Author: Vincent Osuwo

Nigerian sprinter and 150m world record holder Favour Ofili has reportedly switched allegiance to Turkey, three months before the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Ofili’s switch was announced by Jamaica-based journalist Kayon Raynor on Sunday. “Nigerian sprinter Favour Ofili has switched allegiance to Turkey as of May 31, 2025. According to impeccable TVJ News Centre sources, 22-year-old Ofili has advised the Athletics Integrity Unit of her frustration with the Nigerian Athletics Federation,” Raynor posted via X. He also mentioned Ofili’s absence from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, as well as the Athletics Federation of Nigeria and the Nigeria Olympic…

Iran has failed to attack the US or its forces one day after the President Donald Trump-led administration carried out airstrikes, destroying nuclear sites in the Arab nation. Chronicle NG reports that the US struck three nuclear sites in Iran, bring the sites to ruins, satalite footages confirmed. The Arab nation however, fired missiles towards Israel again, but the danger of an immediate salvo on American forces in the region, which included more than 40,000 troops, was never realised. Throughout the day, US authorities emphasised that the American attacks were not part of a larger offensive campaign. Those pledges, together…

No fewer than 22 people have been killed and 63 others wounded in a suicide bomb attack at a church in Damascus, Syria’s health ministry has said. According to the interior ministry, a man opened fire with a weapon at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Prophet Elias in the Dweila district during a Sunday evening service before detonating an explosive vest. It said the attacker was a member of the extremist group Islamic State (IS). The gang made no immediate claim. Photos and video from inside the church showed a highly damaged altar, pews littered with broken glass, and…

The President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, on Sunday, ended his tenure as the Chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States Authorities of Heads of State and Government, ECOWAS. Following the end of Tinubu’s administration, the President of Sierra Leone, Julius Bio, emerged as his successor. Tinubu announced this at the 67th Ordinary Session of the Authority at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. He said, “It has been a profound honour and privilege to lead this esteemed body, and I remain deeply humbled by the trust and support you have extended to me throughout my channel as I now…

A bride was shot dead on her wedding night in a village near the southeast French city of Avignon by masked gunmen, according to local officials. One suspected attacker was also killed in an apparent exchange of fire, while the groom and a 13-year-old child were critically injured during the event in the village of Goult. A manhunt involving dozens of police officers and a helicopter is underway for an unknown number of individuals who have fled. According to French media, the violence may have been motivated by drug-related score-settling. The authorities have launched an inquiry into both murder and…

Youths in Katsina State have flocked to the streets in a protest to show their support for Iran while also opposing US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Their protest was reported in a post on the popular social media network X on Sunday. According to the post, the protest was held in support of the Iranian government amid the current conflict between Iran and Israel, which is supposedly backed by the United States. In a viral video, protesting youths were seen in large numbers walking through the streets with a massive banner displaying the Iranian leader’s…

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has criticised the General Overseer of Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministry, Prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin, over his claim that giving a “first fruit” offering can wipe away sins, including those committed by fraudsters. The CAN labelled the cleric’s claim as “heresy”, warning Nigerians against being misled by preachers with “dubious theological backgrounds”. Fufeyin made the claim during a sermon at his church, claiming that the first fruit brings miraculous blessings and forgiveness. The Christian practice of offering the first and best portion of a person’s harvest, income, or earnings to God as an act of gratitude and…

The immediate previous governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, encouraged his successor, Governor Hyacinth Alia, on Sunday to avoid playing games and instead follow the security blueprint that President Bola Tinubu personally designed for him. Ortom said this in a statement issued by his aide, Terver Akase, and distributed to journalists in Makurdi. The former governor was replying to Alia, who made a reference to his administration during a television interview with Dickson Tarkighir, a member of the House of Representatives from Makurdi/Guma federal district, over the weekend. Alia through his media aide, Kula Tersoo had said, ”Under Ortom’s watch,…

President Bola Tinubu has condemned the suicide bombing in Konduga, Borno State, over the weekend, calling it a cowardly act. In a statement made on Sunday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the President expressed his sadness over the incident and lamented those who died. The statement partly read, ”President Bola Tinubu has expressed anguish over the suicide bombing in Konduga, Borno State, at the weekend. “The president mourned those who lost their lives, describing the attack as cowardly.” The president urged security forces to step up efforts to wipe out remnants of the Boko Haram insurgents,…

President Bola Tinubu has described as “unacceptable and barbaric” the tragic killing of travellers in the Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. This came as he instructed security authorities to quickly apprehend and bring the criminals to justice. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. Chronicle NG reports that no fewer than 12 travellers were killed by an irate mob in the Mangun community of the Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. The travellers, who were 31 in an 18-seater bus, were headed to a wedding in Qua’an…