Author: Opalim Lifted

President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerian journalists to uphold the highest standards of professionalism, emphasizing that a free but responsible press is crucial for national unity and democratic development. Speaking on Wednesday at the opening of the Nigerian Guild of Editors’ Annual Conference held at the State House, with the theme *“Democratic Governance and National Cohesion: The Role of Editors,”* Tinubu reflected on the historic role of the Nigerian press in shaping the nation’s democratic journey. He recalled how early newspapers fought against colonial injustice and how courageous journalists kept hope alive during military rule, often enduring intimidation, detention, and…

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has shared a cryptic social media post following a confrontation between Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and military personnel. In a flyer posted on X platform on Tuesday, the DHQ stated: “IT IS AN HONOUR TO SERVE IN THE NIGERIAN MILITARY. UNSHAKEN. UNBENT. UNBROKEN.” The post came hours after Wike was seen in viral clips engaging in a heated exchange with military officers at a disputed land site in Abuja. According to Wike, officials from the Department of Development Control were enforcing his directive when they were chased away by armed soldiers…

The family of late Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, has asked his widow, Wunmi, to stop using the ‘Aloba’ surname and to conduct a DNA test to confirm the paternity of her son. In a statement jointly signed by the Head of the Aloba family, Adedara Aloba, and a principal member, Joseph Aloba, on Monday, the family said the decision was made to ensure justice, uncover the truth, and hold those responsible accountable. To establish a lawful structure for managing all matters relating to Mohbad’s estate, the family appointed Samuel Ajewole Aloba, Engr. Ayodele Rasaq Famuyiwa, and…

We are in a society where a negative attitude is easily passed off as “Oga is speaking”, in the name of constituted authority (Wike), and this has become a norm, and emboldens the actor. Wike as a constituted authority, hurling insults at a national security officer should not be justified over a land matter he can always resolve smartly. If Ghanaian or the United States’ constituted authority insults their officers, we shouldn’t celebrate this act in Nigeria. For years, Wike never sees wrong in anything he does as a state governor, party chieftain, and other supposedly leadership capacities, but laughs…

Beneficiaries of the Ferefayo Empowerment Loan Scheme have applauded its founder, Dr. Olatunde Olusesi, a United States–based lecturer, for transforming small-scale trading at Itoku Market, Abeokuta, through his zero-interest microloan initiative. The commendations poured in on Tuesday, November 11, during the scheme’s first anniversary, held under the Itoku Market bridge, the same venue as the annual Lorranisa 11/11 Day Celebration. The initiative, launched last year to mark Dr. Olusesi’s 60th birthday, was established in honour of his late mother, Alhaja Anisat Amosa Olusesi — a respected trader at Itoku Market before her passing in May 2024. Through the Ferefayo Empowerment…

William Troost-Ekong has clarified that the Super Eagles are not boycotting training due to a special bonus demand ahead of the African playoffs for the 2026 World Cup. In a tweet on Tuesday, the Super Eagles captain confirmed the team boycotted training over unpaid allowances and bonuses by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). Ekong was reacting to reports that the players had demanded an increase in their bonuses for the World Cup playoffs. The players and officials refused to carry out their scheduled Tuesday evening training session in protest. Chronicle NG understands that players are yet to receive their allowances…

Nigerians have told President Bola Tinubu to go harder on terrorists, demanding an intensified onslaught on their enclaves as relations with the United States show signs of thawing. Information Minister Mohammed Idris confirmed yesterday that diplomatic channels have opened between Abuja and Washington. He said talks are ongoing and that the US is “understanding the situation better”, following a recent military threat from President Donald Trump that provoked alarm here. Voices on the ground are unequivocal. Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, senior economic adviser at the Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative, demanded an end to the bloodshed and criticised leaders she said…

A witness for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday, told an Abuja High Court that retired Col. Sambo Dasuki duly signed the payment mandates made to the two companies charged in his trial. Dasuki, a former National Security Adviser (NSA), is facing trial on an amended 32-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust, dishonest release and receiving various sums of money to the tune of N33.2 billion. He was accused of misappropriation of security funds in the accounts of the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), alongside a former General Manager of the Nigerian National Petroleum…

The trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, continued on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, with a prosecution witness revealing detailed cash movements in and out of Kogi State Local Government statutory accounts. Bello is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on 19 counts bordering on money laundering to the tune of ₦80,246,470,088.88 (Eighty Billion, Two Hundred and Forty-Six Million, Four Hundred and Seventy Thousand and Eighty-Eight Naira, Eighty-Eight Kobo). This was contained in a statement posted on the EFCC’s official X handle on…

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Community Engagement (South-East), Mrs. Chioma Wesley, says President Bola Tinubu will not make any pronouncement on the ongoing trial of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Wesley spoke to State House correspondents on Monday after she and three other regional aides briefed the President at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. “Nnamdi Kanu’s case is in court, and the President cannot make any pronouncement on it,” she said. “He abides by the rule of law. So, for now, we wait for the court to make that decision.”…