Author: Vincent Osuwo

Popular Nigerian artist Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, has spoken out about the death of his former signee, Promise Aloba, also known as Mohbad. Naira Marley revealed the information in a two-hour documentary on Wednesday, detailing how his ex-signee began his musical journey with his label and eventually died. He claims he never bullied or killed Mohbad, the ‘Ask About Me’ and ‘KPK’ singer. Mohbad passed away on Tuesday, September 12, 2023, at the age of 27. In February, a Magistrate’s Court in Yaba, Lagos, found Naira Marley and music promoter Sam Larry (Samson Balogun) not responsible for…

The management of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, UNIZIK, Awka, has banned final-year students from participating in examination signing-off celebration. According to a press release on Tuesday, signed by the Registrar, Dr Chinenye Okeke, the ban takes immediate effect. Okeke blamed chaos, violence, and disruption of normal university activities as the reasons behind the directive. The statement read in part, “The university management wishes to inform you that, effective immediately, all forms of orchestration (‘signing off’) related to final examinations by final-year students are completely and indefinitely banned from the university premises. This decision responds to recurring incidents of chaos, violence, and…

Nathalie Rose Jones, a 50-year-old woman from Lafayette, Indiana, was arrested on August 16, 2025, after going to Washington, D.C., allegedly with the intent to “kidnap and assassinate” President Donald Trump. According to a press release issued by the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia on August 18, 2025, Jones made graphic threats on Facebook and Instagram, including one that read, “I am willing to sacrificially kill this Potus by disembowelling him and cutting out his trachea with Liz Cheney and all The Affirmation present.” She also mentioned an “arrest and removal ceremony” planned for Trump. The…

The Department of State Services (DSS) has urged the Federal High Court in Abuja to deny bail to five men standing trial over their alleged involvement in the June 5, 2022, terror attack on St Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, which left about 40 worshippers dead and over 100 injured. In a counter-affidavit to the defendants’ bail application, the DSS cautioned that the men had purported contacts to foreign terrorist combatants affiliated with the Al-Shabab terrorists and could flee if released. The defendants are Idris Abdulmalik Omeiza (25), Al Qasim Idris (20), Jamiu Abdulmalik (26), Abdulhaleem Idris (25),…

The Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday suspended a former governor of the state and senator representing Ogun East, Gbenga Daniel, alongside one of his loyalists, Kunle Folarin. The Gbenga Daniel and Folarin were suspended for alleged anti-party activities. Nuberu Olufemi, the Director of Publicity of the state chapter of the ruling party, disclosed this in a statement issued to journalists on Tuesday. According to the statement, the move to suspend Daniel and Folarin, both members of the APC from Ward 4 and Ward 6 in Sagamu Local Government Area, respectively, was made at the…

The Northern Ethnic Nationality Forum has encouraged President Bola Tinubu to replace Vice President Kashim Shettima and avoid running on the Muslim-Muslim ticket again in the 2027 presidential election, arguing that inclusivity is critical to Nigeria’s unity. Dominic Alancha, the group’s head, said in a statement on Tuesday that balanced representation was the best way to create national cohesiveness. Despite tremendous opposition during the 2023 campaign, Tinubu, then the APC presidential candidate, chose former Borno State governor Shettima as his running mate. The couple went on to win the election under the APC banner. Despite predictions that Tinubu may not…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained two senior officials of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria over alleged fraud linked to the 2025 Hajj exercise. Top EFCC management sources, speaking on the condition of anonymity, confirmed the arrests and stated that both officials are still in detention. They declined to reveal the suspected misappropriated funds. “They are with us. We asked them to return the money they took, but they have yet to do so. That is why they remain in our custody,” one of the sources told our correspondent. NAHCON emphasised its commitment to accountability and…

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has refuted claims by local contractors that his administration owes them N5.2 billion, claiming that the arrears stem from contracts given irregularly by civil officials without ministerial consent. On Monday, contractors protested at the minister’s gate, claiming that the FCT Administration owed them approximately N5.2 billion for completed projects. However, Wike’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Lere Olayinka, refuted the charges, stating that the minister had not granted any new contracts since taking office and had already cleared a N10 billion backlog inherited from his predecessor. Speaking on Tuesday at…

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has chastised the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, for allegedly insulting President Bola Tinubu. Speaking on Channels Television’s flagship programme Politics Today on Tuesday, he also stated that based on the results of last Saturday’s by-elections in 12 states, Nigerians have rejected the African Democratic Congress coalition, which is led by Lawal and others. “There’s no coalition. Nigerians have already rejected them; the by-election is enough evidence. They did not make any impact. But that is just the beginning,” he said. Wike claimed that Babachir’s grievances…

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has condemned the assault of Corps Member Edema Jennifer by operatives of the Anambra State Vigilante Group in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area. In a statement signed by its National Public Relations Officer, Adeyemi Samson, on Tuesday, NANS described the incident as a gross violation of the dignity, safety, and fundamental rights of Miss Edema, who is serving her nation under the NYSC scheme. The union said, according to information released by the National Youth Service Corps, the operatives “forcefully entered a Corps Lodge under the pretext of investigating alleged unlawful activities,…