Author: Vincent Osuwo

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, announced on Monday five days of mourning for President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash. “I announce five days of public mourning and offer my condolences to the dear people of Iran,” stated Khamenei in an official statement a day after the deaths of Raisi and other officials in the crash in East Azerbaijan province. Following the death of the president, Khamenei, who wields ultimate power and has the final say on foreign policy and Iran’s nuclear programme, has previously sought to reassure Iranians, stating there would be no disturbance to state…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested four members of a drug gang that runs a cocaine cartel from India to Lagos, together with a sports utility vehicle and two houses that had already been tied to them and were sealed for forfeiture to the federal government.  This happened as a couple, Kazeem Owoalade and Rashidat Owoalade, both cartel members, were declared wanted by the NDLEA in connection with the cocaine trade. This was made known by Femi Babafemi, the spokesman of the NDLEA, who said: “Two other members of the syndicate, Imran Olal,ekan, and Ishola Olalekan, were arrested…

Prof. Usman Yusuf, a member of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), stated that President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda has turned into hopelessness.  Yusuf, a former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), claimed this during an interview with Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. According to him, rather than instilling optimism in Nigerians, the Tinubu administration has made them even more hopeless over the previous year. He said, “People have lost hope. It pains me to see our people lining up to collect cups of palliatives. Renewed hope has turned into hopelessness. People have lost hope. “The last year…

A Former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has urged Peter Obi to steer clear of interfering in the clash between soldiers and Banex Plaza traders.  In a statement on his verified X page on Sunday, Omokri urged Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election, “not to take sides.” Chronicle NG reports that personnel of the Nigerian Army Corps of Military Police stormed Banex Plaza in Abuja on Saturday, beating passersby and manning guards. The assault on civilians was a reprisal for an earlier free-for-all that broke out between four military police personnel and…

Social media influencer Reno Omokri has stated that Tyson Fury could have easily defeated Oleksandr Usyk in their recently held boxing match.  Omokri, in a statement on X on Sunday, mentioned that Fury’s ego made him lose the match. “Fury was defeated by his ego. He refused to deflate it,” Omokri stated. Stating that “pride goes before a fall,” Omokri noted that the former heavyweight “wasted too much energy in the first round, mocking” the Ukrainian. The Ukrainian emerged as the first-ever four-belt undisputed heavyweight champion in boxing history, defeating Tyson Fury via split decision, Chronicle NG reports. Briton Fury…

Nigerian activist and politician Aisha Yesufu has criticized the President Bola Tinubu-led administration over the incessant kidnappings and killings in the country.  In a statement on X, Yesufu berated Tinubu, alleging that terrorists are the main beneficiaries of the Tinubu-led federal government. Describing Tinubu’s administration as “illegitimate,” the stern support of Peter Obi and the Labour Party (LP) mentioned that terrorists “do what they want, how they want, and when they want, knowing nothing will be done to them.” The activist made the statement while reacting to the recent killing of three people and the kidnapping of over 120 villagers…

The Police Public Relations Office, Delta State Command, SP Bright Edafe, has called on Nigerians to report crimes to the appropriate authorities.  In a statement on Friday, Edafe urged the public to trust the force and help it eliminate crime in the country. He mentioned that people who experience crime cases and fail to report them inadvertently promote criminality in the country. Edafe’s statement reads, “When you experience cases of armed robbery, kidnapping, or any other related crimes and keep it to yourself without reporting it to the force, it is just like being sick and staying home and expecting…

Ibrahim Owodunni, aka Primeboy, an associate of late singer Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, has disclosed that the musician, until his death, questioned the paternity of his child, Liam. Primeboy, in a statement, alleged that Mohbad, who only had sex once with his wife Patricia Omowunmi, questioned the paternity of their child, Liam. Primeboy noted that the two were involved in a heated argument after the singer performed at a show in Lagos. Primeboy stated “After Mohbad performed at the show, I followed him back to the car. Wunmi was in the car with Liam. When we entered…

No fewer than seven people have been confirmed dead as rainstorms affect Houston, Texas, authorities announced Friday. The three new deaths occurred after Houston, the fourth-largest city in the United States, was slammed Thursday by severe rain and winds gusting up to 100 miles (160 kilometres) per hour, leaving downtown streets coated in glass from broken windows. Residential areas were littered with downed trees and power wires, and the National Weather Service reported that a tornado had touched down in Cypress. According to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, the new victims included an 85-year-old woman who died after her mobile…

The napkin on which Barcelona agreed to sign 13-year-old Lionel Messi was sold in an auction for £762,400.  The beginning price was £300,000 for the ‘standard Spanish waxy napkin’, which measures 16.5 x 16.5cm and is laminated and framed. The serviette, written in blue ink in December 2000, contains a vow from ex-Barcelona director Carles Rexach to sign Messi. It was also signed by Josep Minguella, the Spanish club’s transfer adviser, and agency Horacio Gaggioli, who recommended the Argentine teenager. On Gaggioli’s behalf, London-based Bonhams held an online auction for the blue-ink serviette. Messi joined Barcelona a month after the…