Author: Vincent Osuwo

Karen Igho, the winner of Big Brother Africa 2011, has cried for help on social media, exposing her troubles with homelessness, abuse, and marriage issues.  Igho cried for help in a video posted on X on Wednesday, which showed her in a shelter. “I want to prove that it is me, and indeed I am homeless,” she said. “I woke up in my homeless shelter, and I’ve been here for more than one year. I’ve been going up and down from shelter to shelter.” BBNaija: Nigerians react as Wanni plans voluntary exit from show In her video, she thanked fans…

No fewer than nine bodies, including two women and seven men, have been recovered following a tragic boat accident that occurred in Gbajibo, Niger State. The victims were among 300 passengers travelling from Mundi Community to attend the Maulid celebration at Gbajibo on Tuesday night when the boat capsized. The Niger State Emergency Management Agency confirmed that 150 passengers were immediately rescued, while another 150 remain unaccounted for. The boat was mostly carrying women and children. In a statement issued on Wednesday, NSEMA Director General Abdullahi Baba-Arah stated that search and rescue activities were still ongoing as efforts were made…

A boat carrying over 300 passengers, mostly women and children, capsized during a Maulid celebration journey in Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State on Tuesday.  The passengers were travelling from Mundi Community to Gbajibo Community for the festival when tragedy struck. Confirming the tragedy, Alhaji Absullahi Baba-Arah, Director General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency, stated on Wednesday that rescue attempts were underway to discover further survivors. Baba-Arah said, “NSEMA received a report of a boat accident that occurred on the night of October 1, 2024, around 8:30 pm along the River Niger, upstream of Jebba Dam, at…

Iran has extended the closure of its airspace, anticipating Israeli reprisal for its attack on the enemy country on Tuesday evening. All flights have been cancelled until 5 a.m. (0130 GMT) on Thursday to preserve aviation security, according to state news agency ISNA, quoting an aviation authority spokesman. Iran first restricted the airspace over Tehran, cancelling all flights until Wednesday morning, following a salvo of missiles launched at Israel on Tuesday evening. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said the attack was in reprisal for the deaths of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, Hezbollah Chief Hassan Nasrallah, and an Iranian general. The…

Manchester City star Matheus Nunes has reportedly been arrested on suspicion of stealing a cell phone from a nightclub in Madrid.  The 26-year-old Portuguese international was allegedly detained early on September 8 at La Riviera, a popular club, and transferred to a nearby police station for questioning, according to Daily Mail. Nunes was arrested about 5:30 a.m. after being accused of seizing a phone from a 58-year-old man who had attempted to picture him in the nightclub’s lavatory without his permission, according to Spanish daily El Mundo. Born in Brazil, Nunes is claimed to have seized the phone in a…

The bodies of 20 children and three teachers were recovered after a bus carrying schoolchildren crashed and caught fire near Bangkok.  The bus was returning to Bangkok from a school excursion to Thailand’s north. Flames engulfed the bus as it burnt under a flyover, sending large clouds of dense black smoke into the sky. The driver surrendered to authorities 100 kilometres (61 miles) north of Bangkok, according to local media. Shortly after the horrific incident, footage showed the driver attempting to extinguish the flames, but he apparently departed the site. According to witnesses, the bus drove into the concrete barrier…

No fewer than 45 people have died and many others are missing after two migrant boats capsized off the coast of Djibouti, officials say. The boats departed Yemen on Tuesday, carrying 310 people, before sinking in the Red Sea off the east African country, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). “To date, 61 individuals are still missing, and the search operations are continuing relentlessly,” Djibouti’s coastguard said. It is the latest boat disaster to hit the route, known as one of the busiest and most perilous in the world, used by refugees and migrants from Africa. A “large-scale…

US vice presidential candidates J.D. Vance and Tim Walz faced off in a civil debate Tuesday, despite tense moments on the hot topics of migration, abortion, and the threat of war in the Middle East.  Republican Vance and Democrat Walz focused on issues rather than the nasty personal assaults that presidential contenders Donald Trump and Kamala Harris traded during a contentious debate in September. However, the shadow of their bosses loomed over the CBS discussion, with Walz denouncing Trump as a menace to democracy and unqualified to lead America on the global stage, and Vance hammering Harris’ record on the…

Israel on Wednesday promised to retaliate after Iran fired a volley of missiles at its land, with Tehran threatening it would target “all infrastructure” in Israel if attacked.  After the attack late Tuesday, in which most of the missiles were intercepted, Israel threatened to make Iran “pay” and promised to hit “the Middle East powerfully.” Following the missile attack, President Joe Biden stated that the US is “fully supportive” of Israel and that he will negotiate a reaction with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. When reporters asked Biden what his answer would be to Iran, he said, “That’s in active…

The Yobe State Commissioner of Police, CP Garba Ahmed, has ordered an immediate inquiry into a homicide involving Inspector Mohammed Bulama of the Police Mobile Force, 41 Division, in Damaturu, the state capital. Chronicle NG gathered in a press statement on Tuesday by the Force Public Relations Officer of the Yobe Police Command, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, that on September 29, 2024, at approximately 18:20 hours, Inspector Mohammed Bulama, 38, was involved in a heated argument with Abdulmalik Dauda (aka Baksha), 39, of Pompomari Ward, Damaturu, over an unresolved transaction at the Zango Area. The disagreement turned physical, with Bulama reportedly…