Author: David Great

The death toll from recent herdsmen attacks in Benue State’s Ukum and Logo Local Government Areas has climbed to 20, following the recovery of more bodies by security personnel and residents combing the affected communities. Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, disclosed the updated casualty figure during a phone interview with Channels Television on Saturday. According to him, five corpses were initially recovered from Gbagir and taken to the morgue. Two additional bodies were later found by residents searching for missing loved ones. The governor added, “A family in Gbagir that insisted on burying their relative immediately had been provided cover…

The Presidency has firmly refuted reports alleging that Vice President Kashim Shettima was recently denied access to the Presidential Villa in Abuja. In a statement released on Saturday by Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications (Office of the Vice President), the Presidency described the claims as “totally fabricated” and intended to create the false impression of a rift between President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Shettima. The statement, titled ‘Re: Mischievous Report On Access To The Presidential Villa By Vice President Kashim Shettima, GCON’, dismissed the circulating rumors. “The latest in this string of…

Valentine Ozigbo, a governorship aspirant under the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State, has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Awka, seeking to invalidate the party’s April 5, 2025 primary and compel a fresh one. Ozigbo is challenging the legitimacy of the process that produced Nicholas Ukachukwu as the APC flagbearer for the November 2025 election. In the suit, filed on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, the APC, Ukachukwu, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are listed as defendants. At the primary held at the Dora Akunyili Women Development Centre in Awka, Ukachukwu polled 1,455 votes…

Governors Ademola Adeleke of Osun State and Seyi Makinde of Oyo State have joined forces to address the lingering boundary disputes between their states, which have sparked growing tension and violent confrontations among residents. Governor Adeleke revealed that he recently held a meeting with Governor Makinde to explore peaceful resolutions to the crisis. The move follows alarming reports from the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, who accused residents of Lagelu Local Government Area in Oyo of launching attacks on several villages in Iwo Local Government Area of Osun. Oba Akanbi identified the affected communities as Ogunajo, Eleye, Molamu,…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has discovered five illegal crude oil dumps in the Jahi/Katampe area of Abuja, leading to the arrest of seven individuals suspected to be involved in crude oil theft and illegal distribution. This development was disclosed in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by the NSCDC spokesperson, Afolabi Babawale. According to the statement, operatives from the Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad (CG’s SIS) also recovered trucks loaded with stolen Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) at the scene. “One white truck with three compartments fully loaded with 45,000 litres of AGO with an unverifiable…

Global stock markets took a sharp dive on Wednesday following new U.S. restrictions on chip sales to China and growing tariff uncertainties, sending technology shares tumbling and driving investors towards safe-haven assets like gold, which surged to an all-time high. The Biden administration announced updated export licensing rules affecting sales of Nvidia’s H20 and AMD’s MI308 artificial intelligence chips to China. Nvidia projected a $5.5 billion revenue hit due to the restrictions, and its shares fell nearly 7%. The MSCI index tracking global stocks (.MIWD00000PUS) dropped roughly 1.5%. In the U.S., the Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI) lost 1.7%, the…

Tensions have flared between the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) following claims by APC National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, that NNPP is “dead” and that its national leader, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, is plotting a return to the ruling party. Responding to the claim, NNPP’s National Publicity Secretary, Ladipo Johnson, dismissed Ganduje’s remarks as “inconsequential” and “panic-driven.” “Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso has not—repeat, not—indicated any intention to join the APC,” Johnson told a newspaper (not Chronicle NG). “He is focused on rebuilding and fortifying the NNPP, and is currently consulting with Nigerians across different…

Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti says he would have “no problem” if the club decides to part ways with him following their elimination from the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals. The defending champions were knocked out after a disappointing 2-1 home loss to Arsenal on Wednesday, resulting in a 5-1 aggregate defeat. The loss marked Real Madrid’s 12th defeat of the season, a stark contrast to the mere two they suffered throughout the entire previous campaign. “It could be that the club decide to change (coach), it could be this year – or the next when my contract expires, there’s no…

Inter Milan booked their place in the UEFA Champions League semi-finals after an electrifying 2-2 draw against Bayern Munich at San Siro, securing a 4-3 aggregate victory in the quarter-finals. With a 2-1 lead from the first leg in Munich, the Nerazzurri knew history was on their side—having never lost a European knockout tie after winning the first leg away. But an injury-hit Bayern, under Vincent Kompany, showed fight from the first whistle, led by the ever-dangerous Thomas Müller and Michael Olise. Inter had their moments too, with Federico Dimarco and Hakan Çalhanoğlu both going close. A key intervention by…

The Rivers State Government has dismissed reports claiming that the state’s Sole Administrator summoned suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Deputy Governor, Professor Ngozi Nma Odu, over appointments made in the last two years. In a statement released on Wednesday and signed by Dede Sampson Friday, Permanent Secretary of the Special Services Bureau in the Office of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), the government labelled the circulating reports as fake and intended to create unrest. The statement read: “attempts to mislead the public, incite panic, and disrupt the peace in the state.” It firmly denied that any such announcement…