Author: David Great

Operatives of the Niger State Police Command have arrested four ex-convicts after they conspired and robbed a Minna residence of valuables worth millions of naira. The suspects, Yahaya Mohammed, Ayuba Simon, Menasse Makama and Nuhu Azuka; confessed to their crimes during interrogation. The command’s spokesman, Wasiu Abiodun made this known on Friday in a statement in which he said the suspects were arrested following a complaint received from a concerned resident. “On 15/4/2024 at about 0250hrs, we received a direct complaint from the Brighter area of Minna, that some suspected armed robbers invaded a residence within the area, robbed the…

The federal government has mandated all chief medical directors and medical directors of federal tertiary hospitals to procure needles and syringes solely from NAFDAC-approved local manufacturers. The new directive was stated in a circular addressed to all medical directors signed by the Minister of State for Health, Tunji Alausa, on Friday. The minister said that the directive aimed to boost domestic production and shield the country’s manufacturing sector from the influx of foreign goods. The circular also mandated NAFDAC to stop issuing licences for importing foreign-manufactured needles and syringes. Alausa said the health sector had dented local pharmaceutical industries, which…

Former presidential spokesman and host of Channels TV’s renowned weekly political and economic programme, Inside Sources, Laolu Akande has again called for the attention of President Bola Tinubu on some national issues that require urgent action specifically on issues concerning the recent fuel crisis, minimum wage and issues in the power sector. Akande in his weekly nuggets, My Take, urged those close to the president to communicate the plight of Nigerians to President Tinubu, noting that the president’s urgent response will help ameliorate the current suffering the citizens go through. “And here is my take for the week entitled who…

Lagos State governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has appointed Basirat Damilola Marshall, daughter of Fuji maestro, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshall, better known as K1, as his Senior Special Assistant, (SSA) on Tourism. This was according to a viral video of the veteran Fuji musician thanking the governor, and congratulatory messages seen by Chronicle NG on his daughter’s Instagram page, @damimarshall_ on Thursday. In the viral video, her father, KWAM1, while performing on stage at the coronation and birthday reception of Oba Sikirullah Apena on Thursday, thanked Sanwo-Olu for appointing his daughter into his cabinet. The fuji singer noted that it was…

The U.S. authorities have accused Russian soldiers of violating the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 (CBW Act) by deploying chloropicrin, a chemical poison gas that causes respiratory difficulties, to battle Ukrainians in the yearslong war that began in February 2022. According to a statement released on Wednesday, the U.S. State Department determined that Russian forces were using chloropicrin —used in World War I—to incapacitate Ukrainian soldiers in regions where they seemed to be losing. Chloropicrin, the U.S. said, was a “choking agent” with characteristics similar to that of tear gas but far more toxic.…

Ayoub El Kaabi scored a hat-trick as Olympiacos upset Aston Villa with a 4-2 away win in the first leg of their Europa Conference League semi-final on Thursday, giving them a great opportunity of becoming only the second Greek team to appear in a European club championship final. Olympiacos were 2-0 up inside 30 minutes, and while Villa equalised via Ollie Watkins and Moussa Diaby, the Greeks added two more goals in the second half to take a comfortable lead ahead of next Thursday’s return leg. Mbala Nzola netted a stoppage time winner for Fiorentina to beat Belgium’s Club Brugge…

Chelsea kept their hopes of a place in the Europa Conference League alive as goals from Trevoh Chalobah and Nicolas Jackson gave Mauricio Pochettino’s side a 2-0 victory over Tottenham on Thursday night. The result extends the visitors’ dismal record at Stamford Bridge to just one league win in their 34 visits. Having battled back from two goals down to secure an impressive point against Aston Villa last time out, Chelsea looked full of confidence during the opening quarter-hour. Jackson saw an early one-on-one thwarted by Guglielmo Vicario before Mykhailo Mudryk missed the target with a couple of half-chances inside…

Men of the Kaduna State Police Command have arrested the masterminds of the kidnapping and murder of students of Greenfield University and the abductions along the Abuja-Kaduna highway. One of the arrested suspects is a notorious terrorist leader Ibrahim Abdullahi popularly known as Mande, who masterminded and participated in the kidnapping and murder of students of Greenfield University and most of the kidnappings along the Abuja-Kaduna highway. Parading the suspects at the Kaduna Police Command Headquarters in on Thursday, the Force Public Relations Officer Muyiwa Adejobi said that Mande was arrested based on credible information at the Abuja-Kaduna Road flyover…

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said that 12 soldiers of the Nigerian Army are currently facing court martial in respect of the bombing tragedy at Tundun Biri in Kaduna State. The DHQ spokesman, Edward Buba, said this while briefing journalists on Thursday in Abuja on the armed forces’ operations. Eighty-five civilians were on December 3, 2023, mistakenly killed in military drone attacks in Tudun Biri, Igabi LGA of Kaduna State. Buba said the military would punish personnel found culpable in the bombing, adding that an investigation was conducted and concluded with a resolve to ensure that the personnel involved were…

Governors of Bayelsa, Rivers, Cross River, Edo, and Delta states in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria have commended President Bola Tinubu for initiating the construction of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway. This was disclosed at the 12th gathering of South-South governors, also known as BRACED Commission Governor Council (Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa-Ibom, Cross River, Edo and Delta), convened in the conference hall of the Bayelsa State Government House in Yenagoa took place on Tuesday, April 31st. Presided over by Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, alongside Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, and other representatives, discussions centred on regional development and cooperation.…