Author: Vincent Osuwo

US President Donald Trump has reportedly recalled the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Richard Mills, and other career diplomats from their ambassadorial posts. According to Politico, the directive is part of an effort to align US diplomatic representation abroad with President Trump’s “America First” priorities. A State Department official confirmed to the news outlet that the ambassadors affected by the shake-up were first chosen during the Joe Biden administration but will now serve until January. According to the official, the diplomats’ appointments as chiefs of mission will come to an end, although they may return to Washington for other duties.…

Kwara State residents of Bayagan Ile in the Ifelodun Local Government Area are fleeing in droves after bandits attempted to abduct them again on Sunday morning. Chronicle NG gathered that the community has been left in fear and confusion following the sudden abduction of the monarch, Alhaji Kamilu Salami, the Ojibara of Bayagan, on November 29, 2025, while working on his farm on that fateful Saturday morning. It was also learned that inhabitants of the village have begun relocating from Bayagan Ile as a result of unsuccessful attempts to gain the monarch’s release, who is widely regarded as a rallying…

The Federal Government has announced Thursday December 25, and Friday, December 26, 2025, as official holidays to celebrate Christmas and Boxing Day. The government announced Wednesday, January 1, 2026, as the date for the New Year festivities. The Christmas and New Year holiday announcement was included in a statement released on Monday by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Dr. Magdalene Ajani, representing the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo. The minister encouraged Nigerians to contemplate the principles of love, peace, humility, and sacrifice linked to the arrival of Jesus Christ. Tunji-Ojo urged all citizens, regardless of their religion…

A total sum of N288,188,772,947.06 has been flagged in the operations of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. This was discovered in the recently released Auditor-General’s Annual Report on Noncompliance and Internal Control Weaknesses in MDAs for 2022. The report discovered various audit irregularities relating to procurement processes, contractor payments, non-retirement of advances, and the commission’s failure to remit required deductions between 2018 and 2019 while Mahmood Yakubu was chairman. According to one audit observation, the Auditor-General found that N5,312,238,499.39 was paid for the provision of Smart Card Readers for the 2019 general elections using a restricted procurement technique without…

The US has indicted Izunna Okonkwo, a dual US-Nigerian citizen, alongside five other people of various nationalities with an alleged $41 million stock market fraud in the United States. Chronicle NG gathered from a statement obtained on the United States Department of Justice website on Sunday that Okonkwo and the other defendants allegedly engaged in insider trading between June 2020 and February 2024. According to the statement, the six defendants were charged on Friday with participating in a years-long plan to trade securities using substantial non-public information. The other defendants were identified in the statement as Muhammad Saad Shoukat, 33;…

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has compensated victims and their families for the inadvertent airstrike that occurred on December 25, 2024, in Sokoto State. The casualties are from the state’s Silame Local Government Area, specifically Gidan Bisa and Rumtuwa villages. This was said on Sunday in Abuja by Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, Director of Public Relations and Information for the Nigerian Air Force. In his remarks, the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Aneke, represented by the Chief of Civil Military Relations, AVM Edward Gabkwet, thanked the state government for building a strong bond between the NAF and…

The faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by Kabiru Turaki (SAN) has filed a petition with the Federal High Court in Abuja, requesting an order mandating the Inspector-General of Police and the Nigeria Police Force to promptly unseal and vacate the national secretariat of the party along with its other offices nationwide. The request is included in a Motion on Notice submitted by the plaintiffs via their lead attorney, Chief Chris Uche (SAN), urging a mandatory injunction that requires the police to take down all barricades, unseal, and vacate the PDP national headquarters. The PDP national secretariat was…

42 Nigerians have been deported from the Ashanti Region of Ghana following court verdicts on alleged prostitution, fraud, and other related offenses. Frank Amoakohene, the Ashanti Regional Minister, announced the development in a Facebook post on Thursday, December 18, 2025. According to him, 13 Cameroonian nationals, three Ivorian nationals, three Burkinabe nationals, and seven Beninese nationals have also been deported. The court verdicts affected a total of 68 African nationals. Amoakohene wrote, “A total of 42 Nigerians, 13 Cameroonians, 3 Ivorians, 3 Burkinabe nationals, and 7 Benin nationals have been deported from the Ashanti Region to their respective countries following…

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has filed a case with the Supreme Court regarding the legal issues stemming from the suspension of Kogi Central senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. The action was verified in certain court records dated December 1, 2025, provided to our correspondent on Sunday. The progression came after a recent ruling by the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, that dismissed the Federal Government’s argument in the appeal concerning Akpoti-Uduaghan’s suspension. The appellate court determined that the brief was inadequate, as it did not adhere to the required guidelines of the Court of Appeal Rules regarding formatting and procedures. While Akpabio…

Bayern Munich cruised to a 4-0 away win over lowly Heidenheim on Sunday, restoring their nine-point lead atop the table in Harry Kane’s first match as captain. Borussia Dortmund had cut the gap to the leaders to six points on Friday, but Bayern dominated the final Bundesliga match before the winter break, winning courtesy of goals from Josip Stanisic, Michael Olise, Luis Diaz, and Kane. Kane had an “amazing year” in 2025 by winning his first league title, telling DAZN, “We started to build a spirit and a team energy that is hard to break, and we took that into…