Author: Vincent Osuwo

Former Brazil and Manchester City winger Robinho will reportedly serve a nine-year prison sentence for gang rape in his home country after being found guilty in Italy in 2017. According to Globo, Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice (BSCJ) issued the unprecedented decision on Wednesday, after Italian authorities’ request to extradite the 40-year-old in 2022. The former Premier League footballer, whose actual name is Robson De Souza, was among six men convicted of beating an Albanian woman in an Italian nightclub in January 2013. In January 2022, the Supreme Court of Rome dismissed his final appeal against the conviction. Robinho claims…

Reverend Father Emmanuel Edeh, the founder of Madonna University, Nigeria, has boasted that female students who enroll in the university as virgins always graduate as virgins because of the high morals instilled in them. Edeh revealed this in a video posted by Channels Television on Wednesday while highlighting the university’s focus on morals and discipline. According to him, when people from abroad come to him seeking to marry a virgin, the only way is to come to Madonna University. He said, “Madonna is a university where there is no secret cultism, molestation, examination malpractice, no bullying, and zero tolerance for…

Dr. Richard Somiari, Director of the Lagos State DNA and Forensic Centre, stated on Wednesday that the results of an autopsy performed on deceased musician Ilerioluwa Aloba (a.k.a. Mohbad) would be available in the next three or four weeks. Somiari gave the promise when testifying during a corner inquest into the Mohbad’s death. On Wednesday, defense counsel cross-examined the witness at the inquest. Recall that Mohbad died on Sept. 12, 2023, and was buried the following day. He was 27 years old. His death caused controversy, causing the Lagos State Government to order a coroner’s inquest. The inquest, which began…

Nigerians have berated First Lady Sen. Oluremi Tinubu’s call for citizens to go into farming in a bid to mitigate hunger and hardship in the country. Tinubu had urged Nigerians to take an active role in agricultural production. She noted that agriculture remained the key to improving the lives of Nigerians. Joshua Ogunleye, in a comment on X, described Mrs. Tinubu’s call for Nigerians to embrace agriculture as “nonsensical advice.” Ogunleye noted that Nigerians cannot go into farming amid insecurity and the high price of fertilizer in the market. “Nonsense advice. Where is her husband’s farm? Buhari has a farm;…

The First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has urged Nigerians to take an active role in agricultural production.  She believed that agriculture remained the key to improving individuals’ lives. The president’s wife stated that the commander-in-chief was taking the correct steps to help develop a more respected Nigeria in the long run. She also urged Nigerians to be more responsible with their wealth. Senator Oluremi Tinubu delivered the advice when she received Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, in her office at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Wednesday. Remi Tinubu urges…

Dr. Adaora Umeoji, the new Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Zenith Bank, has enamored Nigerians not only with her enthralling beauty but also with her wealth of experience in the banking sector and her remarkable academic qualifications. With many describing her as “beauty with brains”, Nigerians who have been agog over her appointment as the new Zenith Bank boss has remained fascinated over her qualifications. Umeoji, who holds first degrees in sociology, accounting, and law, also has master’s degrees from the University of Calabar and the University of Salford. She also has up her sleeves a Doctorate…

Zenith Bank Plc has appointed Dr. Adaora Umeoji as its new Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, effective June 1, 2024. Umeoji will take over from the current GMD, Dr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu, whose time in office expires May 31. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the company secretary, Michael Otu, which was filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited on Tuesday. “Dame (Dr.) Adaora Umeoji is the first female GMD/CEO since the inception of the bank, and her appointment is consistent with the bank’s executive transition tradition, succession plan, and strategy of grooming leaders from within,” the statement…

The battle between the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Labour Party (LP) has escalated, with NLC members picketing the party’s offices in the Utako district of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, on Wednesday. The union members, led by Theophilus Ndubuaku, interim leader of the Political Commission of the Congress, demanded Julius Abure’s immediate resignation as the party’s national leader, claiming that he was not duly elected. The NLC political commission chairman also asserted that the party’s scheduled convention, led by Abure, is illegal. The proposed convention, which is claimed to be slated for March 27 in Umuahia, the…

The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has directed its state councils and political commissions to picket Labour Party secretariats across the country. This was stated in a letter dated March 19, 2024, received by Chronicle NG on Wednesday and signed by Titus Amba, the chairperson of the NLC Political Commission, and Chris Uyot, its secretary. According to the letter, the decision was issued following a meeting of the NLC National Political Commission and the leadership of the NLC State Councils and State Political Committees held virtually on March 19, 2024. “Given the intransigence of the National Chairman of the Labour Party…

Chief Edwin Clark, an elder statesman and leader of the Ijaw Nation, decried the recent massacre of troops in Delta State, emphasising that Nigeria has never seen such a tragedy before. Clark described the incident as frightening, savage, and nasty. Clark also advised that the communities and the military should work together to find the murderer(s). He revealed this on Tuesday when answering questions on Arise Television’s news broadcast. Clark also urged soldiers to exercise restraint and not take the law into their own hands, stressing that with current technology, they should be able to apprehend individuals responsible for the…