Author: Vincent Osuwo

Students from the University of Jos’ Faculty of Dental Science took to the streets to protest the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria’s delayed accreditation of their programmes. The main cause of the protest, according to the students, was a lack of professors in the faculty. Wielding placards with messages like “Unijos is careless over students’ future,” “We deserve better, merge Unijos Dental students,” and “Depression wants to kill us, save us please,” the students stormed the university’s permanent site at the Naraguta campus. “We are tired of paying school fees without progress,” read another placard, reflecting the frustration of…

Operation Safe Haven, a special military task force that maintains peace in Plateau State and its environs, has denied that its soldiers shot innocent citizens during recent attacks in Plateau State’s Bokkos Local Government Area. Maj. Samson Zhakom, the operation’s media officer, refuted the allegations in a statement issued on Monday in Jos. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the Coalition of Bokkos Ethnic Youth Nationalities claimed that military personnel shot people, making local communities more vulnerable. The organization, which demanded the dismissal of the Commander of OPSH Step-Up Headquarters 2 in Bokkos, claimed that the military had failed…

Nigerian Army troops conducting counter-terrorism and insurgency operations in Benue State have foiled a kidnapping attempt in the state’s Zaki-Biam Local Government Area. The kidnappers had attacked Zaki-Biam town, but the forces’ rapid arrival in response to a distress call from a member of the community prevented them from abducting residents. Last week, troops from multiple theatres of operations recovered 133 kidnapped civilians. Maj. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, Director of Army Public Relations, stated on Monday that the forces successfully repelled the kidnapping attempt in Benue State following a gunfight. He pointed out that one of the kidnappers was killed during…

Mr. Sylvester Oromoni Snr, the father of the late 12-year-old Dowen College Lekki student, Sylvester Junior, who died in controversial circumstances after allegedly being bullied and forced to drink a substance, has rejected the Coroner Inquest’s decision indicting him, his wife, and the family doctor for their son’s death. Oromoni stated that it was not the end of the case because the medical expert did not provide a conclusive result for the black substance discovered in their son’s stomach. On Monday, the Coroner Inquest into the death of Sylvester Oromoni Jr. exonerated Dowen College and the five students accused of…

Israeli army chief promised a response to Iran’s unprecedented strike on the country, prompting calls for de-escalation from world leaders concerned about further conflict. Six months of conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza have sparked violence throughout the area, involving Iranian proxies and sympathizers who claim to help Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. However, tensions have risen even higher with Tehran’s first direct attack on Israel, in revenge for a fatal April 1 strike on Iran’s consulate in Damascus. “This launch of so many (Iranian) missiles, cruise missiles, and UAVs into the territory of…

President Bola Tinubu declared the first week of April as Police Week, with the last day, April 7, designated National Police Day. He based this on the administration’s desire to commemorate the sacrifices of the men and women who serve the country through the decades-old institution. Tinubu declared the new national day when he arrived as a special guest at the inaugural Nigeria Police Awards and Commendations ceremony at the Transcorp Hilton in Abuja on Monday. He declared, “In our tradition of honoring the Police Force in the life of this great nation, we have approved the adoption of the…

Anyim Vera, the lady accused of giving false testimony at Abuja’s Dunamis International Gospel Centre, has stated that she holds no malice against the church. A viral video from Sunday shows the church’s senior pastor, Paul Enenche, doubting the legitimacy of the woman’s testimony at his Abuja church. Enenche interrupted the woman, who claimed to have graduated with a “BSc in Law” from Nigeria’s National Open University, and accused her of lying. He told her that the way she spoke did not indicate that she was a law graduate. He also informed her that there is no such thing as…

The operatives of the Nigerian police have apprehended a one chance criminal gang leader for beating his pregnant victim until she suffered a miscarriage. This was disclosed in a statement on Monday by ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Force Public Relations Officer. According to Adejobi, the victim, who has been waiting for the fruit of the womb for over eight years, was beaten by the criminal with a wheel spanner until she lost the pregnancy. Noting that the criminal had been arrested “for the same offence again,” Adejobi mentioned that the suspect has been charged in court. Adejobi’s statement reads, “This…

The coroner, Magistrate Mikhail Kadiri, who was investigating the cause of the death of Sylvester Oromoni, a late student at Dowen College in Lagos, has concluded that the dead died naturally. In a decision that lasted more than 6 hours, the coroner also determined that the Oromoni’s death was preventable due to the parents’ and medical team’s incompetence. Magistrate Kadiri absolved some Dowen College students identified in the event, concluding that they had no role in Sylvester’s death and should not have been involved. The coroner also made several recommendations to prevent similar tragic events in the future. He cautioned…

Social media influencer Reno Omokri has berated Pastor Paul Eneche, the founder of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, for describing the testimony of Vera Anyim as a lie. Omokri, in a statement on his X platform on Monday, noted that while advanced societies boast of having advanced military systems, Nigerian pastors have big church auditoriums that cannot protect their members from “lies.” Omokri’s remark comes amid backlash suffered by Eneche for describing the BSc law degree obtained by his churchgoer, Vera Anyim, as a lie. The church member, who had gone to the Dunamis International Christian Center to testify over her…