Author: Vincent Osuwo

Nigerian Army court sentences soldier to death for killing tricycle rider

According to reports, ex-service chiefs who were retired by President Bola Tinubu on Monday, June 19, 2023, will receive bulletproof Sport Utility Vehicles, personal aides, guards, and other benefits of office, including an enormous allowance for medical treatment overseas, as retirement benefits. The retired service chiefs include General Lucky Irabor, the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff; Lt. Gen. Faruk Yahaya, the Chief of Army Staff; Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo, the Chief of Naval Staff; and Air Marshal Isiaka Amao, the Chief of Air Staff. The Harmonized Terms and Conditions of Service for Officers of the Armed Forces of Nigeria…

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chef Adeola cook-a-thon

Nigerian chef, Adeyeye Adeola begins her quest to achieve a new Guinness World Record for the longest individual cooking marathon. Adeola who had previously announced her intention to begin her 150 hours cook-a-thon quest, began her cook-a-thon on Friday, June 30, 2023, in the Ondo State Local Government Area of Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo and is slated to end on Thursday, July 6, 2023. This comes after another Nigerian chef, Adeparusi Damilola, commonly known as Chef Dammy, completed a 120-hour cook-a-thon in Ekiti State’s Oye Local Government Area. Guinness World Records confirms, Hilda Baci awarded longest cooking marathon Chronicle NG reports that another…

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Police arrest pastor seen flogging unclad children in viral video

The three suspects apprehended in connection with the murder of a Naval Officer, Sub-Lt. Samuel Akingbohun, in ldo- Ani, Ose Local Government Area, Ondo State, have explained why and how they murdered the officer following an incident. The accused, Ayomide Sambo, Johnson Adeleke, and Shagari Francis, 17, confessed to killing the officer for assaulting one of them in an interview while being paraded by the state police command. According to reports, the three suspects recently completed secondary school in the town. Edo: IGP chides policemen for driving over unarmed man They described using an iron rod to strike the deceased…

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Hollywood actor, Alan Arkin, died at the age of 89 in his California home. Arkin’s sons, Adam, Matthew, and Anthony, announced his death in a statement issued on Friday, June 30, 2023. Their statement reads “Our father was a uniquely talented force of nature, both as an artist and a man. A loving husband, father, grand and great grandfather, he was adored and will be deeply missed,” Veteran Yoruba actress Iyabo Oko dies at 62 Arkin earned an Oscar for his performance in the dark comedy Little Miss Sunshine in 2006, as well as a Tony in 1963 for Enter…

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Police arrest pastor seen flogging unclad children in viral video

The Police Force Public Relations Officer, Prince Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has reacted to the public outcry of a concerned citizen who raised concerns over a “menace roaming the streets of Abuja and Nigeria at large”.  In a statement she made on Twitter, the lady, simply identified as Naomi, made a public outcry to the police and Nigerians in general over the shenanigans of “non-indigenous Fulani” men who allegedly molest, rob, and terrorize residents of Abuja, even in broad daylight. Recounting her ordeal, Naomi recounted how her friend and her were groped by some of the unscrupulous, non-Indiginous Fulani guys on different…

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Heavily armed police personnel at Supreme Court premises

Prince Olimuyiwa Adejobi, the Police Force Public Relations Officer, has condemned in totality the now viral video of police escorts accompanying a yet-to-be identified wealthy man and his cow. In the viral video, which has elicited backlash from netizens, six heavily armed officers of the Nigerian Police Force were seen escorting a man while he moved his cow within the premises of his luxurious mansion. Reacting to the video, Nkechi First stated that the “Police NG has become a joke”. For Rahamon Kabiawu, he questioned “how many officers are attached to this man? When the rest of the population are…

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EU pushes consent-based rape definition across bloc

Sixteen-year-old Olayemi Agbeloba has reportedly committed suicide after being raped in the Eruwa community, Ibarapa East Local Government Area of Oyo State. The suspect, a middle-aged man simply known as Ajibode, allegedly raped Olayemi Agbeloba, the apprentice of his wife, at his residence. The minor was reported to have been learning fashion design from Ajibode’s wife and have been living with her boss to help her with domestic tasks. 5-year-old raped by neighbor in Rivers state However, Agbeloba, was robbed of her innocence, On June 23, 2023. She was reported to have been sleeping in a room at the couple’s…

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Super falcons

Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, will attend the Super Falcons’ send-off dinner before the team departs for the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, along with other important government officials. The FIFA Women’s World Cup which will last one month, is scheduled to begin on the 20th of July. According to a statement issued by Ademola Olajire, the NFF’s Head of Communications on Thursday, the dinner in honour of the super falcons will be hosted on Saturday at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja. Lukaku rejects €45m Saudi offer, Gabri Veiga to replace Mount “We are expecting…

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China sentences ex-defence ministers to death over corruption

A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Eti-Osa, Lagos, has acquitted Ms. Olufumilayo Eriolowa, a 33-year-old woman who was remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly assaulting a police officer, Olufowobi Nureni, in the Ogombo area of Lagos State. Eriolowa, who had been remanded since May 17, 2023, was released after the charge was dismissed by Magistrate M. O. Alao of the Magistrates’ Court in Eti-Osa, Lagos. Chronicle NG had reported that the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, revealed in a post on Twitter that Erioluwa was remanded for allegedly assaulting a policeman in the state. Man hospitalized…

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EU pushes consent-based rape definition across bloc

One Bright Okutuoma has been apprehended by men of the Rumuni Police Station of the Rivers State Police Command over an alleged rape of a  five-year-old girl in Ibaa community, in the Emohua Local Government Area of the state. It was chronicled that the culprit, Okutuoma, was at home when he sent his neighbor’s daughter to help him buy a sachet of water but raped her on her return. Narrating the daughter’s ordeal at the station in the company of her husband and daughter, the victim’s mother stated that when her daughter returned with the sachet water, Okutuoma took her…

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