Author: David Great

A man who admitted trying to kill the late Queen Elizabeth II after being found on the grounds of Windsor Castle with a loaded crossbow, was on Thursday handed a nine-year sentence. Jaswant Singh Chail, 21, will serve the first part of his term in the high-security Broadmoor psychiatric hospital, moving to prison when his mental health permits. The former supermarket worker had “lost touch with reality so that he had become psychotic”, said sentencing judge Nicholas Hilliard at London’s Old Bailey court. After breaking into the grounds of the queen’s residence on Christmas Day 2021, Chail admitted to an…

Atiku Abubakar, Nigeria’s former vice president claims that President Bola Tinubu owes him gratitude for convincing Olusegun Obasanjo not to seize control of Lagos. Between 1999 to 2007, Obasanjo served as President of Nigeria under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which was then in power. Tinubu, the governor of Lagos State, was a member of the now-defunct Action Congress (AC). During his just concluded press conference, Atiku responded to inquiries from media, he refuted rumours circulating in some circles that he had betrayed Tinubu. “Those of you who are old enough will also remember that in 2003, the PDP took…

The Federal High Court in Lagos has barred all Nigerian commercial banks from delivering funds totaling N20.7 billion to an oil business, Danium Energy Services Limited, and its Chairman, Kehinde Ogbor, over their alleged indebtedness to Union Bank of Nigeria Plc. Justice Nicholas Oweibo also issued a Mareva injunction preventing Danium Energy Services Limited and Ogbor from accessing monies totaling N20,732,299,999.21 in their accounts until the hearing and resolution of Union Bank’s Motion on Notice. Ajibola Bankole Adetutu, Garba Mohammed, and Lolag-Sons Nigeria Company are also named as defendants in the claim. The judge also issued an injunction prohibiting the…

Atiku Abubakar has urged Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) to join his fight for “justice” in the certificate scandal involving President Bola Tinubu. Atiku, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, had requested the release of President Tinubu’s certificate from Chicago State University, citing concerns that the certificate submitted by the former Lagos State governor to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was not authentic. While the certificate had been released to Atiku’s team, the former vice president, who is disputing Tinubu’s election, urged…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has addressed a press conference to reveal his findings on the certificate submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by President Bola Tinubu. Atiku said it is the collective right of the Nigerian people to uphold and defend the ground rules of elective government in our country. Atiku is challenging the election victory of Tinubu at the Supreme Court. Although he had no success at the Presidential Election Petition Court, he is optimistic that his fortunes could change at the Supreme Court. Atiku is expected to add his findings from…

The dispute between indigenes of the Ifon-Osun and Ilobu communities in Osun State has reportedly worsened, with one person shot and killed in the area last night. In an effort to alleviate the issue, the state authorities placed a 24-hour curfew on the settlements two weeks ago. However, the problem flared up again on Wednesday night, murdering a commercial motorcyclist. Meanwhile, security forces such as the police, army, and civil defence have been dispatched to the area to prevent additional breakdowns of law and order. Kola Adewusi, the state’s Deputy Governor, led top government officials to the area earlier today.…

The Federal Government will from next month begin payment of 25,000 Naira grants tobenefiting members of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners captured in the expanded National Social Register of the Conditional Cash Transfer,(CCT) Scheme. This was revealed on Wednesday during a meeting between Dr. Betta Edu, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, and the leadership Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), led by its president Joe Ajaero, at Labour House in Abuja. In a statement released by her media aide, Rasheed Zubair, the minister said  the decision to include vulnerable pensioners in the CCT plan was President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s…

Elon Musk’s social media platform X has stripped headlines from news articles shared by users, in a move likely to further worsen relations with media groups. The tycoon has long railed against the “legacy media” and claims X, formerly Twitter, is a better source of information. However, he said the latest change was for “aesthetic” reasons — news and other links now appear only as pictures with no accompanying text. Musk took over Twitter last year in a $44 billion deal and has since renamed it X, sacked thousands of staff and drawn criticism for allowing banned conspiracy theorists and…

The Police Command in Benue has confirmed the release of the state Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr Mathew Abo, who was abducted at his residence in Zaki-Biam on Sept. 24. The Benue state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Sewuese Anene, confirmed the development on Thursday to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi via a text message. Anene said Abo was released in the early hours of Thursday and has been reunited with his family. Gunmen kidnap Benue commissioner for information Abo had spent 10 days in captivity before regaining his freedom. NAN recalls that gunmen…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will arraign businessman Chief Cletus Ibeto and his company, Ibeto Energy Development Company, on a 10-count charge of obtaining by false pretences, fraudulent conversion of property, criminal breach of trust, forgery, and deception on Thursday, October 5. The duo are scheduled to appear before Justice Ismail Ijelu of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja, along with Odoh Holdings Ltd, another business tied to ibeto. Chronicle NG got a copy of the allegation, which was signed by the EFCC’s Head of Legal, Gbolahan Latona, in April 2023. According to Count 1 of the charge, between…