Author: Vincent Osuwo

The corpse of Justice Azuka, the member representing Onitsha North 1 Constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly, has been discovered by security operatives near the Second Niger Bridge. Azuka was kidnapped on December 24, 2024, along Ugwunaobankpa Road in Inland Town, Onitsha, while returning home for Christmas. He was kidnapped at gunpoint in a swift operation that lasted less than five minutes. Tochukwu Ikenga, the spokesperson for the Anambra State Police Command, confirmed the discovery on Thursday, saying a joint security team found the decomposing corpse during a routine patrol. Ikenga said, “In the early hours of today,…

Samuel Sunday, 13, was taken into custody by Akwa Ibom state police for bringing his father’s gun and threatening to shoot classmates at St. Paul Primary School in Ikot Ibiok, Eket Local Government Area (LGA). Baba Mohammed Azare, the Commissioner of Police (CP) for the Akwa Ibom State Police Command, revealed on Wednesday in Uyo that the father of the minor suspect has also been taken into custody. The police boss gave a briefing on the operations report for his command for the previous week, stating that it had seen continuous investigations, recoveries, and the arrest of suspected offenders for…

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has apprehended Onu Simeon following a fatal altercation that resulted in the death of Ifeanyi Chukwu at Utako Market, Abuja. This was disclosed by the command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh. “On February 5, 2025, at about 9:30 a.m., the Command received a distress call regarding a fight at Utako Market. “Police operatives swiftly responded to the scene, where Ifeanyi Chukwu was found lying unconscious. He was immediately rushed to NNPC Hospital, Utako, where a medical doctor confirmed him dead.” Ifeanyi Chukwu of Kuchigoro, Lugbe, and Onu Simeon of Anguwan Biggy, Jabi Daki Biyu,…

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has advocated the use and worldwide acceptance of cocaine, saying, “It is no worse than whisky” and is only illegal because it comes from Latin America. Petro stated this during a live broadcast of a government meeting. Colombia is the world’s largest cocaine producer and exporter, mainly to the United States and Europe, and has spent decades fighting against drug trafficking. During a six-hour ministerial meeting—broadcast live for the first time ever—Petro said, “Cocaine is illegal because it is made in Latin America, not because it is worse than whisky.” “Scientists have analysed this. Cocaine is…

Protesters in Bangladesh vandalised and set fire to the former family house of deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, as well as the homes of other members of her party. The upheaval was spurred by reports that Hasina would address the nation via social media from India, where she has been in exile since student-led rallies ousted her last year. Hasina, 77, who led Bangladesh for 20 years, was viewed as an autocrat whose administration brutally suppressed dissent. On Wednesday evening, an excavator ploughed into the home of Hasina’s late father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who is also Bangladesh’s founding president. The…

The Senate Committee on Diaspora and Non-Governmental Organisations has voiced alarm about the growing trend of Nigerians travelling abroad in quest of better prospects, known as the “Japa” syndrome. The Senate committee, chaired by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP, Kogi), has promised to address this issue as part of its aim to boost the country’s economy and curb mass migration. Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents Kogi Central, underlined the urgency of reversing the trend for the good of the country. “This committee will do this by collaborating with relevant stakeholders in the area of making Nigerians, particularly the youth, believe more in…

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the implementation President Donald Trump’s executive order to limit birthright citizenship in the United States. The verdict halts one of Trump’s most divisive proposals, which was scheduled to go into force nationally on February 19. According to the New York Times, District Judge Deborah Boardman remarked in her opinion that denying birthright citizenship would result in irreparable harm and emphasised that Supreme Court precedent maintains the right to citizenship for people born on US soil. She argued that Trump’s order contradicts the plain language of the 14th Amendment, which grants citizenship to anyone born…

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, on Wednesday, welcomed the senator representing Delta North, Senator Ned Nwoko, following his defection from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party. Nwoko, who officially defected to the APC, hinged his exit on the current crisis rocking the PDP leadership. Nwoko added that Delta Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and a former governor of the state, Ifeanyi Okowa, did not accord him a conducive atmosphere to function at an optimal level. Welcoming Nwoko on Wednesday, Ganduje assured his delegation that with all three Delta senators on their side, the ruling party is…

President Bola Tinubu expressed condolences on Wednesday to the parents, guardians, and families of those killed in a fire that ravaged an Islamic school in Kaura Namoda, Zamfara State. Tinubu expressed his sympathies in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, headed “President Tinubu mourns Zamfara Islamic School pupils, says safety should be top priority for proprietors.” The fire at Tsangaya school (Almajiri school) killed 17 children and injured 15 more. The statement reads, “President Tinubu commiserates with the state government and owners of the school and prays for the quick recovery of those…

A fire outbreak at the Tsangaya school (Almajiri school) in Zamfara state has killed no fewer than 17 children and injured 15 students. The Zamfara State Police Command confirmed the death of the 17 Almajiris and 15 others seriously injured in the devastating inferno. The state Commissioner for Police, Mohammed Shehu Dalijan, stated that the inferno broke out around 2:00 AM on Wednesday due to burning corn stalks, engulfing the shelter where the pupils were asleep. “We received the sad incident that some Almajiri pupils have lost their lives in the inferno while they were asleep,” he said. The teacher…