Author: Vincent Osuwo

French football legend Zinedine Zidane has signed a deal to become the new head coach of the French national team until June 2030. Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano disclosed this in a post shared on Facebook on Tuesday, saying the former Real Madrid manager would be officially unveiled in the coming days. “Zinedine Zidane has signed as the new France coach until June 2030. The story has been confirmed, as Zizou will be unveiled as the new head coach in the next days—back to work with France,” Romano wrote. According to the Romano, Zidane is expected to lead France in the…

Argentina captain Lionel Messi has spoken after his side’s heartbreaking defeat to Spain in the 2026 FIFA World Cup final in the United States. The Inter Miami FC talisman admitted that the loss would be difficult to overcome while expressing pride in his team’s achievements. Messi, who did not speak to the press after Sunday’s final in New York, shared his first reaction online on Monday following Argentina’s 1-0 extra-time defeat. Chronicle NG reports that Spain claimed their second World Cup title courtesy of Ferran Torres’ extra-time winner in a match where Argentina struggled to create clear-cut chances, with their…

Over 17 shops were destroyed in an early morning fire that swept through Sabo Market in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State on Tuesday. The spokesperson for the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Olawale Afolabi, disclosed in a statement that the fire broke out at about 1:10 a.m. and was successfully contained before it spread to other sections of the market. According to Afolabi, investigations indicated that the inferno originated in one of the shops before spreading to adjoining stalls. “The immediate cause is suspected to be an electrical surge, as the outbreak reportedly occurred while the power supply…

Osita Okechukwu, a senior member of the All Progressives Congress, has urged African Democratic Congress presidential candidate and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to step down from the 2027 presidential contest and embrace the role of a statesman. Okechukwu argued that his choice to run in the 2023 presidential election against the Peoples Democratic Party’s zoning plan undermined both the opposition and Nigeria’s democracy. Okechukwu made the request during Prime Time on Arise Television on Monday. According to him, Atiku’s nomination as the PDP presidential candidate in 2022, despite calls for the party to zone its ticket to the South,…

The Jigawa State government has confirmed that twenty-three persons have been rescued, while eight bodies have been recovered from Sunday’s boat accident. The event happened at Malamawar-Yan Dutse in Ringim Local Government Area, where a wooden boat carrying around 40 passengers, largely female farmers and laborers, collapsed while crossing a canal. Boat accidents continue to be a regular tragedy in riverine villages throughout northern Nigeria, particularly during the rainy season, and are frequently blamed on overloading, failure to wear life jackets, and strong water currents. SP Shi’isu Adam, the Jigawa State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, confirmed the most recent…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday stated it had opened two foreign-currency domiciliary accounts for the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council, PFIPC. This comes as Femi Gbajabiamila, the president’s chief of staff, came to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission’s headquarters to testify in the continuing investigation into the phoney agency’s activities. The admission occurred at a public hearing held at the National Assembly Complex by the House of Representatives ad hoc committee on the existence and functioning of the PFIPC, chaired by Yusuf Gagdi and inaugurated by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas. Chronicle NG gathered…

Dr Rabiu Kwankwaso, the vice-presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, has confirmed that the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has signed a written agreement with him to serve only a single four-year term and return power to the North if elected president in 2027. Kwankwaso revealed this in an interview with Channels Television on Monday, saying the pact was designed to ensure power returns to the North after a single four-year term, in accordance with the party’s power-sharing arrangement. The former Kano State governor stated that he had no reason to question Obi’s commitment to upholding the deal. “Oh…

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has described how he risked his life by entering a militant camp in the Niger Delta without armed security to negotiate peace, calling the move a watershed moment in efforts to stabilize Nigeria’s oil-producing region. Jonathan stated that his involvement with the oil industry began as a child, when he saw the development of oil facilities near his community in present-day Bayelsa State. He went on to say that his career eventually led him from academia to environmental management, where he took part in scientific studies assessing the impact of oil exploration in the Niger Delta.…

Prince Adeyemi Matthew Adeniyi, the embattled director-general of the supposed Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, has revealed that he personally lobbied Budget Office officials to include the controversial organization in the Federal Government’s 2026 budget. Adeniyi made the charges in an Instagram video posted on Sunday following his detention, during a conversation with social media influencer Martins Vincent Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan. The 2026 Appropriation Act awarded around ₦1.3 billion to an accused fictitious agency, despite ongoing inquiries into its validity. During the interview, Adeniyi cleared Femi Gbajabiamila, the president’s chief of staff, of any blame for the financial…

The Jigawa State Police Command has announced that six bodies have been found from the boat disaster at Malamawar Yan Dutse in Ringim Local Government Area, with 34 people still missing. According to the Command, the incident occurred about 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, when a boat carrying 40 farmers and laborers collapsed while crossing a river. Confirming the latest press on Monday afternoon, the Police Public Relations Officer, Jigawa State Command, SP Shi’isu Adam, said rescue teams had intensified search operations. Adam stated that the number of bodies discovered had climbed to six and that a joint operation comprising the…