Author: Vincent Osuwo

The expected arraignment of 34-year-old Chinese national Liao Zhang and a corporation, Genting International Co. Limited, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the suspected use of a computer to undermine Nigeria’s constitutional structure was halted on Tuesday due to a lack of legal representation. The EFCC filed a case against Zhang and Genting International Co. Limited in the Federal High Court in Lagos. When asked if he had a lawyer to represent him, Zhang said that he did not have one. He was then asked whether he could contact family or friends to help him find a…

Delta airline will offer $30,000 to each passenger aboard a jet that crashed as it arrived at Toronto airport this week, the carrier said on Wednesday. “This gesture has no strings attached and does not affect the rights” of passengers, a business spokesman stated. On Monday, a Delta Air Lines plane departing from Minneapolis, Minnesota, collided with the runway at Toronto’s main airport, flipping upside down. A flame and heavy clouds of black smoke engulfed the plane as it skidded to a halt on its roof, killing none of the 80 passengers on board. Delta said 21 people were hurt…

The federal government has stated that it is interested in transferring the majority of Nigeria’s energy consumers to Band A, where they will receive at least 20 hours of electricity every day. On Wednesday, the Transmission Company of Nigeria declared a key milestone in the country’s electricity industry, announcing that Nigeria has reached a new high power generation of 5,543.20 megawatts. This historic occurrence occurred on Friday, February 14, 2025, at exactly 11:00 PM, breaking the previous record of 5,478.73 MW set just a day earlier, on Thursday, February 13, 2025. The company’s management announced this milestone in a statement…

Hamas is set to deliver the bodies of four hostages on Thursday, including the Bibas family, who have become symbols of Israel’s hostage issue since the Gaza war began. The release of the bodies is the first time Hamas has handed over remains since its October 7, 2023 attack on Israel sparked the war. The bodies of Shiri Bibas, her two young boys, Kfir and Ariel, and a fourth captive, Oded Lifshitz, will be returned to the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis, according to the Palestinian militant group. Footage of their kidnapping, captured and aired by Hamas militants during…

The former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, denied on Wednesday that he had stockpiled weaponry at his office in the house. This comes as Mojisola Meranda, the incumbent Speaker of the House, has denied resigning. Obasa denied being linked to certain guns purportedly discovered at his office. According to online reports on Tuesday, officers from the Department of State Services uncovered 47 pump-action weapons during a Monday visit to the assembly. Some versions of the news indicated the guns were found in his office, while others suggested they were in the former Chief Security Officer’s…

General Christopher Musa, Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, has stated that the country will not tolerate foreign nations’ contempt for its nationals. Musa, speaking at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday, stated that Nigeria deserves global respect. Musa said at the National Association of the Institute for Security Studies’ debut annual lecture in Abuja last Thursday that he would not have attended if the Canadian Embassy had not declined his visa application. Musa added that while half of the Nigerian squad was permitted to go, he and several other members were denied admittance. The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu,…

The Senate on Wednesday summoned intelligence chiefs to investigate allegations made by US Congressman Perry Scott that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been funding terrorist organizations, including Boko Haram. Senator Mohammed Ndume, representing Borno South Senatorial District, raised an Order of Urgent National Security under Order 41. He urged the Senate to take the revelation seriously, given the devastation caused by terrorists, particularly Boko Haram. He emphasized that a thorough investigation would end speculation about how non-state actors have managed to survive over the years. Senate President Godswill Akpabio supported the proposal but emphasized that security…

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mojisola Meranda, has dismissed speculations stating that she has resigned. Meranda’s Chief Press Secretary, Segun Ajiboye, refuted the report on Wednesday. “I’m in the office. The speaker is in the office. I don’t know where that is coming from,” Ajiboye said in a chat with newsmen. Several online reports on Wednesday claimed that the Speaker had resigned. A circular dated February 17, 2025, allegedly released by Meranda, claiming she had resigned, has been trending on social media for two days. However, the letter was not signed by anyone. The Lagos Assembly…

Real Madrid’s star Jude Bellingham was hit with a two-match La Liga ban on Wednesday by the Spanish football federation’s disciplinary committee after he was sent off for dissent. Referee Jose Munuera Montero dismissed the England international during the champions’ 1–1 draw at Osasuna on Saturday. Bellingham, who said he was expressing displeasure rather than disrespecting the referee, will miss league matches against Girona and Real Betis on February 23 and March 2, respectively. The disciplinary committee ruled that Madrid’s efforts to demonstrate that Bellingham had not insulted the official were “insufficient” to undermine “the presumption of veracity of the…

The White House has released video of undocumented immigrants being shackled and transported onto a deportation airplane heading from Seattle. The 41-second video, titled “ASMR: Illegal Alien Deportation Flight,” features close-up pictures of chains and cuffs on the tarmac, as well as detainees walking with their wrists and ankles tied. One image depicts an immigrant marching past an officer, his wrists tied in front of him and his ankles chained. Other clips from the White House’s video show a close-up of a man’s handcuffs being secured, another person’s feet in chains as they ascend a stairwell to the plane, and…