Author: David Great

Police foiled a kidnap attempt in Kaduna State on Monday and recovered a locally-made pistol and one cartridge. “Police operatives at Oskolaye in Rigasa area of Igabi Local Government Area intercepted a three-man syndicate who was about to launch an attack on a person at about 6 a.m. on Monday. “They engaged the suspects, but one of them threw away one locally-made pistol with one cartridge before they fled,’’ the police spokesman in Kaduna State, ASP Mansir Hassan, said on Tuesday. Kaduna police arrest three cable vandals He added that the kidnap suspects escaped arrest even after a hot chase…

Nigerian’s have expressed shock and disbelief over the sacking of Mr. Babatunde Irukera as the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) by President Bola Tinubu. Irukera, who was famous for heavily sanctioning online loan sharks extorting Nigerians, was fired alongside the Director General and CEO of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Alexander Okoh. In a statement by Special Adviser to the President Tinubu on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale sighted by Chronicle NG, the president’s decision was in conformity with plans to restructure and reposition critical agencies of the…

Minister of Interior, Olunbunmi Tunji-Ojo resigned from his position as managing director of New Planet Project Limited, documents exclusively seen by Chronicle NG have revealed. The documents submitted to the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) revealed that Tunji-Ojo, alongside his wife, Abimbola Tunji-Ojo resigned as directors of the company in February 2019. Other directors who ceased to hold office along the Tunji-Ojos are Okpanachi George Echiye, Idris Shuaibu Abubakar and Hassan Suleiman. New directors were also appointed in the documents. They are Otegbeye Olabanji Oladapo and Anne Adeiza Bello. In a letter to the CAC after an extra-ordinary meeting, New Planet…

Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, Governor of Ondo State, denied on Monday being implicated in a certificate forgery scandal, which is being reported on several news platforms. the news as the product of some of his political adversaries. Describing the news as a product of some of his political adversaries, the governor’s spokesman, Ebenezer Adeniyan, stated in a statement that the news was untrue and a ruse to distract the incoming governor. He thinks an unnamed governorship candidate made the forgery accusation. In a statement captioned ‘Certificates: the blackmailers are at it again,’ the governor’s aide described the forgery allegation as false…

Franz Beckenbauer, who captained Germany to 1974 World Cup glory and won the tournament again as coach in 1990, has died at the age of 78, his family said in a statement on Monday. Beckenbauer, one of football’s greatest player, coach, pundit and administrator for more than half a century and was widely admired across the world. “It is with deep sadness that we announce that my husband and our father, Franz Beckenbauer, passed away peacefully in his sleep yesterday, Sunday, surrounded by his family,” read a statement from his family. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on X: “World Cup…

The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on Monday ordered that Professor Cyril Ndifon, the suspended dean of the faculty of law at the University of Calabar (UNICAL), charged with alleged sexual harassment, be remanded in Kuje prison. However, Mr Ndifon, who is being prosecuted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) before Justice James Omotosho, pleaded not guilty to the four-count charge. The ICPC, through its counsel, Ebenezer Shogunle, had filed the charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/511/23 on October 30, 2023, against Mr Ndifon. In count one, the defendant was alleged to have, between June and September 2023,…

Doyin Okupe, the former Director General of Peter Obi-Datti’s Presidential Campaign Organisation, has left the Labour Party. Okupe’s resignation letter, published in the media on Monday, cited ideological disagreements following the 2023 election as the reason for his departure from the party. Okupe was convicted by the Federal High Court in Abuja in December 2023 after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) charged him with N700 million in money laundering. He was accused of fraudulently obtaining money from former National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki from monies intended for military purchase. He was sentenced to two years in prison, but…

Subscribers on the platform of telecommunication giant Globacom may soon be unable to make calls to MTN lines owing to unresolved interconnection payments. The Nigerian Communications Commission announced this on Monday in a public notice signed by Reuben Muoka, Director, Public Affairs Department. It added that the commission gave partial clearance to the disconnection of the network from MTN Nigeria Communications Plc. The notification states in part, “Globacom was notified of MTN’s application and was given the opportunity to comment and state its case.” Block SIMs without NIN, NCC directs MTN, Airtel, others “The Commission, having examined the application and…

Sadiya Umar-Farouq, former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, has arrived at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) headquarters to clarify allegations of fraud and money laundering levelled against her. Umar-Farouq appeared to the EFCC offices to accept the anti-graft agency’s request to provide explanation on various issues under investigation. The former minister had earlier indicated her readiness to honour the Commission’s invitation. “I remain proud to have served my country as a minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria with every sense of responsibility and will defend my actions, stewardship, and programmes during my tenure…

President Bola Tinubu has called for an investigation into the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, which is led by Betta Edu. Tinubu’s order was contained in a statement released on Sunday by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris. Chronicle NG reports that the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs ad Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu denied any fraud allegation against herself  after a memo surfaced in which she directed the Accountant-General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein, to transfer N585 million to a private account owned by one Oniyelu Bridget who who the ministry claimed is currently the Project…