Author: Vincent Osuwo

Liverpool advanced from the EFL third round with a stunning 2-1 victory over Southampton at Anfield on Tuesday night. The Reds seized the lead just before halftime when summer acquisition Alexander Isak scored his first goal for the club in the 43rd minute. The striker grabbed onto Federico Chiesa’s feed and calmly tapped home, giving Liverpool the lead at halftime. Southampton battled their way back into the game in the 76th minute, when midfielder Shea Charles found space in the area and shot past the The Red’s goalie, quieting the home crowd and putting the tie back in the balance.…

Barcelona midfielder Gavi is expected to be out for up to five months following knee surgery, the club announced on Tuesday. “Gavi has had an arthroscopy to resolve a medial meniscus injury, which was sutured to preserve the meniscus. Recovery time is estimated at around 4-5 months,” Barcelona said in a statement. In 2023, the 21-year-old Spanish international tore his cruciate ligament in the same knee. He hasn’t played since August, and Barcelona had hoped that conservative treatment would address the problem without requiring surgery. Barcelona will face Real Oviedo in La Liga on Thursday, Real Sociedad on Sunday, and…

Afrobeats star David Adeleke, popularly called Davido, has been accepted as a voting member of the Recording Academy, the organization behind the Grammy Awards. Emerging as a voting member, the Nigerian hitmaker will be part of a global community of music professionals who determine the awards in the 2026 Grammy ceremony. The Recording Academy confirmed the nomination via an Instagram post on Tuesday. It wrote, “Creating a song or an album takes heart, time, and dedication. That’s why Recording Academy members, including #Davido, #ravynlenae, #offsetyrn, #jessiereyez, #zacbrownband, #anneakikomeyers, #milesminnick, #mayaelizabethmusic, #damiensneed, #damarismusica, and #stewart_copeland, are sharing why your participation matters.”…

Nigerian singer and actress Tiwatope Savage, popularly known as Tiwa Savage, has addressed lingering controversies involving Davido while also setting the record straight on rumors linking her to Wizkid. In an interview with The Breakfast Club on Tuesday, Savage spoke freely about the December 2023 disagreement with Davido, as well as her previous experiences in a covert relationship she described as ’embarrassing.’ The Tiwa-Davido feud began after she shared an Instagram story with Sophia Momodu, Davido’s first baby mama. Speaking in the interview, Savage detailed the origins of the disagreement and underlined that it was a personal affair. “Our kids…

The former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele, asked an Abuja High Court on Tuesday to dismiss the prosecution in his ongoing trial over alleged procurement fraud. Emefiele is on trial before Justice Hamza Muazu in a suit filed by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation under case number CR/577/2023, on an amended 20-count accusation. Emefiele was charged by the federal government with criminal breach of trust, conferring corrupt advantage, forgery, conspiracy to get by false pretenses, and acquiring money by false pretenses while serving as CBN governor. He was accused of using his…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ilorin Zonal Directorate, has arrested 28 suspected internet fraudsters in Kwara State. According to a statement released by the EFCC Media Office, “The suspects were picked up in the early hours of Tuesday during sting operations carried out in the Tanke, University Road, Oshin, and Agbabiaka areas of the state capital.” The commission stated that the arrests followed credible intelligence linking the suspects to cybercrime activities within Ilorin. EFCC also revealed that items recovered from them included “seven exotic cars, among them the latest model Toyota Corolla and a Lexus, and two motorcycles,…

First Lady Oluremi Tinubu on Tuesday stated that the National Library fund had raised N20.4bn since it was launched last Thursday, September 18, 2025. “So far we have raised N20.4bn since this fund launched last week, and more are still coming,” the First Lady told journalists at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja. Mrs. Tinubu announced intentions to raise cash for the long-awaited completion of the country’s National Library ahead of her 65th birthday on Sunday, September 21. She invited well-wishers to give to the fund rather than mailing her presents or purchasing newspaper adverts to commemorate the occasion. In…

Fatai Quadri, a 57-year-old sawmiller who was seen in a viral video assaulting his wife, Rukayat Quadri, 50, was remanded at the Correctional Centre in Ijebu Ode on Monday until October 17 for a further hearing in the police suit filed against him before the Ijebu Ode Magistrate Court. According to records made accessible to our correspondent during his arraignment on Tuesday, Quadri was charged with the crimes of assault, domestic violence, and breach of peace, among others. The charge sheet reads, “That you, Quadri Fatai Abiodun, on the 15/09/2025 at about 0600 hrs at No: 11, Bakare Street, Oke-Owa,…

Chaos erupted in Atan-Ota, Ado-Odo-Ota Local Government Area, Ogun State, on Sunday, following the murder of a man known simply as Moses by suspected cultists. A resident of the village, who spoke to the press on the condition of anonymity due to the delicacy of the situation, claimed that members of the Aye Confraternity hacked the victim to death. One of the horrific videos obtained by Chronicle NG on Monday shows the alleged cultists repeatedly slashing the victim’s right wrist with machetes while mumbling in pidgin, “We are the ones in charge.” Moses was seen lying face down, apparently unconscious,…

Presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga has advised the former governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, to go for a psychological evaluation. Onanuga, in a statement on Sunday, urged Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani to reach out to his predecessor, as “El-Rufai could benefit from some professional counselling to steer him away from his recent hallucinations and political fabrications about Tinubu and 2027. Onanuga gave the advice while denying his claims that President Bola Tinubu is seeking to make himself a “life president,” insisting that the president has no plan to remain in office beyond 2031 if re-elected. El-Rufai, speaking over…