Author: David Great

Former students of Model Secondary School in Jalingo, the Taraba state capital, reportedly stabbed their teacher to death. The teacher, known as Bassey Sardauna, was stabbed outside the school grounds while riding a tricycle home. Tsokwa Sani, the school’s vice principal academics, told Chronicle NG over the phone that the situation that led to his stabbing began with an inter-house inspection that was disturbed by an ex-student who rushed the school to sign a document. “Trouble started when a former student accompanied his colleague to school to sign a Nigeria Air Force form,” he said. ”Usually on Thursdays, we hold…

Israel has agreed to daily four-hour pauses in northern Gaza to let civilians flee, the White House said Thursday, even as President Joe Biden said there was no chance of a full ceasefire. Biden has been pressing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for longer breaks in the fighting after more than a month of war sparked by the October 7 attacks by Hamas. Israeli troops and Hamas are now locked in heavy, close-quarters fighting in Gaza City in the north of the Gaza Strip. “Israel will begin to implement four-hour pauses in areas of northern Gaza each day, with an…

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has presented a budget of N273, 908, 997, 410:00 to the Osun State House of Assembly. Governor Adeleke, revealed this while presenting the state’s appropriation bill which he tagged ‘Budget of Reconstruction and Recovery’ to the State House of Assembly. He stated that N165,654,976,700.00 was for recurrent spending and N108,254,020,710.00 was for capital expenditure. This, Adeleke added, reflected his administration’s commitment on rebuilding the shattered state he inherited. The governor also stated that the budget was a symbol that his government was aiming for recovery after successfully overhauling all state sectors. He assured legislators of…

Iran on Thursday rejected a G7 statement which called on Tehran to stop supporting Hamas militants and taking actions that “destabilise” the Middle East. Tehran’s comment came a day after foreign ministers from the G7 group of advanced economies, meeting in Tokyo, expressed support for “humanitarian pauses and corridors” in the Israeli-Hamas war. Israeli air strikes have pounded the Palestinian territory of Gaza since Hamas gunmen stormed across the heavily militarised border on October 7 to kill more than 1,400 people, most of them civilians, and seize around 240 hostages, according to Israeli officials. The subsequent Israeli bombing campaign in…

A social media influencer was arrested in France on Thursday for making light of the reported killing of an Israeli baby by Hamas attackers, prosecutors told AFP. In a video, the woman — identified by media as Warda Anwar, a model — commented on a report by an Israeli first responder who said Hamas attackers had burned a baby alive in an oven during their assault on October 7. The report has not been confirmed by Israeli authorities. “I wonder whether they added salt and pepper first, did they add thyme?” Anwar said in the video. “What was the side…

Tens of thousands of Palestinians fled the fighting and bombardment in Gaza, as Israel said it was tightening the “stranglehold” around Hamas and again rejected a ceasefire without the release of hostages. Calls for a ceasefire to protect civilians have built over a month into the war sparked when Hamas attacked Israel and, according to Israeli officials, killed about 1,400 people, mainly civilians, and seized 239 hostages. Aiming to destroy Hamas, Israel retaliated with a relentless bombardment and ground invasion of the Gaza Strip that, according to the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza, has killed more than 10,500 people, many…

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag said his side are due a turnaround in fortune after collapsing to a 4-3 defeat at FC Copenhagen that left the Red Devils close to exiting the Champions League. United led 2-0 inside half an hour in the Danish capital after Rasmus Hojlund struck twice against his former club. But a red card for Marcus Rashford after a VAR review on 42 minutes changed the course of the game. Copenhagen made the most of 13 added minutes at the end of the first half to level through Mohamed Elyounoussi and a Diogo Goncalves penalty.…

Kayode Egbetokun, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), has nominated Tunji Disu as the next Commissioner of Police in Rivers State. The IGP also transferred Nwonyi Emeka from Rivers State to the Force Headquarters in Abuja. On Thursday morning, Force spokesperson Muyiwa Adejobi issued a statement announcing the redeployments. IGP Egbetokun also directed the appointment of 14 new Assistant Inspectors General of Police and 24 commissioners. Following a political crisis that shook the oil-rich South-South state last week, Emeka was redeployed from the Rivers State Police Command and Disu was posted to the Command. Following the impeachment process against Gov…

Oyo State government says it would work with Education Secretaries, and Heads of Sections in all local governments towards shutting down substandard primary schools. The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Soliu Abdulwaheed Adelabu, in a meeting with basic education stakeholders on Wednesday said “mushroom” schools would not be allowed to operate in Oyo State. Speaking in Ibadan, he said the Ministry and OYOSUBEB will work closely with relevant stakeholders to tighten the noose on operators of mushroom Primary schools. He charged the Education Secretaries, and Heads of Sections in the 33 Local Government areas of the state to…

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday signed the N2.176 trillion Supplementary Appropriation Act on Wednesday in Abuja to strengthen Nigeria’s security architecture and address Nigeria’s critical infrastructure deficit, amongst other considerations. The President signed the Supplementary Appropriation Act, 2023, in his office at the State House in the presence of Senate President Godswill Akpabio; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Sen. George Akume; Majority Leader of the Senate, Opeyemi Bamidele; the Chairmen of the Appropriation Committees in the Senate, Sen. Olamilekan Adeola, and the House of Representatives, Hon. Abubakar Bichi,…