Author: Vincent Osuwo

Dr Ali Makoda, Kano State Commissioner of Education, has ordered a thorough investigation into the mysterious deaths of two students at the Government Boarding Secondary School, Bichi. The slain students, Hamza Tofawa and Umar Dungurawa, were allegedly attacked by colleagues with “Gwale-Gwale” metal objects. This is contained in a statement issued by the ministry’s Director of Public Enlightenment, Balarabe Kiru, which Chronicle NG obtained on Wednesday. According to the statement, the commissioner, speaking via the permanent secretary of the ministry, Bashir Muhammad, said that the state government will conduct a fair and transparent investigation, guaranteeing justice for all those concerned.…

The Lagos State Police Command has discovered a multi-million naira visa scam and arrested four suspects accused of being behind the fraudulent operation, which defrauded over 100 victims of more than N500 million. The suspects, identified as Blessing Wefsutu, 27; Chineye Christian, 36; Archibong Udeme Ifereke, 23; and Maurine Peter, 25, worked for an educational consultant firm in Lagos’ Ago Okota region. The crime was first reported to the Ago Okota Police Division before being moved to the State Criminal Investigation Department in Yaba for a more thorough investigation. Preliminary investigations found that the consultancy service, claiming to facilitate Canadian…

Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, the Oluwo of Iwo, expressed satisfaction with how the late Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, was buried according to Islamic rituals. Oba Adetona, who died on Sunday, was buried the next day at his home in Ijebu Ode. He died at age 91. Muslim clerics oversaw the interment process, as security personnel, including soldiers, stopped traditionalists and Osugbo cult members from handling the burial. Speaking at the burial, Governor Dapo Abiodun revealed that the monarch had requested that he be buried according to Islamic rituals. In response to the late traditional ruler’s funeral, Oluwo, through…

Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 elections, is currently in Daura, Katsina State, to express his condolences to the family of late former President Muhammadu Buhari. Obi was observed at Buhari’s Daura home on Wednesday, one day after the former president was laid to rest. Buhari was buried in Daura on Tuesday, according to Islamic rituals, capping off a sad national farewell to a man who previously led Nigeria as both a military head of state and a democratically elected president. His remains were interred at 5:50 p.m., following a funeral prayer delivered by Sheikh Salisu…

Former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, was cleared of money laundering and theft charges totalling ₦6.9 billion by the Federal High Court in Lagos. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke upheld Fayose’s no-case submission, stating that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission failed to link him to the alleged crime or demonstrate prima facie evidence to justify his defence. Fayose was initially charged in 2018 before Justice Mojisola Olatoregun, but the EFCC later obtained a transfer of the case to Justice Aneke. The anti-graft agency accused Fayose of obtaining ₦1.2 billion for his 2014 governorship campaign and $5 million in cash from…

Russia defied calls by US President Donald Trump to reach a peace deal by firing hundreds of drones, artillery and a ballistic missile at Ukraine between late Tuesday and early Wednesday, Ukraine said. According to police, the assaults killed one woman and injured more than two dozen others across different districts, while a missile attack disrupted electricity and water to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s hometown of Kryvyi Rig. The bombardment occurred two days after US President Donald Trump vowed to impose severe penalties on the country unless it negotiated a peace agreement within 50 days to end its three-year war…

The Turkish government has warned that members of the Fethullah Terrorist Organisation live in Nigeria and operate in other countries across the world. Mehmet Poroy, Turkey’s Ambassador-designate to Nigeria, has stated that the terrorist group is using schools and health care facilities to conceal its operations in the country. Poroy said this on Tuesday night in Abuja during a dinner hosted by the Turkish Embassy to commemorate the country’s Democracy and National Unity Day. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the celebration is performed annually to commemorate the failed coup in Turkey on July 15, 2016, which was purportedly…

The Association of Ex-Local Government Chairmen of Nigeria (ASELGON) has described the late former President Buhari as a pragmatic leader who will be remembered for his leadership style. According to a statement signed by the association’s national president, Albert Asipa, Buhari’s death, together with that of the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, on the same day, was “a terrible and devastating blow to the country”. ASELGON, which expressed condolences to the relatives of the deceased in Daura, Katsina State, and Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, said they should be comforted by their records of service to mankind as army generals, politicians,…

Marta Elena Feitó-Cabrera, Cuba’s Minister of Labour and Social Security, has been forced to quit after making comments in a parliamentary session that disputed the existence of beggars on the Communist-run island. The minister had stated that there were no “beggars” in Cuba and that those who scavenged trash were doing so voluntarily in order to get “easy money”. The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, responded to widespread criticism of her remarks by both domestic and international audiences. She resigned shortly afterwards. Poverty and food shortages have deteriorated in Cuba as the country struggles with a severe economic crisis. Feitó-Cabrera…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar delivered a glowing tribute to the late President Muhammadu Buhari, describing him as “one of Nigeria’s towering sons” and a leader who carried the burden of national duty with unyielding conviction. In a personally signed statement made on the day of Buhari’s burial in Daura, Katsina State, Atiku stated that the former president’s passing “has cast a long shadow across the land, stirring reflections on legacy, sacrifice, and the fleeting nature of power.” “It is an honour to be present in Daura, to stand shoulder to shoulder with his family, his kinsmen, and the Nigerian…