Author: Vincent Osuwo

The Edo State Police Command has detained a 16-year-old girl, Aisha Suleiman, who is accused of poisoning her ex-boyfriend, Emmanuel, and four other young males in the Afashio community in Edo State’s Etsako West LGA.  The terrible discovery occurred on October 26, 2024, when Emmanuel’s father, Mr. Elogie Ezekiel, arrived at his son’s flat at 6:30 a.m. and discovered some lifeless victims inside. Ezekiel apparently discovered the body of a young man named Nurudeen in the passageway. Moving farther into the flat, he discovered Emmanuel, 19, and his girlfriend, Ada Samuel, 16, both dead on the bedroom bed. Emmanuel’s other…

Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday granted bail to 76 #EndBadGovernance protesters, totalling N760 million with two sureties for each defendant.  The judge ordered that one of the sureties must be a Level 15 public servant and the other a defendant’s parent. He also directed the sureties to submit their letters of latest promotion, letters of appointment, forms of identity, and confirmed addresses to the court. Furthermore, the sureties were required to deposit their international passports with the court registrar, together with passport images, and swear an affidavit of means. Justice Egwuatu stated, “The…

Tony Okocha, Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Committee in Rivers State, warned critics on Friday not to distort the narrative of the state’s crisis insisting that Governor Siminalayi Fubara is an investment of Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike. Okocha said this during a media briefing at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja. Okocha, who was former Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s Chief of Staff from 2007 to 2015, said he feels humiliated every time he listens to a radio program and hears the presenters deliver a biased narrative. Rivers Crisis: Wike group jubilates as court stops state’s allocations “I…

Peter Obi, the Labour Party candidate in the 2023 presidential election, has condemned the barring of state allocations to Rivers State. Obi, in a statement on his verified X page on Friday, lamented the decision of the court, saying it will impoverish the state. His comment comes after a federal high court sitting in Abuja ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to halt giving Rivers State its federal allocations. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik on Wednesday stopped the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from further releasing monthly financial allocations to the Rivers State Government. The court ruled that Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s…

Super Eagles and Fulham midfielder Alex Iwobi has ventured more into music by releasing his second single, ‘What’s Luv?’ This comes after the success of his debut single, “Don’t Shoot,” which made him the first Premier League player to officially record music. His latest single, ‘What’s Luv?,’ which he shared on social media on Thursday, is a celebration of African culture, fusing Afro-Swing with rap components and featuring collaborations with friends SPKS and MBrown. Speaking to The Standard UK on Thursday, Iwobi stated that “Music has always been a passion of mine and a way for me to express myself…

Nigerian comedian Lawrence Oluwaseyitan Aletile, popularly called SeyiLaw, has berated the Nigeria Immigration Service over the arrest of popular crossdresser Bobrisky. In a statement on his verified Instagram page on Friday, SeyiLaw questioned the NIS for arresting and humiliating the controversial crossdresser. His comment comes after operatives of the NIS apprehended Bobrisky aboard an Amsterdam-bound KLM flight on Thursday night while attempting to leave the country. Reacting to his arrest, the comedian said, “I don’t understand this Bobrisky’s case. Did any court ask him not to travel? Why allow him to get on the plane and humiliate him like this?”…

Controversial social media influencer Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, is scheduled to appear in court today over allegations of impersonation. The charges come after a recent viral video in which VeryDarkMan was seen in Nigeria Police Force uniforms “without authorisation.” The Nigeria Police Force had condemned VeryDarkMan in the recently released video where he described himself as CSP VeryDarkMan and Nigeria’s “number one online police officer.” The police disclosed this in a Friday post on its X account. According to the announcement, the FCT Police Command is leading the prosecution, underscoring the force’s commitment to upholding the integrity of…

Texas hospitals must begin asking patients if they are lawfully in the country and tracking the cost of treating people without legal status on Friday, according to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive, which deepens the state’s confrontation with the Biden administration over immigration.  Critics fear that the change would scare people away from Texas hospitals, despite the fact that patients are not compelled to answer the questions in order to obtain medical care. The rule is similar to a program implemented last year in Florida, where Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has been a vocal critic of the federal government’s handling…

Controversial Nigerian crossdresser Okuneye Idris, popularly known as Bobrisky, was removed from an Amsterdam-bound KLM flight and detained by immigration officers late on Thursday night while attempting to leave the country. Bobrisky posted on his Instagram page to alert followers about the arrest, stating that he had sustained injuries during an altercation with the immigration officers. The crossdresser alleges that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is responsible for his detention. He wrote, “Nigerians, help me; EFCC just arrested me. I’m badly injured.” On 22 October, the controversial crossdresser was intercepted at the Sème border while allegedly attempting to flee…

Pastor Abel Damina, the Senior Pastor of Power City International Church, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has been accused of preaching “fallacies and heretics,” laced with unsound arguments.  A Christian group, the Nigerian Supreme Council for Ecclesiastical Affairs, argued that Damina preached messages with an “alarming rate of theological errors and heresies.” The group mentioned this in an open letter signed by the secretary of its elders’ council, Bishop Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies, and addressed to Damina, on Facebook. Abel Damina denounces ‘what God cannot do does not exist’ slogan Adesanya-Davies stated that the letter serves as a disclaimer to the messages preached…