Author: Vincent Osuwo

Edo State’s First Lady, Mrs. Betsy Obaseki, has responded to Senator Adams Oshiomhole’s remarks on her childlessness, offering words of encouragement to women suffering similar issues.  Mrs. Obaseki informed Edo women in the Diaspora at a Zoom conference that being childless does not define their worth. She underlined that, in God’s time, they will become mothers and should not be discouraged by negative comments. “The children will come in God’s time,” she stated, calling on women to hold their heads high and remain hopeful.” Obaseki said, “I would like to say to every woman and sister, if you feel hurt…

The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has threatened to launch a 14-day protest against the country’s hardship but has stated that it will speak with Niger Delta leader Chief Edwin Clark and other stakeholders before initiating such action.  Dr. Alaye Tari Theophilus, President of the IYC, announced this in a statement issued Sunday in Abuja. He also accused some high government officials of politicising the hardship. Theophilus specifically accused Mele Kyari, Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC Limited, and the Petroleum Minister (State), Heineken Lokpobiri, of politicising the oil and gas sector’s operations, resulting in severe…

The estranged ex-wife of Reno Omokri, former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, has described him as a domestic abuser who subjected her to frequent domestic abuse. In a statement on Instagram on Sunday, Tuokpe alleged that her marriage with Omokri crashed because he was physically violent towards her. She made the revelation while advising women in domestic violent marriages to leave their abusive spouse. “No woman should ever tolerate abuse in marriage, regardless of how infrequent it might be,” she said. “We often make excuses like wanting to maintain a complete family or staying for the sake of the children,…

At least three persons were confirmed dead, with others sustaining injuries, when an oil tanker rammed into 10 vehicles in the Maryland axis of Lagos on Sunday. Confirming the tragic incident, the Head of the Public Affairs Unit, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Nosa Okunbor, revealed this in a statement on Sunday. He stated that the first disaster occurred when a diesel-laden tanker failed to halt and collided with several vehicles, killing three people and injuring an unknown number. Tanker explosion kills 48 people, 50 cows in Niger Okunbor stated that when the LASEMA team arrived at the scene…

No fewer than 48 persons have been given mass burials after a petrol tanker explosion in Agaie Local Government Area of Niger State. The incident occurred early on Sunday morning when the petrol tanker collided with a trailer truck carrying passengers and cattle from Wudil in Kano State. The Director General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency, Abdullahi Baba-Arab, who provided the information on Sunday, also revealed that 48 people whose bodies were burnt beyond recognition had been mass buried in the local government. Tanker explosion kills 48 people, 50 cows in Niger According to him, after additional search…

Chief Ajuri Ngelale, former Special Assistant to the President, Media and Publicity, was fired by the President Bola Tinubu administration, according to controversial self-acclaimed retired journalist Kemi Olunloyo. Olunloyo made the statement while reacting to Ngelale’s indefinite leave from his official duties to the president. Chronicle NG reports on Saturday that Ngelale announced his stepping aside from his duties as aide to the president due to pressing medical emergencies affecting his immediate family. However, Olunloyo, in a statement on X on Saturday, mentioned that the presidential aide was “fired” by his principal. “Earlier today, at 1. p.m., I told you…

Dr. Rabiu Kwankwaso, the national head of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), believes he would win the 2027 presidential election.  Kwankwaso, the party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 elections, made the outburst on Saturday when inaugurating the NNPP Secretariat on IBB Way in Katsina. Recall that he was in Katsina to pay his condolences to the Yar’adua family following the death of their matriarch, Hajiya Dada. According to him, the party is prepared to take over the president, states, and other offices throughout the country by 2027. He emphasised that the party was poised for victory in the 2027…

No fewer than 48 people have been confirmed dead in a petrol tanker explosion in the Agaie Local Government Area of Niger State. According to reports, the petrol tanker collided head-on with a trailer truck carrying travellers and cattle from Wudil, Kano State. Abdullahi Baba-Arab, Director General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency, confirmed this in a statement on Sunday. He stated that the incident occurred around 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, along the Lapai-Agaie route, around 2 kilometres from Dendo Community in Agaie LGA. According to Baba-Arab, more than 50 livestock were burnt alive, and two more vehicles—a crane…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians that a faith-based organisation, Christ Mercy Land Delivery Ministries, led by Prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin, is using the agency’s name to deceive the public.  According to a statement signed by Director General Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye on Sunday, none of the products advertised or sold are registered with the agency. It said, “NAFDAC wishes to alert the public on the activities of a faith-based organisation—Christ Mercy Land Delivery Ministries—that uses the NAFDAC name to deceive the unsuspecting public. “Recently, NAFDAC has been inundated with petitions from concerned citizens…

Nigerian activist turned politician, Aisha Yesufu, has berated Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser Information and Strategy to President Bola Tinubu. In a statement on X on Sunday, Yesufu described the presidential aide as a “squatter with no office.” The Edo-born politician made the remark while reacting to Onanuga’s 2023 statement on X, where he described her as “uncontrollable.” “I really pity this lady for becoming so uncontrollable,” Onanuga said. “The husband should grab her quickly. She needs attention,” he added. Reacting to his statement, the staunch critic of the Tinubu-led administration said, “I didn’t think this man was going through…