Author: Vincent Osuwo

Sen. George Akume, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, has urged Northern Region lawmakers to wait until 2031 before running for president. Akume made the plea during his remarks at a two-day Interactive Season on Government-Citizen Engagement on Tuesday in Kaduna. The Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation organised the event under the theme “Assessing Electoral Promises: Fostering Government-Citizen Engagement for National Unity.” The SGF praised the foundation for creating a forum where citizens and the government could discuss methods to improve governance, democracy, and development. He stated that the government of President Bola Tinubu had spent two years and…

A fire outbreak has destroyed the girls’ hostel at Dano Memorial Secondary School, Gidan Mission, Gani, in Sumaila Local Government Area, Kano State. The fire outbreak occurred on Monday while students had already vacated the school premises for the end-of-term holiday. The LGA Information Officer, Sumaila Gunduwawa, revealed this in a statement on Monday. “The inferno razed the hostel’s building, leaving nearly all the students’ personal belongings in ruins. Fortunately, no lives were lost, and no injuries were reported,” the statement said. According to the statement, Farouk Abdu, chairman of the local government, paid a visit to the school to…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Jigawa Command has confirmed the death of four persons, while five others are missing following a boat mishap in Jigawa. The boat mishap occurred in the Taura Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ACSC Badruddeen Tijjani, confirmed the accident in a statement issued to newsmen in Dutse, the state capital, on Tuesday. Tijjani stated that seven other persons survived the incident that occurred at Zangon Maje village at about 5pm on Sunday. He explained that the incident occurred when a canoe carrying 17 passengers, mostly young girls…

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has issued a 21-day notice of total and indefinite strike due to the federal government’s claimed refusal to meet long-standing requests. The group, in a communiqué issued following its Emergency Delegates Meeting (EDM) on July 26, 2025, in Abuja, voiced great unhappiness with the government’s lengthy negotiations on matters affecting doctors’ welfare throughout the country. The communiqué, issued by NMA President Prof. Bala Audu and Secretary General Dr. Jamin Egbo, noted many outstanding issues, including the suspension rather than withdrawal of a recent circular by the National Salaries, Income, and Wages Commission (NSIWC), which the…

The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to secure the release of the remaining abducted Chibok schoolgirls and Leah Sharibu, promising Nigerians that the girls will not be forgotten despite the passage of time. Boko Haram abducted 276 girls from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State, on April 14, 2014. Eleven years later, 87 girls are still thought to remain in captivity. On February 19, 2018, Islamic State West Africa Province gunmen seized 110 schoolgirls from the Government Girls’ Science and Technical College in Dapchi, Yobe State, including Leah Sharibu. While the others were released, Leah, the…

Ghanaians have protested against Nigerians for allegedly engaging in mass prostitution and ritual killings in the West African country. In a viral video on Tuesday, the aggrieved Ghanaian in their large numbers, were seen wielding placards with various inscriptions such as “Armed robbery and violent attacks must stop; “Our health at stake due to mass prostitution; “Who protects the right and freedom of Ghanaians; “Nigerians are kidnapping and using people for rituals; “Our kids are getting missing because of Igbos,” among others. They also displayed a picture of a man who was allegedly killed by a Nigerian in the Accra,…

The presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, has justified President Bola Tinubu’s national honours and cash incentives for Nigeria’s Super Falcons’ triumph in the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations. Onanuga responded to critics who said the prizes were either excessive or insufficient, in a message uploaded on his official X (previously Twitter) account on Tuesday. He compared it to the ₦150 million grand prize awarded to the winner of the reality show Big Brother Naija (BBNaija). He wrote, “When you remember that Multichoice, the organiser of the BBNaija reality show, is offering the winner ₦150 million grand prize, you wonder why…

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has ruled out the possibility of the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, returning to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). According to the coalition party, such a move would be politically perilous for Anambra State’s former governor. Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC’s spokesman, made the claim on Monday while appearing on Arise Television’s Prime Time, a current affairs broadcast. Abdullahi, a former PDP leader and former minister of youth and sports, denied rumours that the PDP was attempting to entice Obi back to the party. He emphasised that the former governor will…

Tragedy struck early on Monday morning along the Eliozu-Rumuokoro Road, Rivers State, when a University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) shuttle bus was involved in a fatal accident opposite First Bank, near the Eliozu Flyover. According to eyewitnesses, the bus, which was transporting UNIPORT students to school, was speeding when the driver lost control. About five students died in the crash, with several others rushed to the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital’s Accident and Emergency unit in critical condition. An eyewitness confirmed seeing the bodies of two victims at the UPTH mortuary later that afternoon. At the time of filing…

The kidnappers of six Nigerian Law School students have threatened to execute their hostages if the ransom demanded is not paid. On Saturday, July 26, the students were abducted in Benue State while on their way from Onitsha, Anambra State, to the Nigerian Law School’s Yola campus in Adamawa State. They were apparently on their way to resume academic activities following their court externship break, with courses set to begin on Monday, July 28. Damilare Adenola, a law student, named the kidnapped students as Rev. Ernest Okafor, Ogbuka Fabian, Nwamma Philip, Okechukwu Obadiegwu, Obalem Emmanuel, and Obiorah David. Confirming the…