barracks prayer ground in Lagos State. Tinubu was accompanied by several top government officials and dignitaries, including his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila; National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu; Minister of Defence, Muhammed Badaru Abubakar; Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola; and the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Muhammed Matawalle. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), former Minister of Power and one-time Lagos State Governor; Dr Obafemi Hamzat, Deputy Governor of Lagos State; Alhaji Aliko Dangote, President of the Dangote Group; Abdul Rabiu, Chairman…

The Anambra Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has pleaded with Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, to return to the party. Obi defected to the Labour Party when he felt he could not achieve his presidential ambition within the PDP fold. The PDP issued the request during an enlarged meeting of the State Executive Committee (SEC) in Awka on Thursday to examine the party’s state and set a course for the future. The statement, written by Chidi Chidebe, Chairman of the PDP in Anambra, stated that partnerships with philosophically incompatible…