Author: Vincent Osuwo

The Emir of Ningi in Bauchi State, Dr. Yunusa Danyaya, has reportedly died at the age of 88. The monarch, who is claimed to have returned from a medical trip to Saudi Arabia on Thursday, August 22, died early this morning at a hospital in Kano State. In a statement released by his media, Mukhtar Gidado, Governor Bala Mohammed expressed his sympathies to the late emir’s family and the Emirate Council on Danyaya’s death. The governor praised the late king as a man of peace, wisdom, and unwavering commitment to the well-being of the people of the Ningi Emirate and…

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has announced the release of the 2024 Batch ‘B’ Stream 2 call-up letters for prospective corps members. The NYSC made the announcement in a series of posts on its official X handle on Monday. The orientation camp for the stream is slated to begin on August 28, 2024, and end on September 17, 2024. According to the statement, “some prospective corp members posted to Lagos will have orientation in Ogun and Osun. “While some of those posted to Zamfara will have in Kebbi and Sokoto, etc.” However, the corps recommended potential corps members to…

The Anambra State Government disclosed on Sunday that it would take the necessary action to address the fight and alleged “strangulation” that occurred between the Permanent Secretary of the state Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Mrs Chinwe Achugbu, and one of the ministry’s Heads of Department, a female, whose identity had yet to be determined. Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, the Anambra state governor, recently nominated Achugbu as one of his new permanent secretaries. It was gathered on Sunday that the fight between the two occurred on Thursday, August 15, in the office after a dispute about an unspecified topic,…

Civilians were among the dozens killed in an attack by jihadists in Burkina Faso, local and security sources told AFP on Sunday. Since 2015, jihadists rebels linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State have launched a brutal war in Burkina Faso, killing thousands and displacing two million people. Armed jihadists terrorists carried out the latest attack on Saturday in the village of Barsalogho, north-central Burkina Faso, according to several accounts. Mali: Drone strikes kill 20 civilians, including chidren Denouncing the “cowardly and barbaric attack,”  Communications Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo said it was carried out by “hordes of criminals.” The…

The Kogi State chapter of the People Democratic Party (PDP) has requested that the local executive committee in Ijumu commence immediate suspension procedures against Senator Dino Melaye, following his recent outburst in which he pronounced the party dead.  The party claimed the decision was required to re-establish its integrity and focus on effective leadership. The party’s elders, led by Alhaji Ibrahim Dansofo, made the announcement in a statement released to journalists in Lokoja on Sunday. “Melaye’s political ambitions have crumbled to the point where he can no longer secure even a local councillor position. “Senator Melaye has become a burden…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar challenged President Bola Tinubu on Monday to be brave and confess the return of fuel subsidies, months after he declared them to be gone.  Atiku, who lost to Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election, asserted that gasoline subsidies had returned, claiming that it “has become an even wider conduit pipe through which money for funding the 2027 election will come from.” This was claimed by the former Vice President in a statement issued on Sunday by his media aide, Phrank Shaibu. “Tinubu visited the FMDQ in New York, Qatar, and France, where he told lies…

No fewer than 20 civilians, including children, were killed on Sunday by drone strikes in north Mali, where the army and its Russian allies are fighting separatists and jihadists, local sources report. Separatists attributed the strikes in Tinzaouatene, near Algeria, on “the army of the Malian junta and Russian mercenaries from the Wagner group,” with a provisional death toll of 21 civilians, including 11 children. Tinzaouatene was the location of a dramatic late-July fight in which the Tuareg-led separatists claimed to have decisively defeated the Malian army and Wagner. Sunday’s strikes “initially targeted a pharmacy, then other strikes followed, targeting…

The power couple Zinwe, comprising Zion and Chinwe, has been evicted from the Big Brother Naija ‘No Loose Guard’ season. This elimination marks the fifth departure from the house, leaving only nine pairs to battle for the prize. Initially, five pairs were up for eviction: Wanni x Handi (Wanni and Handi), Doublekay (Kellyrae and Kasia), Chekas (Onyeka and Chizoba), Beta (Ben and Tjay), and Zinwe (Zion and Chinwe). According to popular votes, the ‘Zinwe’ pair garnered the fewest votes, followed closely by Beta and Chekas. The public’s decision is a watershed moment in the season, as the surviving pairs must…

First lady Oluremi Tinubu has congratulated Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun on her appointment as the Federation’s interim chief judge.  Tinubu celebrated her appointment on X on Sunday, calling it a win for Nigerian women and girls. She also stated that Kekere-Ekun’s success acts as a role model for young Nigerians. She wrote, “On behalf of every Nigerian girl and woman, I celebrate the newly sworn-in Acting Chief Judge of the Federation, Hon Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun. “Your swearing-in exemplifies that each girl and woman can aspire to get to the pinnacle of their chosen career, but with dedication, hard work, and integrity.…

Pope Francis in his homily on Sunday highlighted victims of the mpox virus and called on governments and the pharmaceutical industry to do more to get vaccines to the worst-hit countries. “I pray for all the infected people, in particular the population of the Democratic Republic of Congo, so affected. I express my closeness to the local churches most touched by this disease,” the pope said during his Angelus prayers in St. Peter’s Square. The World Health Organisation (WHO) this month declared the surge of mpox cases from DR Congo to other African nations to be a global health emergency.…