Author: Vincent Osuwo

Social media influencer Reno Omokri has advised against dating women who turn out to be financial burdens to a man.  In a statement on his verified X page on Thursday, Omokri mentioned that “it is a major red flag if your net worth reduces after a girl turns up in your life.” Arguing that dating such women “is dangerous to your finances,” he added that “a good woman reduces your outgoings.” He advised men to seek partners who can cook because there is no shame in cooking. Omokri’s statement reads, “If you take a girl out to eat once a…

The Lagos State Government has launched a discount and amnesty initiative to encourage property owners to obtain the requisite permits and follow building standards. According to reports, Dr. Oluyinka Olumide, Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, announced this at a press event in Lagos on Wednesday to commemorate the first year of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s second term. He stated that the purpose of these activities was to protect public safety and promote a sustainable urban environment by encouraging conformity to building codes. In a recent encounter with journalists, the commissioner stated that 80 percent of construction in Lagos’ Ibeju…

Taiwo Oyedele, Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, has said that his committee will propose the elimination of value-added tax on certain fundamental food, educational, and healthcare products. Oyedele stated this on Wednesday via his X handle (previously Twitter), clarifying comments made earlier at a policy exposure and impact assessment session sponsored by the committee. Denying rumours that his committee is suggesting a rate hike, Oyedele stated that his group has instead recommended, “Full input VAT credit for businesses to reduce their cost of doing business and minimise the strain on their cash flows. “Remove…

Senator Uba Sani, the governor of Kaduna State, bemoaned on Wednesday the reduction in student enrollment across the state. Sani voiced alarm about the trend, linking it to the state’s recent surge in insecurity caused by kidnapping, banditry, and other associated crimes. He revealed that the administration had started a plan to remove 359 schools from terrorist-infested areas and integrate them with other schools in safer locations. On Wednesday, the governor said this as he opened a one-day capacity-building programme organised by the Nigeria Police Force School Protection Squad in Kaduna. Sani described as appropriate the theme of the programme:…

An Appeal Court sitting in Lagos State has adjourned the appeal filed by the Chairman of Ibeto Energy Development Company, Cletus Ibeto. This was revealed in a press release issued on Thursday by Dele Oyewale, Head, Media & Publicity, of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Ibeto had approached the appellate court, challenging the bench warrant issued against him by Justice Ijelu pending his arraignment. Justice Ijelu had, on November 3, 2023, declared Ibeto wanted concerning the 10-count charges. preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC. He was charged alongside his companies, Ibeto Energy Development…

Ahmed Jaha, a member of the House of Representatives from Borno State, has urged the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government to hire military mercenaries to address the country’s insecurity. Jaha proposed that the government recall the mercenaries used during previous President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration. The legislator, who represents the Chibok/Domboa/Gwoza Federal Constituency, made the request on Tuesday during a parliamentary session when Ginger Onwusibe presented a motion on insecurity. Onwusibe moved the motion following the alleged murder of Onegbu Ifeanyi, a government servant in Abia State, by five naval officers. In his presentation to the motion, Jaha asked the Federal…

Ahmed Ojo, an Ekiti-based Islamic cleric, reportedly set fire to his wife’s home in the Egbe Odo area of Isua Ijesa, Ekiti State, after she refused to join him in a late-night prayer. In an exclusive interview on Wednesday, the wife, Bosede Afolabi, revealed that the event occurred on April 27 when her husband arrived home and requested that they conduct a prayer at 11 p.m. on that date, which she refused because she was sleepy. Afolabi revealed that her unwillingness to join in the prayer enraged the cleric, who started making problems, prompting her to invite neighbours to appease…

An inmate at the FCT Vocational Rehabilitation Centre in Kuchiko-Ija, a border village between the FCT’s Bwari Area Council and Niger State’s Tafa LGA, was reportedly tortured to death and his body left behind the centre. A vigilante claimed that authorities at the institution tortured the man to death. According to City & Crime, the centre’s occupants are largely destitute persons who were detained in Abuja for public annoyance. Residents of the host village informed reporters that the centre was renowned for torturing inmates, to the point where several attempted to escape. In the most recent episode that resulted in…

A girl was killed and 15 people were injured by a windstorm that also wrecked property worth millions of naira on the southern bypass of Gombe metropolis in Gombe state. According to news reports, the windstorm occurred on Monday about 5 p.m. amid Gombe’s first rain of the season, and more than 100 houses were damaged. The areas impacted by the windstorm are Ampate, Maitama, Nayi Nawa, and Bagadaza, all on the outskirts of Gombe. Malam Abba Muhammad, a Bagadaza resident, reported that the roof of his two-bedroom flat was blown off and the fence fell, forcing his family of…

The police on Thursday continued their investigation into the circumstances leading to the death of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly called Mohbad. This followed an invitation given to Mohbad’s family and a group of people named in the ongoing investigation into the illicit embalming of the deceased’s remains after his death. According to news reports, Boluwatife Adeyemo, aka Darosha, Mohbad’s assistant, was interviewed at the Zone 2 Police Headquarters in front of the deceased’s father, Joseph, and mother, Abosede. After questioning Darosha, the police requested that all people identified in his statement be brought in for further questioning. Monisola…