Author: Vincent Osuwo

The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, stated on Saturday that it was shocked to learn that a portion of the High Court building in Ekiti State had collapsed on Chief Judge Justice Oyewole Adeyeye. The NBA, the country’s umbrella association of legal practitioners, made the announcement through its President, Mr. Yakubu Maikyau, SAN. The NBA expressed regret that the collapsed court room revealed the amount of infrastructural decay in the judiciary. EFCC charges notorious land racketeering kingpin, Moses Erih, to court According to the report, the collapsed Ekiti court building, “again brings to the fore the deplorable state of infrastructures in…

Fire gutted a motherless babies home in Lagos on Sunday afternoon, multiple sources have confirmed Lightning kills three in Benue Emergency responders and agencies are combating the fire as at the time of this report. Chronicle NG cannot confirm the cause of the fire or the number of casualties at this time. “Emergency responders are working to control and put out Fire that broke out at Tower Of Refuge Motherless/Orphanage Babies Home in Lagos,” the Nigerian Television Authority said in a post on Twitter.

Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) on Saturday, tendered apologies to its customers for the hiccups that followed a recent update of the GTWorld mobile banking app. Customers of GTBank reported dissatisfaction with the usage of the bank’s mobile app on Friday, amid disruptions in the bank’s digital operations. The incident occurred after the bank launched an app upgrade that was supposed to offer improvements and new capabilities to the bank’s mobile transactions but instead caused login troubles and other difficulties for clients. The bank apologized for the disruption caused by the new GTWorld app’s operations in an email statement to customers…

Romelu Lukaku, the Chelsea striker, is set to return to the club’s Cobham training ground on Monday. This follows the collapse of talks between Chelsea and Inter Milan to recruit the Belgian. After Juventus offered £32 million plus £2 million for the Belgian, Inter were ready to give £30 million plus add-ons. Osimhen to replace Mbappe at PSG, Marseille lure Aubameyang They were unable to contact Lukaku’s agent due to suspicions that he had spoken to Juventus. The 30-year-old is set to return to Chelsea soon, but will not accompany the rest of the squad on their tour of the…

Two people have reportedly been kidnapped in the Federal Capital Territory’s Mpape district. According to reports, the gunmen invaded the locality in the early hours of Sunday, July 16, 2023 and abducted two residents. According to a resident of the area who identified himself as Yakubu, the gunmen numbered about six. Police kill two kidnappers, rescues victim in Anambra He said, “At about 1 am today, gunmen numbering six came to our area shot sporadically while the operation lasted, and kidnapped two people. “ SP Josephine Adeh, spokesman for the FCT police command, confirmed the incident. She also stated that…

Describes Nigerian media practitioners as a bulwark against misinformation Media must help us restore trust and provide accurate information The Nigerian Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has solicited the support of media practitioners in reporting disasters and emergencies. The Director General of NEMA, Mustapha, Habib Ahmed, made this call when he hosted publishers, senior editors, and leading lights of the Nigerian media industry drawn from the broadcast, print, and online segments to an awareness creation and capacity-building workshop which proceeded under the theme “NEMA’s Workshop for Media Practitioners on Disaster Reporting” held in Lagos on Saturday, July 15, 2023. The workshop…

A Social Media influencer simply referred to as No. 1 Ekiti Influencer, has bemoaned the lack of adequate infrastructure at the Ekiti NYSC orientation camp in Ise Ekiti. In a post via her verified Twitter handle, she argued that “the NYSC orientation camp in Ekiti doesn’t represent what Ekiti state or government stands for”. she drew the attention of the State Government to the lack of adequate lecture hall and what she called “unhygienic” environment in the camp. According to her, “Corp members take lectures every day, for 3weeks, under the sun, in the middle of smelling toilets”. Lagos to…

The Lagos State Government has announced that the Eko Bridge leading towards the section of the newly reopened Apongbon Bridge will close for 24 hours on Sunday, July 16, 2023. The closure is for immediate remedial palliative works by the Lagos State Public Works Department in conjunction with the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, according to the state government. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transportation, Engr. Abdulhafiz Toriola, made this statement known on Saturday, saying that the 24-hour closure will allow uninterrupted palliative adjustment of the bridge. Distribution of N500bn palliatives is bias against the north, Abba slams FG…

The Anambra State Government announced the rescue of a 19-year-old girl who was reportedly gang raped by six youths in the state’s Anam, Anambra West Local Government Area. On Saturday, Mrs Ify Obinabo, the state’s Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, told reporters that the suspects had been apprehended. Afam Ezenwa, 17, Chijioke Ifeanyi, 20, Collins Obadom, 18, Abuchi Okechukwu, 16, Chima Obiekezie, and Sunday Okafor, 27 are among the suspects seized. Benjamin Mendy not guilty of UK rape charges Obinabo stated that the case has been submitted to the Police Department’s state criminal investigating department for further inquiry. She…

Officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Jigawa State Command, have apprehended two suspects in connection with counterfeiting and criminal conspiracy. This was made known on Friday, July 14, 2023, in a press statement signed by CSC Adamu Shehu, the NSCDC’s Public Relations Officer. “The suspects were arrested when Danladi Umar lodged a complaint at the NSCDC Divisional Office in Sule Tankarkar LGA that one Abdurrahman Khalid deceived and defrauded him by linking him up with one Malam Haruna, who collected the sum of N147,500 from him with a promise to provide him with a local charm,…