Author: Vincent Osuwo

The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) called for restraint, warning those plotting to use the Supreme Court judgment to destabilize Rivers State to tread with caution. Dr. Theophilus Alaye, the IYC President Worldwide, in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja, appraised the apex court verdict and faulted the grounds on which the jurists took some of their decisions. He threatened that those threatening impeachment against governor Siminalayi Fubara be careful, saying any forceful attempt to remove him from office would be resisted by the IYC and other youths in the Niger Delta. He said, “We found the Supreme Court…

Tensions in Rivers State have risen when Ijaw groups, notably the Ijaw National Congress and the Ijaw Youths Council, issued a strong warning against impeaching Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The parties expressed their willingness to defend Fubara’s authority, warning that any attempt to remove him would destabilize the Niger Delta and hinder oil production in the region. The warning came after the Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Martin Amaewhule, gave a 48-hour deadline for Fubara to resubmit the 2025 budget for approval. The Assembly’s attitude follows a Supreme Court decision on Friday, February 28, 2025, that reaffirmed its validity,…

The Peoples Democratic Party’s 2023 governorship candidate in Lagos State, Abdul-Azeez Adediran, also known as Jandor, has said that the PDP has become too toxic as a result of recurrent internal disputes. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday, Jandor, who left the PDP on Monday, cited a leadership crisis at the party’s national headquarters as a significant cause for his departure. Umar Damagum, the acting National Chairman, has come under fire from party members, many of whom blame him for the PDP’s deteriorating fortunes following the departure of Iyorchia Ayu. Senator Samuel Anyanwu and former National Youth Leader…

A former lawmaker for Cross River South Senatorial District, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, has criticized Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan over her claim of sexual harassment, stating that women cannot be harassed once they become senators. Ita-Giwa who spoke on Arise TV on Tuesday, opined that it is a sign of weakness for female lawmakers to make such claims. Akpoti-Uduaghan had alleged that Senate President Godswill Akpabio frustrated her motions on Ajaokuta Steel Company because she refused his sexual passes. Ita-Giwa, however, said, “By the time you contest elections and get to the Senate, you have passed that stage of your life of…

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has revealed that a former Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service, David Parradang, was found dead in a hotel room in Abuja, hours after lodging with a female guest. The command, in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, on Tuesday, stated the Parradang checked into Joy House Hotel, Area 3 Junction, on March 3, 2025, at around 12 noon, driving a black Mercedes Benz. She said, “In light of the recent reports alleging that retired Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service, David Shikfu Parradang, was kidnapped and subsequently killed, we…

The Edo State Police Command has reported that a priest, Rev. Fr. Philip Ekweli, and seminarian Peter Andrew were abducted by suspected herders at St. Peter Catholic Church in the Ivukwa town of Etsako East Local Government Area. Moses Yamu, the command’s spokesperson, said in a statement on Tuesday that officers killed one of the accused kidnappers and captured four others. Yamu said, “On March 3, 2025, at about 11:30 pm, the command received a distress call from a concerned citizen that armed men, suspected to be herdsmen, stormed St. Peter Catholic Church in Ivukwa, Etsako East LGA, and abducted…

David Parradang, a former Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Immigration Service, was killed by gunmen in Abuja on Tuesday. A source within the service confirmed his death to reporters, adding that plans were ongoing to pay his family a condolence visit. “I don’t know exactly how he died, but we are planning to visit his family to offer our condolences,” a source told me. When contacted, Josephine Adeh, a spokesman for the Federal Capital Territory Police Command, promised to respond but had not done so as of the time of reporting this article. According to counter-insurgency expert Zagazola Makama, Parradang was…

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, over an alleged N700 billion fraud. Emmanuel, who governed the state between 2015 and 2023, reportedly arrived at the EFCC’s corporate headquarters in Abuja around 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday following an invitation from the anti-graft agency. According to a source who spoke on condition of anonymity, Emmanuel was arrested after honoring the EFCC’s invitation to answer allegations of money laundering, diversion of funds, and stealing. “We have arrested the former governor of Akwa Ibom over an alleged N700 billion fraud.…

Gabon’s military leader, Gen. Brice Oligui Nguema, has announced his desire to run for president in next month’s election. Nguema gained power in 2023 in a coup that toppled the long-standing dominance of the Bongo family. He then promised to relinquish authority to citizens. The country has now established a new constitution and electoral code, which critics claim were engineered to favor the junta leader’s presidential candidacy. On Monday, Nguema informed the Gabonese people that he had decided to run in the April 12 election “after careful reflection and in response to your many appeals.”. Speaking to supporters during a…

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has disclosed that the nation’s power generation hit 5,713.60 megawatts on Tuesday, the highest in the last four years. The TCN declared on Tuesday that the power sector had reached a new peak generation for 2025, which was successfully transmitted. It was reported that the feat was accomplished on Tuesday, above the 5.543 MW recorded on February 14. “This was recorded on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at 21:30 hours, with the new generation peak of 5,713.60 megawatts (MW), surpassing the previous peak generation of 5,543.20 MW achieved on February 14, 2025, by 170.40 MW,”…