Author: Vincent Osuwo

The Labour Party’s candidate in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, has lamented over team Nigeria’s dismal performance at the recently concluded 2024 Paris Olympics. Obi, in a statement on X on Sunday, criticised the medal-less finish of Nigeria’s contingents at the competition despite the huge sums of money spent on the team. Despite high ambitions and tremendous preparation for the 2024 Paris Olympics, the squad faced formidable challenges that resulted in another medal-less performance. Nigerian athletes had shown promise in the lead-up to the Games, with strong performances in a variety of qualifying events. Historically, Nigeria has failed to…

The death of Ismail Muhammad, a 16-year-old boy who was allegedly shot by troops on the first day of the national hunger protest, has thrown the Samaru community in Kaduna State’s Soba Local Government Area into mourning.  The mood at the community and the deceased teenagers home was filled with melancholy. Muhammad Abubakar, the deceased’s elder brother and an eyewitness, informed reporters that Ismail, a fashion designer and JSS 3 student at the Government Secondary School Samaru in Zaria, was shot within their compound in Samaru, a suburb of the city. Hunger Protest: Soldier shoots dead 16-year-old protester Speaking on…

Numerous state police commands in the north have begun prosecuting arrested demonstrators who too part in the 10-day #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria nationwide protest.  While the protests were mostly peaceful in the South, they became violent in the North, with numerous lives lost and property worth billions of naira destroyed, prompting the implementation of a curfew in no fewer than five states. The protests, which took place from August 1 to 10, were in response to the growing cost of living, which has been fuelled by the withdrawal of gasoline subsidies, 28-year-high inflation, and government economic policies that have pushed the naira to…

No fewer than seven persons from the same family in Runjin Barmo village of Kajiji District in Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto State have reportedly died as a result of consumption of contaminated food. This was revealed in a statement signed and made available by the Information Officer, State Ministry of Health, Nura Bello, on behalf of the state commissioner for health on Sunday. According to the statement, the village head of the community, Malam Muhammadu Modi, while narrating the incident to the Commissioner for Health, Hajiya Asabe Balarabe, who led a delegation to the area, revealed that the…

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) says it has disbursed the insured deposits of N5 million each to 82.36% of the total customers of the defunct Heritage Bank. It further stated that 17.64 percent of the insured deposits that are still pending payment are from depositors with accounts that have Post-No Debits instructions or do not have a Bank Verification Number. This was revealed in an announcement signed by Bashir Nuhu, Director of Communication and Public Affairs, on Sunday in Abuja. Heritage Bank Plc’s banking license was terminated on June 3, 2024, by the Central Bank of Nigeria owing to…

At least three persons have been reportedly kidnapped along the Nkpologwu-Akpo Road, Nkpologwu, in Aguata Local Government Area of the Anambra State by unidentified gunmen. Although the circumstances of the incident are hazy, it is believed that the gunmen kidnapped the three victims at various sites in the village early Sunday. The kidnapping is alleged to have occurred when gunmen attacked a police roadblock at the Omata intersection on the Nnewi Oba Road, where a police officer was slain two days prior. A community leader, who requested anonymity for fear of being victimised, verified the incident to our correspondent, adding…

Prophet Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin, founder of Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministries, Warri, Delta State, has withdrawn his N1 billion lawsuit against controversial social media critic Martins Otse Vincent, popularly called VeryDarkMan (VDM). Jeremiah had filed a petition against the social media influencer over defamation and criticism for selling miracle soap and water to his church members. In a viral Instagram video, VDM chastised Jeremiah for selling the power that he claims God granted him for free to his congregants. Dissatisfied with the popular activist’s views, Jeremiah, the Delta state-born prophet filed a N1 billion lawsuit against VDM and requested a restraining…

The general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has encouraged Christians to avoid corruption. Adeboye made the statement on Saturday, the sixth day of the church’s just-finished annual convention, which was themed ‘Heaven’ and was held at Redemption City in Mowe, Ogun State’s capital. He claimed that corruption is at an all-time high in Nigeria because the vast majority of Christians, who are meant to be unique and make a difference, have compromised. Adeboye calls women who wear make up ‘fools’ According to Adeboye, if Christians had refused to compromise even in the face of…

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has stated that ladies who wear makeup do not believe God did a great job on them.  Adeboye addressed on Saturday during the RCCG ministers’ conference held at Redemption City in Mowe, Ogun State, as part of the church’s just-finished 72nd annual convention. Adeboye stated that God performed an excellent job in creating people and that ladies who wear make-up demonstrate their disbelief in the God who made them. He said, “When you marry, you cut your coat according to your clothes. Some of you want to…

The United Kingdom (UK) has seen a remarkable 35% decline in visa applications over the last year, following the implementation of harsher immigration laws aimed at decreasing the country’s intake of foreign nationals.  According to official numbers issued by the Home Office on Thursday, August 8, 2024, the number of visa applications decreased from 141,000 to 91,000 after new rules were implemented in January 2024. The policy changes, implemented in December 2023, primarily targeted overseas students, preventing them from bringing dependents unless they were enrolled in postgraduate research courses or government-funded scholarship programs. I support japa totally – Tony Elumelu…