Author: Vincent Osuwo

The Oyo State Police Command arrested Naomi Silekunola, the ex-queen of the Ooni of Ife; Fasasi Abdulahi, the principal of Islamic High School, Ibadan; and six others in connection with the death of some children during a stampede at a funfair in Ibadan, the state capital, on Wednesday.  The ex-queen Naomi Silekunola was named as the main sponsor of the event. The number of children who died has risen to 35, while six others are critically injured. The event, which was held at the Islamic High School, Basorun, Ibadan, Oyo state, was made available to 5,000 children, but the number…

Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election, visited the family of one of his teeming supporters whose residence was rattled by gas explosion. Chronicle NG reports that the residence of an Obi supporter simply identified as @Uptownoflagos was affected by a gas explosion on Tuesday, leading to the hospitalisation of three of his siblings who suffered third-degree burns. Reacting to the incident, Obi had sympathised with the affected family while he urged all and sundry to pray for the quick recovery of the affected victims. However, in a statement on his X page on…

The House of Representatives will, on December 31, 2024, present the sum of N704.91m for the use of vulnerable Nigerians owing to the economic hardship occasioned by the removal of the petrol subsidy by the President Bola Tinubu-led government. Recall that on July 18, the House resolved to cut 50% of their salary for six months in order to address the difficulties that ordinary Nigerians confront, following the acceptance of a motion introduced during a plenary session. Following a resolution by Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu, the House resolved in July to contribute half of their wages to address Nigerians’ hunger…

The Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja on Thursday granted Yahaya Bello, the immediate former governor of Kogi State, bail in the amount of N500 million with three sureties.  The trial judge, Justice MaryAnne Anenih, announced the decision after hearing a new bail application submitted before the court following the court’s refusal to grant Bello bail at the previous sitting. Bello, along with two others, Umar Oricha and Abdulsalami Hudu, are on trial for 16 counts of criminal breach of trust and money laundering totalling N110.4 billion brought against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The court,…

George Carey, a former Archbishop of Canterbury, has resigned from priesthood following allegations that he failed to handle child abuse cases correctly. A BBC investigation claimed that Carey advocated for a priest accused of assaulting teenage girls, David Tudor, to return to the priesthood. Tudor was barred from the church for five years in the 1980s due to the claims, but Carey later “allowed him to return under supervision.” Anthony Odiong, US-based Nigerian priest fathered children with sexual assault victims Tudor was fired from his position as a priest in October after admitting sexual misconduct. However, in his resignation letter…

The Anambra State Police Command announced the arrest of one Chidi Ekwesiri, 50, of Umunya, Oyi Local Government Area, and two others for harassing innocent inhabitants of the state.  In a press statement issued Wednesday, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, spokesman for the state command, stated that the Force recovered one automatic pump-action rifle and a police uniform from the suspect. Ikenga said, “In the early hours of Wednesday, December 18, 2024, operatives of the Special Anti-Cultism Squad of the Nigerian Police Enugwu-Ukwu, Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State, arrested one Chidi Ekwesiri (M) aged 50 years from Umunya, Oyi LGA,…

A fire that occurred in the Ogbosisi Timber Market in the Onitsha area of Anambra State late Wednesday night has left several goods worth millions destroyed. An X user identified as Omaletocracy shared videos of the inferno incident in a post. The video showed some traders trying to salvage their goods while the inferno rages. He captioned the video as “Head bridge mkt Onitsha is on fire 18/12/2024.” Ikenga mentioned that the area was cordoned off to prevent hoodlums from looting. Ikenga said, “The swift response of the police and fire service operatives to the outbreak at Ogbosisi on 18/12/2024…

Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election, has expressed sadness over the gas explosion that rattled the house of his supporter. In a statement on his verified X page on Tuesday, an avid Obi supporter simply identified with his X handle as @Uptownoflagos and shared the news of a gas explosion at his residence, leaving three of his siblings hospitalised. ”A dark December for me was the last thing I envisioned. ”Ghastly gas explosion at my family house yesterday; 3 of my brothers critically down in ICU. All has been moved down to FTH…

Former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has described as ”devastating” the death of children at a school funfair in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital. Chronicle NG reports that no fewer than 30 children have reportedly lost their lives in a stampede that occurred during a children’s carnival organised at Basorun Islamic High School. Describing the death as ”heart-wrenching,” Obi, in a statement on his X page on Wednesday, attributed the incident to ”the systemic failures that plague our nation today.” Obi, who lamented that while ”this calamity exposes the deep inequalities, pervasive poverty, and desperation afflicting our nation,” condemned…

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday disclosed that the Federal Government is earmarking N4.91tn for defence and security for the 2025 fiscal year. Tinubu presented the 2025 Appropriation Bill to the joint session of the 10th National Assembly in Abuja, stating that Infrastructure, Health, and Education will receive N4.06 trillion, N2.48 trillion, and N3.5 trillion correspondingly. The Appropriation Bill is titled “The Restoration Budget, securing peace, building prosperity.” He explained, “The highlight of the 2025 budget allocations: Defense and security, N4.91tn. Infrastructure, N4.06tn. Health, N2.48tn. Education, N3.5tn. “As we embark on implementing the 2025 budget, our steps are deliberate, our decisions…