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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Ufoma Immanuel, managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) of Chappal Energies, wanted. In a public notice issued on Wednesday, the anti-graft agency said Immanuel is wanted for an alleged case of obtaining money by false pretence and forgery. “The public is hereby notified that UFOMA JOSEPH IMMANUEL, whose photograph appears above, is wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in an alleged case of obtaining money by false pretence and forgery,” the statement reads. Immanuel, a 46-year-old indigene of Edo State, was last known to reside at 77…

Super Falcons goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie has once again been crowned CAF Goalkeeper of the Year (Women) for 2025, marking her third consecutive win of the prestigious award. The 24-year-old received the honour on Wednesday at the 2025 CAF Awards ceremony in Rabat, Morocco, further solidifying her status as one of Africa’s elite shot-stoppers. Nnadozie beat Morocco’s Khadija Er-Rmichi and South Africa’s Andile Dlamini to the award, reaffirming her dominance as Africa’s top goalkeeper. She enjoyed a stellar year for both club and country. At Paris FC, she helped lift the Coupe de France Féminine, while internationally she played a key…

Nigeria’s Super Falcons have been crowned the Women’s Team of the Year at the 2025 Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards ceremony held on Wednesday night in Rabat, Morocco. The nine-time World Cup participants and record 10-time African champions earned the continental honour following their outstanding performance at the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), where they lifted the trophy in Morocco. Their dominant run in the tournament boosted their chances and ultimately secured their place at the top of the nominees’ list. The Super Falcons beat strong contenders — Ghana’s Black Queens and Morocco’s Atlas Lionesses — to…

Bayo Onanuga, President Bola Tinubu’s special adviser on information and strategy, has blasted Kabiru Turaki, the new factional chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for calling on US President Donald Trump to intervene in Nigeria’s political crisis. Turaki made the appeal on Tuesday after finally gaining access to the PDP national headquarters in Abuja, following a tense standoff between rival factions. Addressing journalists, he claimed Nigeria’s democracy was in danger and urged Trump and the international community to “come and save” the country. He went as far as suggesting that Nigerian Christians were facing “genocide”, insisting foreign intervention was…

Senior lawyer Femi Falana, SAN, has urged Nigerians who have paid ransom to kidnappers to drag the federal government to court and demand a refund, arguing that the state has failed in its most basic duty, protecting its citizens. Speaking at the University of Abuja’s Faculty of Law Legal Year opening, Falana faulted the government for acting swiftly only when influential individuals are abducted, while leaving ordinary citizens to fend for themselves. He said the government’s inability to curb the growing wave of kidnappings violates both the Nigerian Constitution and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, stressing that…

An evening church service in Kwara State turned into terror on Tuesday after armed bandits stormed a Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) branch in Oke Isegun, Eruku, abducting an unconfirmed number of worshippers and killing at least two people. The attack, captured on a live-streamed video seen by Chronicle NG, showed the congregation singing when sudden bursts of gunfire erupted outside. Panic spread instantly. The young pastor leading the service urged members to take cover as shots rang out and armed men advanced towards the building. More than five gunmen reportedly stormed the church at about 6pm, ransacking the premises and…

President Bola Tinubu will leave Abuja on Wednesday for a two-nation visit to South Africa and Angola, where he is expected to join world leaders for high-level global and continental engagements. In a statement on Tuesday, Bayo Onanuga, the President’s special adviser on information and strategy, confirmed that Tinubu’s first stop will be Johannesburg for the G20 summit. Tinubu is attending at the invitation of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who currently chairs the G20. The Nigerian leader was also present at last year’s edition in Brazil at the request of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. This year’s summit,…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and ex-Kaduna Central senator, Shehu Sani, have demanded urgent clarification following conflicting reports on the alleged killing of Brigadier-General Musa Uba by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters in Borno State. ISWAP claimed on Monday that it captured and executed the senior officer after an ambush on a military convoy near Wajiroko village. The brigade commander was reportedly returning from a late-night patrol when the convoy came under intense fire. The Nigerian Army swiftly dismissed reports of his abduction, describing them as “fake news” and insisting the officer was safe after troops repelled the…

Two of the 25 female students abducted by bandits from Government Girls Secondary School, Maga, in Kebbi State have reportedly escaped from their captors. Quoting Hussaini Aliyu, an official from Danko Wasagu LGA, the BBC reported that the students fled as they were being led into the bush by the bandits, escaping across nearby farmlands. According to the report, Aliyu confirmed that the girls “are back and safe”, adding that one of them required medical treatment after injuring her leg while fleeing. Gunmen attacked the school on Monday morning and kidnapped 25 female students during the raid. Nafi’u Kotarkoshi, spokesperson…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has recently scored major gains as Vice President Kashim Shettima formally welcomed former Kogi State Governor, Capt. Ichala Wada, into the ruling party — just as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) made an extraordinary appeal to US President Donald Trump to “save Nigeria’s democracy”. Shettima received Wada and Hon. Samuel Abenemi, the SDP’s deputy governorship candidate, alongside several opposition figures who defected to the APC in what he described as “a new chapter for Kogi State and Nigeria”. The Vice President said he was delighted that “good governance is taking root”, adding that the wave…