Author: Vincent Osuwo

President Bola Tinubu has been applauded for allegedly dealing with the problems bedevilling Nigeria along with their inherent root causes. Pledging her unwavering support for Tinubu in a statement on X, an X user identified as Amoda Ogunlere mentioned that the Nigerian leader knows how to take “bold decisions and stand by them.” She applauded the President for his ‘giant strides’ in the aviation sector and reforms in shaping the economy and the naira, using the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Yemi Cardoso. Amid the criticism aimed at the APC-led federal government, Ogunlere voiced her determination to re-elect…

A Federal Capital Territory High Court has sentenced Nollywood actress Halima Abubakar to pay N10 million in damages to Omega Fire Ministries International’s Senior Pastor and General Overseer, Apostle Johnson Suleman, for publishing insulting comments about him. The court also barred her from making further defamatory statements about the cleric. According to the Certified True Copy of the judgement dated April 8, 2024, Suleman accused Abubakar of making libellous allegations on her Instagram profile, @halimabubakar, which were then published by many blogs and media. Suleman particularly stated that Abubakar accused him of being a womaniser and devilish, among other things.…

Former Edo State Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu has said his impeachment by the state House of Assembly was unlawful. Previously, the state House of Assembly impeached the embattled state deputy governor after adopting the report of the seven-man investigating team appointed by the state Chief Judge to investigate charges of misconduct against him. Shaibu claimed the impeachment was motivated by his desire to become the state’s governor. He did, however, state that the impeachment did not follow due process. Shaibu made the remarks in a video posted to his X page on Monday. He said, “My good people of Edo…

Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has appointed Omobayo Godwin, a 38-year-old engineer, as his new deputy, and he is due to be inaugurated. This followed the impeachment of former deputy governor Philip Shaibu by the state House of Assembly on Monday. Shaibu was impeached during the house’s plenary session on Monday in Benin City, the Edo State capital. The deputy governor’s impeachment followed the adoption of the report of a seven-man committee set up by the chief judge of Edo State, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, to investigate allegations of misconduct against the deputy governor. Recall that the Edo House of Assembly…

Godwin Emefiele, the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, has been remanded in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) until Thursday, April 11, 2024. Emefiele and his co-defendant, Henry Isioma Omole, were arraigned on 26 new counts before Justice Rahman Oshodi this morning. The EFCC accused Emefiele of abusing his office in Lagos between 2022 and 2023 in the suit ID/23787c/2024, which was filed on April 3, 2024. The commission alleged that the former CBN governor “directed to be done in abuse of the authority of your office, as the Governor, Central Bank…

Yoruba men have been described as simpletons compared to their counterparts in the southeast of Nigeria. In a statement on X on Sunday, an X user identified as Odogwu Nwoke alleged that men from the southwest make poor choices in choosing their life partners. Describing them as “a shame,” Nwoke mentioned that Yoruba men can “settle for anything.” “Yoruba men are simps,” he said. “They’ll settle for anything, even secondhand, as long as she’s Igbo,” he added. “They prefer second-hand Igbo women to Yoruba females. What a shame,” Nwoke stated.

A total solar eclipse will cover the sun on Monday, April 8, 2023, for millions of people in North America as it crosses from Mexico into the United States and then Canada. A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the earth, fully concealing the sun’s face along a short area of the plant’s surface known as “the path of totality,” while the sky turns dark during the day as if it were dawn or dusk. After the 2024 total solar eclipse in the United States of America, the next one will occur in 2044.…

Mr. Uche Orukwo, a member of the Diobu Vigilante Group (DVG), was assassinated by cultists at Obidanso Waterfront, Mile 1 Diobu, Port Harcourt City Local Government Area in Rivers State. The incident, which occurred Saturday night, has sparked alarm in the area, with authorities urging for calm. It was said that the victim was part of a team of security personnel that rushed the waterfront in search of cultists terrorising the region. The security force, acting on intelligence, attacked the waterfront around 9 p.m. on Saturday, where suspected cultists were ready to attack a rival group in an ongoing dominance…

Godwin Emefiele, former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, is being arraigned in Lagos’ Ikeja State High Court for alleged abuse of office and allocation of billions of dollars. Emefiele and his co-defendant, Henry Isioma Omole, will be arraigned on 26 new counts before Justice Rahman Oshodi this morning. The EFCC accused Emefiele of abusing his office in Lagos between 2022 and 2023 in the accusation ID/23787c/2024, which was filed on April 3, 2024. The commission alleged that the former CBN governor “directed to be done in abuse of the authority of your office, as the Governor, Central Bank…

Nigeria’s foreign exchange reserves have plummeted by around $1.02 billion in just 18 days as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) ramps up efforts to defend the naira. The FX reserves stood at $34.45 billion on March 18, 2024, but by April 3, they had plummeted to $33.50 billion, according to the most recent CBN data. Prior to the present drop, the reserve had been continuously expanding, including a stunning 43-day rise from February 5 to March 18, 2024, during which it increased by $1.28 billion. The CBN attributed the growth to increasing remittance payments from Nigerians overseas and increased…