Author: Vincent Osuwo

The family of former Inspector-General of Police Solomon Arase has announced his death at the age of 69 after an undisclosed illness. In a statement on Sunday by his son, Solomon Arase Jnr, the family said the former IGP died on Sunday, August 31, 2025, at Cedercrest Hospital, Abuja, after a brief illness. “The Arase family of Benin City, Edo State, hereby announces the passage of Solomon Ehigiator Arase, former Inspector General of Police. “He passed on at about 9 a.m. on Sunday, 31st August 2025, at the Cedarcrest Hospital, Abuja, after a brief illness. “He was aged 69,” the…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won 20 of the 23 local government areas in Saturday’s Chairmanship and Councillorship elections. In contrast, the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission’s poll yielded only three LGAs for the state’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party. Governor Siminalayi Fubara also lost control of the Opobo-Nkoro LGA to the state’s main opposition party. Dr Michael Odey, the RSIEC Chairman, released the results on Sunday afternoon at the commission’s headquarters on Aba Road in Port Harcourt. Details later…

Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development Festus Keyamo has cautioned that the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) 2027 presidential campaign faces major difficulties if it chooses former President Goodluck Jonathan or ex-Anambra governor Peter Obi as its standard bearer. In a lengthy post on his X account on Sunday, Keyamo stated that the opposition party is still in a “non-enviable position” after failing to zone its 2023 ticket to the South, a decision he claims cost the PDP support in its traditional strongholds in the South-South and South-East. Keyamo said that selecting Jonathan poses a constitutional risk due to clause 137(3)…

One person has been confirmed dead, and over 300 farmlands and crops have been devastated by heavy floods in the Nasarawa, Kokona, and Doma Local Government Areas of Nasarawa State. The Director General of the Nasarawa State Emergency Management Agency, Benjamin Akwash, made the announcement during a news briefing in Lafia on Saturday following an assessment of the affected areas. Akwash stated that the agency had been conducting sensitisation efforts in flood-prone localities, as well as engaging stakeholders on the importance of taking safety precautions and heeding weather forecasts issued by appropriate authorities. He did, however, voice concern that many…

The suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, and his loyalists were conspicuously absent from Saturday’s election for chairman and councillor positions in the state. Fubara was not seen in the Opobo Local Government Area, where he is from, even though the election was held on a limited scale. According to sources, the governor was not in the state. Some major supporters of the suspended governor, including the Chief of Staff of the Government House, Edison Ehie; the Secretary to the Government, Dr Tammy Danagogo; and the expelled 23 local government chairmen, did not attend the poll. Members of the…

A female food seller simply identified as Ammaye has been lynched in the Mariga local government area of Niger State by an irate mob over alleged blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad. The event was reported to have occurred at Kasuwan Garba in the council area. According to eyewitnesses, the confrontation began in the nearby town of Igwama, where the woman, who is also a Muslim and is well known among neighbours as a food seller, apparently exchanged words with a young guy who is supposed to be her nephew. According to reports, the young man playfully told her that he wanted…

No fewer than 10 victims of a ghastly accident on the Benin–Auchi highway were rescued on Saturday through the swift intervention of Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo. Okpebolo, who was travelling with his convoy to Irrua in the Esan Central Local Government Area, met a traffic gridlock shortly after the bypass and alighted to assess the cause. According to reports, on reaching the scene, he found several passengers in critical condition, many bleeding profusely, while bystanders looked on helplessly. Moved by their situation, Okpebholo ordered his aides to deploy two of his security Hilux vehicles to evacuate the victims to…

No fewer than 13 people lost their lives, and more than 20 others remain missing after a boat carrying villagers escaping a bandit attack capsized in a river in Zamfara State. Chronicle NG gathered that the tragedy occurred on Friday in Birnin Magaji ward after armed men invaded several communities, forcing residents to flee in panic. According to reports, many villagers rushed to the riverbank and boarded an overcrowded boat in a desperate attempt to escape. “My eldest son and two nieces were among the 13 people who died. People were panicking and rushed onto the boat. It simply couldn’t…

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on Saturday stated that he was optimistic that the state of emergency declared in Rivers State would expire on September 18. He revealed this after casting his vote in the ongoing local government election in the state. Wike mentioned that the expiration would pave the way for the state House of Assembly to resume its legislative duties. “As far as we are concerned, this election is peaceful; people are trooping out, and at the end of the day, the election has been conducted successfully and peacefully. “I do know that by…

A US federal appeals court ruled that most of former President Donald Trump’s tariffs are unlawful, dealing a significant blow to one of the defining pillars of his economic policy, Reuters reported. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled in a 7-4 vote on Friday that Trump exceeded his legal authority by imposing wide tariffs under emergency powers. The verdict is stayed until October 14, giving the Trump administration time to file an appeal with the US Supreme Court. Trump lambasted the verdict in a post on his Truth Social platform, describing the court as “highly partisan”.…