Author: Vincent Osuwo

Two people have been confirmed injured after a suspected suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device attached to his body outside a mosque in Biu Local Government, Borno State. ASP Daso Nahum, the state’s public relations officer, verified the incident on Monday. Nahum stated that the victims had been transported to the hospital. He stated that the event occurred around 8 p.m. on Sunday, while the Muslim faithful were doing their night prayers. He said, “The male suicide bomber, who was suspected to be heading to the mosque, detonated the improvised explosive device close to the roundabout, killing himself. ”Two…

The Delta State Police Command reported that two people were killed after a confrontation between Okada riders and the state task force on Sunday night. It stated that the commotion in Delta State’s capital, Asaba, on Monday was caused by the altercation. Bright Edafe, the state police public relations officer, announced this on his X account on Monday. According to Edafe, motorbike riders were protesting the tragic altercation by destroying property and assaulting people, leading the police to send personnel to manage the scene. He wrote, “There was a violent protest this morning by Okada riders who had an issue…

The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, has been the subject of online debate over his ownership of a Toyota Camry worth over N11 million.  In a post on X on Sunday, DSP Edafe posted a picture of himself standing close to the car with an iPhone 14 and a Samsung Fold, which would both cost N1.8 million. The post by the police PRO has since sent social media agog, with many questioning his financial ability to buy such a luxury car. Reacting to the post by the police PRO, a social media influencer identified as Omotayo…

Terrorists kidnapped 87 people on Sunday night during a fresh attack on Kajuru-Station village in Kajuru Local Government Area, Kaduna State. Harisu Dari, a member of the Kajuru Station Youths, verified the event for our correspondent in Kaduna on Monday. Harisu stated that the terrorists also stormed into some establishments and took food and other things. He claimed they invaded the village around 10 p.m. The attack occurred just two days after 15 women and a man were kidnapped in the Dogon-Noma neighbourhood of the same municipality. In the last two weeks, Kajuru and Chikun LGAs have been hotbeds of…

Nigerian defender Bright Osayi-Samuel, who plays for Turkish club Fenerbahçe, was spotted knocking a furious pitch invader to the ground during a wild on-field melee on Sunday night. Tensions rose after the conclusion of Fenerbahce’s 3-2 victory over Trabzonspor in the Turkish Super League. Former Manchester United midfielder Fred scored twice in the first half, and Fenerbahce won with a late 87th-minute goal from Michy Batshuayi. Fenerbahce players had congregated in the centre of the pitch to celebrate their triumph when a lone Trabzonspor fan appeared to harass them. A security squad quickly captured the person, who was wearing a…

The Gyel district of Jos South local government area of Plateau State has taken the lead in reducing the number of items required for the traditional marriage rite to enable young men to afford the cost and get married legally. The gesture also aims to give Plateau women pride of place in their separate households and prevent disagreements over dowry nonpayment from devolving into domestic violence. This comes as a plea to cease indiscriminate mining, which is reported to contribute to the incidence of alcoholism as well as sexual and gender-based violence in communities in Plateau state. Speaking at a…

Human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN, has urged the Federal Government to put an end to soldiers’ retaliation attacks in Okuama village in Ughelli South Local Government Area in Delta State. Falana made the call in a message made accessible to journalists on Sunday. Recall that some enraged bandits reportedly ambushed soldiers dispatched to the region to quell a communal riot. Soldiers from the Joint Task Force, led by General Officer Commanding 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Major General Jamal Abdussalam, recovered 15 soldiers’ bodies in the Okuama hamlet. Some Okoloba youths were claimed to have attacked and killed three Okuama…

President Vladimir Putin won a historic post-Soviet landslide in Russia’s election on Sunday, solidifying his already tight hold on power and demonstrating Moscow’s right to stand up to the West by sending soldiers into Ukraine. Putin, a former KGB lieutenant colonel who rose to power in 1999, stated unequivocally that the outcome should send a message to the West that its leaders will have to deal with an empowered Russia, whether in war or peace, for many years to come. The conclusion means Putin, 71, will begin a second six-year term that, if completed, will see him surpass Josef Stalin…

FIFA-accredited Nigerian sports photojournalist Sulaiman Pooja Adebayo has been berated sternly by Nigerians over his call for the killing of men, women, and children in the Okuama community in Delta State, Nigeria.  Pooja, in a now-deleted tweet, called for the Nigerian Army to “level,” which means to ‘annihilate’ the Okuama community in the Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State, following the killing of 14 military personnel in the region. Chronicle NG reports that fourteen lifeless bodies of killed soldiers were recovered in the early hours of Saturday by soldiers of the joint task force under the supervision of the…

Ijaw youths have condemned in totality reports by Vanguard Newspaper that the attack on military personnel in the Okuama community in Delta State was carried out by youths of the ethnic extraction.  While reacting to the report titled ‘Irate Ijaw youths kill army commander, others in Delta’ published by Vanguard Newspaper, youths of the ethnic extraction took to popular networking site X to condemn the report. Reacting to the allegations, an X user identified as Faceco e-wire urged Vanguard Newspaper to put their publication right, stating that the incident occurred close to his location. Refuting reports that the crime was…