Author: Vincent Osuwo

The senator representing Delta North, Ned Nwoko, has advised Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State to leave “old habits” of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) behind as he joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Following Oborevwori’s defection, Nwoko advised the governor in a statement to make his decision to join the APC transformative. Although he praised the governor for ditching the PDP, he recommended him to abandon “old deals” that had ruined Delta State’s opposition party. Nwoko said, “Leave behind the politics of survival and step into the politics of legacy.” “No one pours new wine into old wineskins.…

Professor Usman Yusuf, former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), has accused President Bola Tinubu’s administration of using the EFCC to silence him, claiming he was treated like a criminal for criticising the government. In an interview with Arise Television on Sunday, Yusuf said that his recent imprisonment by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was part of a planned attempt by Tinubu to silence him. “This government deliberately denied me bail to shake me up… all to try and silence me. But I am not someone who can be silenced,” he said. In February, the…

The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has strongly condemned the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, for scheduling the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, at times as early as 6.30 a.m. The student body, represented by Comrade Olushola Oladoja, the national president, and Comrade Samson Ajasa Adeyemi, the national public relations officer, issued a statement on Sunday endorsing the decision, saying it is dangerous and inconsiderate given the country’s current security issues. “It is deeply troubling that students are expected to commute to examination centres in the early hours of the morning, often navigating unsafe routes and facing transportation…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has cancelled centralised May Day celebrations in Rivers and Edo states, citing the imposition of emergency rule in Rivers and alleged political interference in the affairs of its Edo State council. The national leadership of the NLC has asked all affiliated industrial unions in Rivers State to coordinate and limit Workers’ Day festivities to the state NLC secretariat. Similarly, unions in Edo State will observe the day independently at their various union secretariats. The mandate was sent to the NLC chairman in both states via separate letters dated April 22, 2025. The letters were signed…

Some gunmen kidnapped senior Kwara State Local Government Service Commission officials on the Omu-Aran/Ilorin Road. The victims are Elizabeth Arinde, Head of the Legal Department of Oke-Ero Local Government, and the council’s Head of Personnel Management, whose identity could not be confirmed immediately. The victims were abducted by the gunmen on Friday evening. It was gathered that the two senior administrators were among seven people kidnapped at Corner Eleyin on the Omu-Aran/Ilorin Motorway while returning to Ilorin, the state capital, for the weekend on Friday, April 25, 2025. Around 5:45 p.m., five gunmen assaulted two private automobiles before leading the…

Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Fintiri has suspended Alhaji Hassan Ja’afaru, the Emir of Daware, indefinitely. Ja’afaru, the previous district head of Daware in Fufore Local Government, was investigated and convicted of corruption, maladministration, breach of security, and other crimes. In a letter dated April 25, 2025, written by the Permanent Secretary for Chieftaincy Affairs, Adama Mamman, and made accessible to newsmen on Sunday, he commanded the district head to hand over all government property in his hands to the district secretary. Part of the letter read, “Following a series of complaints made against you for maladministration, corruption, breach of security,…

The South-South Zonal chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Sunday gave social media influencer Martins Vincent Otse, popularly called VeryDarkMan, one week to tender an apology to the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, over the manner he disparaged him in his latest video. While advising him to distinguish between activism and slander, the APC also warned him against targeting the former Akwa Ibom governor again in the future. Blessing Agbomhere, the South-South APC’s Zonal Organising Secretary, issued the warning in a statement in Abuja. Agbomhere was responding to the social media sensation’s blistering verbal attack on…

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, who after hours of combing an 80-room new hotel in Victoria Island, Lagos, recovered 589 bags of Canadian Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, with a total weight of 417.3 kg worth ₦1,042,500,000 in street value. Three suspects, Eze Ayitu, Ofuokwu Samuel, and Emmanuel Ameh, were arrested in the course of the operation at the five-storey hotel building between April 25 and 26, 2025, while two other suspects, Noble Philip and his partner Kenneth, are currently at large. In a statement on Sunday, the Director of Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters…

Rwanda’s Investigation Bureau has arrested three top officials from the Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board, as well as four businessmen, for alleged corruption and abuse of power. The trio, Augustin Rwomushana, John Kanyangira, and Richard Niyongabo, are being held in Kigali without a specific date of arrest. It was unclear whether the officials were involved in the illegal trafficking of minerals from the resource-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where Rwanda is accused of assisting anti-government forces in syphoning off its neighbour’s vast veins of critical minerals. Kanyangira was in charge of traceability on the board, which is responsible for…

Over 40 persons have been arrested and are facing prosecution for impersonating candidates during the ongoing 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disclosed. This comes as many parents and guardians express concern that the 6.30 a.m. resumption time for the exam was too early for candidates, adding that many may have to drive several miles to their examination sites. The 2025 UTME, which began on Thursday, April 24, will run until Monday, May 5. According to JAMB, over 2,030,627 students are taking this year’s exam at authorised computer-based test centres across the…