Author: Vincent Osuwo

The Lagos State Government has voiced profound concern over the increased prevalence of domestic and sexual violence in homes, despite ongoing measures to combat the problem. This comes as the state declared the start of the 2025 Domestic and Sexual Violence Awareness Month on September 1 under the topic “Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV): It Concerns Us All.” Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice Lawal Pedro, SAN, was joined by the Solicitor-General and Permanent Secretary, Olanrewaju Oyenuga, and the Executive Secretary of the Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA), Mrs Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, at a media briefing in Alausa, Ikeja. Pedro…

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has stated that former President Goodluck Jonathan will be unable to defeat incumbent President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections. The party questioned Jonathan’s political relevance in unseating Tinubu. Jonathan, who lost his reelection campaign in 2025 to the late President Muhammadu Buhari, is being pushed by supporters to run again in the 2027 general elections. In a statement issued on Friday, APC spokesman Seye Oladejo stated, “While we acknowledge the former president’s role in the peaceful democratic transition of 2015, an act that rightly earned him praise at…

Two middle-aged farmers have been reportedly ambushed and killed in their farms by armed herdsmen at Goh village, Naka, in the Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State. According to reports, the deceased, Orlovuu, and his buddy were attacked and killed by marauders on Thursday afternoon while harvesting their crops in farms fewer than four kilometres from Naka town, the Local Government Headquarters. According to sources who identified themselves as Lanshim, the horrible murder of the two occurred less than 48 hours after the armed herdsmen led their animals to graze on people’s crops, destroying their harvests. He claimed…

Senegal won the African Nations Championship (CHAN) bronze medal on Friday with a dramatic 4-2 penalty shootout victory over Sudan in Kampala. The 2022 winners rallied from a goal down to draw 1-1 in regulation time before winning the penalty shootout at Mandela Stadium. The Lions of Teranga had looked sharp, but Sudan took the lead after only six minutes thanks to a corner kick from Mohamed Tia Asad. Senegal pressed hard against a tight Sudanese defence and was rewarded just before the hour when Seyni Mbaye latched onto a right cross from Ousseynou Seck to equalise. Sudan had a…

Dr Tunji Alausa, the Minister of Education, has corrected his prior claims that there was no binding agreement between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), admitting that a written agreement was signed in 2009. In a statement released on Friday, Alausa stated that the 2009 FGN-ASUU Agreement is still the only valid and binding instrument in place. This comes less than 24 hours after Alausa dismissed ASUU’s position as based on a mere draft, asserting that no agreement had ever been signed—a charge the union quickly refuted. However, the ministry, through its Director of Press…

Ike Abonyi, a renowned journalist, writer, author, and columnist, has refuted claims made by social media user Deji Adeyanju that Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, promised him money in exchange for his support. Abonyi, who stated that he personally brokered and attended the meeting between Obi and Adeyanju ahead of the elections, described Adeyanju’s allegations as false. In a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, Abonyi stated that Obi made no monetary or material offer during their three-hour conversation, contrary to Adeyanju’s account on social media. “I was at the meeting Deji had…

Some Nigerian professors have demanded that their pay be increased to at least N2.5m per month, claiming that anything less was no longer acceptable. Protests erupted on various campuses on Tuesday, as members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities criticised the Federal Government for failing to follow the renegotiated 2009 FGN-ASUU agreement. Lecturers have long complained about low pay and deteriorating working conditions in academia. With teachers earning around N500,000 per month, some have been compelled to crouch in quarters, while others battle with students for space on buses designed for undergraduates. Documents obtained by Chronicle NG show that…

Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed encouraged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday to select a Southern Christian as its presidential candidate in 2027. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday, Mohammed said that a southern candidate would assist the PDP in avoiding the scandal that plagued the All Progressives Congress in 2023. He stated that when deciding on a ticket, the PDP must consider Nigeria’s religious and regional diversity. Mohammed stated, “What I want to say is we have not absolutely chosen or narrowed down on any person. Everybody should know that PDP is open. “It’s open in…

Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has stated that he and Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde would make a “perfect match” on a single ticket if the People’s Democratic Party fields them in the 2027 presidential election. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday, Mohammed refuted claims that he had already been named Makinde’s running partner, although he insisted that the PDP still has the option. He claimed that to reflect Nigeria’s variety and avoid the controversy of a Muslim-Muslim ticket, the party should propose a Christian from the South as its presidential candidate, with a Muslim from the North…

Sokoto State was plunged into sadness on Thursday evening following another boat tragedy in Shagari Local Government Area, in which hundreds of passengers were believed to have died. This is the third boat disaster in Sokoto in one month. Aminu Liman Bodinga, Special Adviser to Governor Ahmed Aliyu on the State Emergency Management Agency, confirmed the development in a statement on Friday, saying officials from SEMA, the National Emergency Management Agency, and the National Inland Waterways Authority had begun search and rescue operations. According to eyewitnesses, the boat, which was carrying numerous passengers, collapsed in the middle of the river,…