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Abba Yusuf, governor of Kano, has gifted N5 million and plots of land to the families of Kano athletes who died in an auto accident while returning from the National Sports Festival (NSF) in May 2025. In a statement on Thursday, Ibrahim Adam, media aide to the governor, added that other athletes injured during the incident will also get N2 million and a plot of land each. On May 31, 22 athletes, who represented Kano at the 22nd NSF in Ogun, died after their team’s bus was involved in an accident. The vehicle the victims were in flipped off the…

Festus Keyamo, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, has warned that any airline that violates the no-fly ban on popular Fuji musician Wasiu Ayinde, also known as Kwam 1, risks having its operating licence revoked. In a statement on Thursday, Keyamo said his decision followed detailed reports and video evidence submitted by aviation agencies regarding the altercation involving Kwam 1 and the crew of a ValueJet aircraft on Tuesday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. He described the incident as “a case of temporary loss of sanity and control on both sides” that could have resulted in serious…

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has announced that popular Fuji musician, Wasiu Ayinde, also known as Kwam 1, will face a six-month blacklist due to his behavior at the domestic terminal of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. Michael Achimugu, the NCAA’s director of public affairs and consumer protection, announced during a press briefing on Thursday. “What I must assure the general public is that everybody involved in this will be brought to book,” Achimugu said. “As we speak, the passenger is going to be blacklisted for the next six months flying in Nigeria. “Aviation rules are made for…

A fresh clip has shown how Wasiu Ayinde, the veteran Fuji musician popularly known as Kwam 1, engaged personnel of ValueJet in an altercation that culminated in the airline breaching safety protocol. The incident occurred on August 5 at the domestic wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. Sources said that Kwam 1, who was onboard the ValueJet plane, was seen sipping from a flask and was approached by a flight attendant who suspected that the content was alcohol — a substance prohibited onboard aircraft in Nigeria. The attendant then asked the musician to give up the flask.…

Al-Hilal have reached an agreement to sign Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez for 53m euros (£46.3m) Nunez is now expected to undergo a medical ahead of his move to the Saudi Pro League. The 26-year-old Uruguay international joined the Reds in June 2022 from Portuguese side Benfica for an initial fee of £64m. Nunez has scored 40 goals in 143 appearances but only started eight Premier League games during Liverpool’s title-winning campaign last season. Selling Nunez would financially boost the Reds’ chances of signing Newcastle striker Alexander Isak in this transfer window. The Magpies turned down an opening offer of £110m…

Tottenham midfielder James Maddison has suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury and is expected to miss the majority of the forthcoming season. Maddison is set to have surgery and will become a long-term absentee as he starts his recovery programme, BBC sports said . The 28-year-old suffered the injury in the pre-season draw against Newcastle in South Korea last weekend. Manager Thomas Frank confirmed after the match that the midfielder had injured the same knee that ruled him out of the Europa League final victory against Manchester United in May. Since returning from Asia on Monday, Maddison has undergone tests…

Ireti Doyle, the award-winning Nollywood actress, is celebrating three decades of acting. In an Instagram post on Wednesday, the 58-year-old actress shared a photo of herself alongside a short reflective note titled “30+ truths from 30 years of experience”. “Every script is an invitation to understand, feel, and become. Likes are not to be memorised, they are to be lived,” she wrote. In the accompanying caption, Ireti traced her journey back to 1995 when she landed her first paid role. “My first paid acting job ever was in 1995. The role was ‘Shade’ in the soap opera ‘Riddles & Hopes’…

Ghana’s Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has impounded a 2019 Lamborghini Urus belonging to dancehall artiste Shatta Wale, following investigations allegedly linking the luxury vehicle to the criminal activities of convicted fraudster Nana Kwabena Amuah. Amuah, a Ghanaian national currently serving an 86-month prison sentence in the United States, was convicted in 2023 for leading a scheme that defrauded nearly 70 organizations by impersonating vendors. Prosecutors revealed that stolen funds were funneled into shell companies, one of which was used to purchase the bright yellow Lamborghini. EOCO said it acted on a request from the US government as part…

The Ghana Armed Forces has released the names of individuals who died in Wednesday morning’s military helicopter crash. The crash involved a Z-9 helicopter belonging to the Ghana Armed Forces, which lost contact during a flight from Accra, the capital, to Obuasi — a gold-mining town in the south where the crew was headed for an official engagement. Ghanaian President John Mahama described the incident as a national tragedy and suspended activities upon receiving the news. He also directed that flags fly at half-mast to honour the memory of the victims. Below are the names and portfolios of the victims.…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has reduced petrol price at its retail outlets to N875 per litre in Lagos and N900 in Abuja. The development comes just two days after the national oil company increased the product’s price to N915 per litre in Lagos and N955 per litre in Abuja. Chronicle NG observed that the NNPC retail outlets reduced product’s price by N40 per litre in both cities. In Lagos, the price dropped to N875 per litre at the company’s Fadeyi branch on Western Avenue. At a retail outlet located at the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) in Kubwa,…