Author: Vincent Osuwo

No fewer than four travellers were killed and 10 others injured on Wednesday following a bomb explosion at Komala village along the Maiduguri–Damboa Road in Borno State. Around 3:30 p.m., a Suzuki pickup truck collided with an improvised explosive device. Borno State Police Command spokesperson ASP Nahum Daso confirmed the incident to newsmen, stating that the injured people had been transported to the state Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri for treatment. “I confirm that the incident happened. Four persons died, and 10 sustained various degrees of injuries. “They have been taken to the State Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri,” he said. Travellers…

The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu is interested in a vibrant opposition, urging the main opposition, the People’s Democratic Party and the Labour Party, to put their houses in order. Akpabio made the statement at the inauguration of the Arterial Road N20 Interchange Bridge. Referring to the recent crisis in the PDP over the position of the party’s National Secretary, as well as Senator Neda Imasuen, Senate Committee Chairman on Ethics, Code of Conduct, and Public Petitions, who defected from the Labour Party to the ruling All Progressives Congress, the Senate President stated…

The Kebbi state government has announced plans to review existing laws with a view to imposing the death penalty or life imprisonment on convicted informants aiding bandits. The Kebbi State Governor, Nasiru Idris, stated this on Tuesday when he paid condolence visits to Tadurga village in Zuru and Kyebu in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Areas following renewed attacks by armed bandits in the areas which resulted in the loss of 30 lives. Idris, who labelled informants as lethal in society, stated that his administration will never play with security issues and will take them seriously. According to him, plans have been…

The US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities did not destroy the country’s nuclear programme and most likely pushed it back by months, an early Pentagon intelligence assessment of the operation reveals. According to individuals acquainted with the Defence Intelligence Agency’s assessment, Saturday’s bombings did not destroy the Islamic Republic’s stockpile of enriched uranium. The White House stated that the “flat-out wrong” assessment was leaked by “a low-level loser in the intelligence community”. President Donald Trump declared Iran’s nuclear sites “completely destroyed” and accused the media of “an attempt to demean one of the most successful military strikes in history”. The…

A South African court has delayed preparations to bury former Zambian President Edgar Lungu in a private ceremony, just as it was about to begin. The news was only conveyed to mourners in South Africa after a funeral liturgy had concluded. This is the latest twist in a dispute between the government and Lungu’s family over his burial, after the family chose a private ceremony in South Africa over a full state funeral at home. The Zambian government had launched an urgent action in the Pretoria High Court, attempting to prevent his family’s scheduled funeral. The court stated that the…

The federal government has finally honoured its three-decade-old pledge of housing allocations for members of the 1994 Super Eagles squad that won the Africa Cup of Nations in Tunisia. This was revealed in a statement posted to the ministry’s website on Wednesday. Former Super Eagles striker Efan Ekoku was among those who received an allocation letter for a property in Abuja. His niece, Lisa Jenifer Nwagbogun, represented him at the little ceremony. Pemi Temitope, Director and Head of Department for Public Building and Housing Development, delivered the letter on behalf of the Minister of Housing and Urban Development. Temitope highlighted…

Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia has denounced the killing of two Kano State indigenes by alleged youths in Makurdi’s Agan community. The victims, who were hauling products to the country’s east, were attacked and killed at 11 p.m. on Monday after parking their truck to purchase a recharge card, according to a security source. “They parked in the Agan community to get a recharge card when some youths attacked and killed them,” the source said. In a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Kula Tersoo, the governor described the act as “barbaric and unacceptable”, ordering the immediate arrest and…

Two Kano state indigenes have reportedly been killed by an irate mob in the Agan community, Makurdi, Benue State. The victims, who were travellers hauling products to the eastern part of the country, were attacked and killed at 11 p.m. on Monday after parking their truck to purchase a recharge card, according to a security source. “They parked in the Agan community to get a recharge card when some youths attacked and killed them,” the source said. This development comes barely a week after an irate mob killed no fewer than 12 travellers in the Mangun area of the Mangu…

Borno South Senator Ali Ndume has warned that if President Bola Tinubu fails to address Nigeria’s challenges, he may dump the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Ndume, who was the Director-General of the Rotimi Amaechi Presidential Campaign, spoke during an appearance on Arise News on Tuesday. Ndume openly stated his displeasure with the state of governance under Tinubu, warning that unresolved national issues could force him to leave the APC. He declared, “If I decide to leave the APC, I will not hide it. “I still believe President Tinubu can fix things. Failure to fix those things may cause me…

The Kaduna State Government has denied Nasir El-Rufai’s assertion that all projects recently commissioned by President Bola Tinubu during his visit to Kaduna were launched by his administration. The former governor stated in an Arise television interview on Monday that all of the projects commissioned by the president during his visit to the state were launched by his government. However, the state government responded to El-Rufai’s claim by calling it a “bare-faced lie” and an attempt to distort the facts. In a statement issued on Tuesday by Governor Uba Sani’s Chief Press Secretary, Ibraheem Musa, the government outlined the true…