Author: Vincent Osuwo

Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbetokun has summoned the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, to the force headquarters in Abuja for questioning over the death of one of his palace guards. The guard was stabbed to death on March 30, 2025, at Kofar Mata Eid Ground during the last Eid-el-Fitr celebration. Several others sustained injuries in the gruesome attack, which marred the celebration. According to a letter of invitation which was signed by Commissioner of Police Olajide Ibitoye, on behalf of Deputy Inspector General of Police, Force Intelligence Department (FID), Sanusi is expected to appear before FID on April…

Hungary’s government has stated that it will withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC). A senior official in Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government announced this this hours after Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came to Hungary for a state visit and was wanted by the International Criminal Court. Orban invited Netanyahu as soon as the warrant was issued in November, claiming the verdict would have “no effect” in his country. In November, ICC judges found “reasonable grounds” to believe Netanyahu bore “criminal responsibility” for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during Israel’s battle with Hamas. Netanyahu has called…

The Northern Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has condemned the killings of residents in Plateau State’s Bokkos Local Government Area, which left at least 52 people dead. Rev. Joseph Hayab, Chairman of Northern CAN, issued a statement on Sunday calling the massacre “barbaric”, “tragic”, and “utterly unacceptable”. He offered his condolences to Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang and the state’s inhabitants. Hayab voiced alarm over the ongoing violence in Northern Nigeria, stating that the culture of slaughter continues to claim innocent lives. The statement read, “We totally condemn this strange and evil culture of taking human lives. Hiding under religion,…

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 75-year-old grandfather, Nna Felix, and two brothers, John Abugu, 43, and Kenneth Abugu, 31, in separate drug trafficking incidents across the country as the agency intensified its crackdown on illicit drug activities. The Abugu siblings were arrested on Thursday, April 3, 2025, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, while attempting to board a flight to India. In a statement on Sunday, the NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said the suspects were caught with five kilograms of cocaine concealed within the walls of their suitcases. He mentioned that…

Dr Saeed Olorunnisola, the interim Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture at Al-Hikmah University in Ilorin, Kwara State, has urged the federal and state governments to prohibit the use of smartphones in secondary and tertiary schools. Olorunnisola stated that the prohibition will help students concentrate in class. During the Mission for the Eradication of Examination Malpractice’s second national symposium in Osogbo, Osun State, on Saturday, Olorunnisola expressed concern about the impact of examination malpractices on education and national development, citing social media as a major impediment to students’ concentration even in secondary schools. “Social media is causing distraction in secondary…

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has intervened in the long-running case involving 15 former domestic workers of ex-First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan, who have been detained for six years for alleged theft of jewellery and other valuables. A top NBA official, who talked with reporters on Saturday, said the league was also working with Mrs Jonathan to address the situation. According to our sources, 15 former first lady aides are being held at the Okaka Custodial Centre in Bayelsa State for allegedly stealing Mrs Jonathan’s properties. Those affected are Williams Alami, Vincent Olabiyi, Ebuka Cosmos, John Dashe, Tamunokuro Abaku, Emmanuel…

Dr Victor Olunloyo, a former governor of Oyo State, is dead. According to a statement by his family on Sunday, he gave up the ghost a few days before his 90th birthday. The statement titled ‘Victor Olunloyo goes home’ was signed by Oladapo Ogunwusi on behalf of the family. It read, “With a heavy heart but gratitude to the Almighty, we announce the passing into glory of Dr Victor Omololu Olunloyo, former governor of Oyo State, mathematician and engineer and renowned technocrat, a few days before his 90th birthday. “The Balogun of Oyo and Otun Bobasewa of Ife, Dr Olunloyo,…

The Lagos State Government has promised to hold all parties responsible for the “tragic and shocking death” of Mrs Folajimi, a pregnant woman who was refused by a private hospital in Lakowe, Ibeju-Lekki Area of Lagos State. According to reports, the private hospital institution she sought assistance from refused to provide emergency care owing to a lack of financial deposit, putting her and her pregnant child in danger. In a rapid response, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, started an immediate investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death on Saturday in Ikeja. The Ministry of Health, in…

The Chairman of the Northern States Governors’ Forum and Governor of Gombe State, Muhammadu Yahaya, has condemned the recent attacks by gunmen on communities in Plateau State. Ruwi, Manguna, Daffo, Josho, and Hurti communities in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. He described the killings as senseless and a threat to the unity, the gruesome murder of residents in Ruwi, Manguna, Daffo, and Josho and Hurti communities in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. Chronicle NG reports that the attacks reportedly claimed several lives and left scores injured, mostly women and children. In a statement published in Gombe…

President Bola Tinubu has promised that the gunmen who killed many people in communities in Plateau State will be apprehended and face severe punishment under the law. Tinubu condoled with the families of the victims in Ruwi, Hurti, and Tadai communities in Bokkos Local Government and those from Manguna and Dafo villages, where the gunmen launched brutal attacks, killing many locals and destroying property. “I have directed security agencies to hunt down the attackers, and they will face severe punishment when apprehended,” Tinubu said in a statement by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Saturday. The…