Author: Vincent Osuwo

The Ijaw Publishers Forum (IPF) has refuted reports that the attack on military personnel in the Okuama community in Delta State was carried out by irate Ijaws.  The group stated this while reacting to the report titled ‘Irate Ijaw youths kill army commander, others in Delta’ published by Vanguard Newspaper. In a statement signed by Comrade Ozobo Austin and Tare Magbei, President and Secretary General, respectively, the organization urged the publication to apologize and retract the allegation within 48 hours. The statement reads, “The attention of the Ijaw Publishers Forum, IPF, has been drawn to the mischievous news that it…

Yoruba men have been extolled to be the best at providing for their wives and children.  According to a statement by a social media influencer simply identified as Zizi on X on Saturday, the narrative that Yoruba men do not take care of their wives and children is far from the truth. Zizi noted that men from the southwestern part of the country “top the list when it comes to living, education, and daily family needs.” Zizi’s statement comes on the heels of accusations that men from the southwest do not provide for their families. “The narrative that Yoruba men…

The Defence Headquarters has confirmed that 15 military men, comprising two majors and 12 soldiers, were killed during a communal clash in Delta State. They were reported to have died while responding to a distress call amid a confrontation between the Okuama and Okoloba villages in Delta State on Thursday. According to a statement released on Saturday by the Director of Defence Information, Brig. Gen. Tukur Gusau, troops on a peace mission to the Okuoma village in Bomadi LGA were ambushed and killed by some community youths. He mentioned that the commanding officer of the reinforcement squad was among those…

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced that President Bola Tinubu has approved the universal electronic registration of its members. This was revealed by the APC’s National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, at a meeting with 33 APC state chairmen at the party’s Abuja headquarters on Saturday. The visit comes only hours after the APC Chairmen’s Forum urged the President to ‘wield the heavy stick’ against leaders of security services who have failed to combat insecurity and banditry. While welcoming the group, Ganduje stated that the President is pleased with the performance of the state chairmen and backed member e-registration…

Aliu Yesufu, the husband of Aisha Yesufu, co-founder of the ‘Bring Back Our Girls’ movement, has said that when they first met, the popular activist was a shy young lady who was afraid to speak in public. He made the announcement while giving a speech on ‘The Act of Becoming a Purposeful Man’ at a symposium held in Abuja on Friday to celebrate the 70th birthday of Pastor Chinedu Ezekwesili, husband of former Minister of Education, Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili. “When I married Aisha, she was in her 300th grade. Nobody knew her then. She was timid and used to be…

Terrorists launched a fresh attack on the Dogon-noma community in Kajuru Local Government Area, Kaduna State, early Saturday morning. The attack occurred just three days after one person was killed and eight women were kidnapped in the Banono Angwaku village of the same local government. Cafra Caino, the former chairman of the local government, confirmed the latest attack to our correspondent on Saturday. According to him, the terrorists stormed the village at 5.45 a.m. on Saturday and opened fire indiscriminately. Caino said, “We are yet to get the number of casualties because the locals ran for their lives at the…

The General Overseer of the Mountain of Holy Ghost Intervention and Deliverance Ministry, Chukwuemeka Cyril Ohanaemere, popularly called Odumeje, has been accused of using demonic chants.  Also popularly known as idaboski bahose, Some of his powers chants include, but are not limited to, abido-shaker, citadel, ribidu, sepere, ramade, ganduga-gandusa, refase-farel, palenbonskentele, and dabusskhabash. Speaking on the self appointed cleric, Solomon Buchi, a social media influencer, asked in a statement on X, “Have you ever thought that all the seemingly funny, unintelligible words and phrases Odumeje says could be demonic spells?” Responding to his question, Moradeyo berated Odumeje for allegedly making…

Prominent Nigerian lawyers have condemned in totality the three-month suspension of Bauchi Central legislator Abdul Ningi by the 10th Senate leadership due to charges of budget padding. Chronicle NG reports that Ningi stated in an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (Hausa Service) that the National Assembly placed N3.7 trillion into the 2024 budget without any verifiable projects to back it up. During a raucous session during Tuesday’s plenary, Ningi stayed firm, saying that he was misquoted in some sections of the interview. However, after a lengthy debate, the lawmakers slapped Ningi with a three-month suspension when he failed to…

In the past month, Akwa Ibom police have rescued four kidnapping victims. One of them is a woman who staged her own abduction. They also arrested 52 people for a variety of crimes. Mr. Waheed Ayilara, Commissioner of Police in the state, told journalists in Uyo on Friday that some of the crimes included murder, kidnapping, armed robbery, child trafficking, cultism, and fraud. He said that one of the kidnapped “victims,” a female from Nung Oku village in Akwa Ibom’s Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area, planned her own kidnapping. She then demanded an N4 million ransom but was apprehended by…

The Northern Elders Forum has backed Kaduna-based Muslim cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi’s proposal to engage in negotiation with the bandits who kidnapped approximately 287 pupils from Kuriga Government Secondary and LEA Primary Schools in Kaduna State’s Chikun LGA. It suggested that Gumi might be able to obtain their release and avoid further kidnapping. Recently, insecurity has increased in the northern area, particularly in Kaduna and Borno states. In less than 24 hours, rebels abducted 200 internally displaced women in Borno, as well as 287 students and staff from two Kaduna schools. The militants reportedly attacked Kuriga, shooting at their objectives…