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Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State on Tuesday approved the payment of N1.2 billion to fully offset the gratuities of the state’s civil servants who retired in 2014. Aiyedatiwa also approved N320 million for payment of monthly pensions. Sina Adeyeye, the press officer at the Office of the Head of Service, stated in Akure that cheques would be presented to the retirees on Thursday. “As part of efforts to settle the backlog of gratuity of state retirees, the governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has approved N1.2 billion to fully offset gratuity of the 2014 set of retirees. “Gratuities of those who…

Lt Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, Chief of Army Staff, has stated that the Nigerian Army has detained the soldier who chastised Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for ordering the arrest of his colleague and three other motorcyclists for driving against traffic on the Lagos-Badagry expressway. Lagbaja stated that the Army is dissatisfied with the soldier’s actions, which violate the force’s discipline. While speaking to the media in Enugu on Tuesday about the troops’ actions, Lagbaja stated that the soldiers in question had been detained and that an investigation into others who had done similarly was proceeding. “The Army has investigated, and…

Nigerian musician, singer and producer, Tiwa Savage has filed a petition against a colleague, Davido citing online and offline harassment targeted at her and members of her team. In the petition signed by Tiwa Savage and addressed to the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, the singer attached screenshots of conversations between herself and Davido. Tiwa Savage said the harassment began when she posted a picture of herself and Davido’s baby mama on Instagram. “I am writing to bring to your attention a distressing situation involving myself, Tiwatope Omolara Savage and David Adeleke. “On the 23rd of December, I made…

Salem Bazoum, the son of Niger president Mohamed Bazoum who was toppled in a coup last year, was provisionally released on Monday, according to a Niamey military tribunal. In a court document seen by AFP, Salem Bazoum was given “provisional release” after having been held with his parents since the presidential guard took power on July 26, 2023. The document added that it was “up to him to respond to justice as soon as he is required to do so”. The 22-year-old’s parents remain in custody at the presidential residence. A source close to the ousted president told AFP that…

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,…