Author: Vincent Osuwo

Many people were killed following a collision involving a police vehicle and a car on a major road in northern England. According to the BBC, the incident happened on the A66 at South Bank, near Middlesbrough, Teesside, at around 03:39am on Saturday. According to Cleveland Police, the incident included both a police vehicle and a Volkswagen Passat. The North East Ambulance Service reported there were three vehicles involved in all. A police spokesman said: “Sadly, the collision has resulted in multiple fatalities. We are working to identify the victims and contact their families.” According to the force, the road between…

The Inspector-General of Police Tunji Disu has narrated how a retired soldier asked that the police kill his university-student son after he was jailed for cultism, only to return the next morning with food for him. Disu stated that the episode, which occurred while he was a Divisional Police Officer in Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, demonstrated a parent’s conflicted feelings and the need for families to take responsibility for their children’s development and discipline. The IGP addressed the Nigeria Police Force’s National Youth Leadership and Security Dialog, held at the Police Resource Center in Jabi, Abuja. A video of Disu…

Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has stated that his responsibility in the current political contest is to put pressure on opposition leaders and make them uncomfortable. Wike made the statement to journalists on Friday while inspecting ongoing infrastructure projects in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. The minister, speaking about the state of the opposition ahead of the 2027 general elections, stated that the Peoples Democratic Party’s internal crisis had made it difficult to identify a formidable leading opposition party. He said, “I’ve told you there is no position. Do you have people who are not trying to…

The Nigerian Army apprehended Halima Ibrahim, 30, a suspected gunrunner, as he attempted to flee with two AK-47 rifle magazines in Plateau State’s Bassa Local Government Area. According to a tweet from the Nigerian Army’s X feed on Friday, an intelligence-led raid was carried out on the Kisayi and Dogon Daji communities in the LG following the abduction of one Dr. Abraham Owoicho on August 19, 2026. According to the tweet, the raid was carried out by troops from ‘Operation Enduring Peace,’ along with vigilantes and local hunters. During the operation, Ibrahim was apprehended while attempting to flee with two…

President Bola Tinubu has constituted the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council in preparation for the general election in 2027. Senator Abdulaziz Yari, a former Zamfara State governor, will serve as the council’s Director-General, while Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma has been appointed Secretary. This is stated in a statement issued by the Presidency on Saturday morning and signed by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy. According to the statement, President and Vice President Kashim Shettima would serve as the council’s Chairman and Vice-Chairman I, respectively. Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, the APC National Chairman, will…

Bola Oyebamiji, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the recently conducted Osun State governorship election, has called for calm in the state, imploring Governor Ademola Adeleke to persuade his supporters to quit attacking APC members. According to Oyebamiji, five persons were assaulted in his hometown of Ikire, in the state’s Irewole Local Government Area, on Friday. Oyebamiji talked with State House media after meeting President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Friday’s meeting came just 24 hours after Adeleke, who won the election, handed his Certificate of Return to the president at the Villa on Wednesday. “I…

Pope Leo XIV will visit the tiny country of San Marino on Saturday before attending a cultural and political event organized by a powerful Catholic organization at an Italian coastal resort. The pontiff will spend the morning at San Marino, a 60-square-kilometer (24-square-mile) enclave of 33,000 inhabitants in the Apennine Mountains, as part of a series of quick pastoral visits near home this summer. The pope’s visit to the world’s smallest country, Vatican City, followed one in March to another European statelet, the Principality of Monaco. The Chicago-born pope will meet with local leaders in San Marino, the world’s oldest…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released the Osun State Government accounts, which were frozen “to prevent the alleged diversion of public funds.” The anti-graft agency had, on August 5, placed a post-no-debit on the state government accounts, claiming that it had been investigating the government since March 2026 over the alleged fraudulent handling of about N11 billion in ecology funds, intervention funds, and allocations from the Federation Account Allocation Committee. The development attracted backlash, as many people considered it a political move to weaken Governor Ademola Adeleke before the just-concluded election. President Bola Tinubu also referred to…

The Senior Special Assistant on Digital Media to Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo, Apostle Kassy Chukwu, has stated that Davido should not expect to perform in the state for the balance of the governor’s tenure, citing the continuing controversy between the musician and the governor. Chukwu made the announcement in a YouTube video posted by Peniel TV International in Benin City, Nigeria, on Thursday. The aide’s comments came after Davido refused to apologize for remarks he made about Okpebholo after the governor criticized Davido’s uncle, Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, in the run-up to the August 15 governorship election. Davido…

President Bola Tinubu has ordered the arrest of George Buchi Nwabueze and the suspension of three permanent secretaries over the discovery of another fake agency operating within the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. The permanent secretaries include M.S. Danjuma, Nadungu Gagare, and Richard P. Pheelangwah. Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, Dr Musa Aliyu, SAN, disclosed this to State House correspondents on Friday after briefing the President for the second time in two days, following an earlier meeting on Thursday. Aliyu stated that the newly uncovered fake office, operating…