Author: Vincent Osuwo

The Ondo State Police Command on Thursday disclosed it had arrested one Chief Adeniyi Ifedayo for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl in the Laaagba community in the Ondo East Local Government Area of the state. Ifedayo, the community’s traditional ruler, was accused of luring the girl into his house and keeping her there for two weeks, where he allegedly sexually harassed her. According to a source, the victim was allegedly lured to the traditional ruler’s house by a yet-to-be-identified commercial motorbike rider in the community. The suspect allegedly kept her in his house for two weeks and fed her pap…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that it will conduct by-elections across affected constituencies on Saturday, August 16, 2025. Elections are being held to fill seats in the National and State Assemblies that have become empty due to resignations, deaths, or court annulments. Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of the commission, announced this during a consultative meeting with political parties in Abuja on Thursday. Details later…

The High Court in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has condemned Oluwatimileyin Ajayi to death by hanging for the brutal murder of Salome Adaidu, a National Youth Service Corps member. On Thursday, Justice Simon Aboki convicted Timileyin of culpable homicide for killing and dismembering the victim. Timileyin was convicted of one count of culpable homicide, which is punishable by death under Section 221 of the Northern Nigeria Penal Code. Timileyin was arrested in Orozo, a border community between the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, and Nasarawa State. Ajayi was found with a decapitated head in a black nylon bag during a church…

The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has raised concerns over the ongoing strike by public primary school teachers in the Federal Capital Territory, which has left pupils out of school for over three months. In a statement on X on Thursday, Obi described education as the most critical and immeasurable component of human development, emphasising that a nation’s progress is closely tied to the education of its people. “It is a known and verifiable study that the more educated a nation is, the more developed it is. Consequently, the most important investment and policy a nation requires is…

The Deputy President of the Senate Barau Jibrin has stated that he will fully support President Bola Tinubu’s decisions about the 2027 general election, including any move to nominate him as running mate. Barau stated this on Wednesday during a press briefing in Abuja, in response to questions concerning demands from political groupings pushing the President to choose him as his running mate in the 2027 presidential election. “Whatever the President asks me to do, I will do it — 100 per cent. “He is my political father. If he calls on me to work with him, I will simply…

A student was arrested in Israel on accusations of spying for Iran. The 22-year-old is accused of committing security violations and carrying out activities on behalf of Iranian operatives, according to a joint statement made Thursday by the Shin Bet domestic security service and the police. The young man, who studies information systems at Ben Gurion University in Beersheba, hails from the Arab town of Deir al-Asad in Northern Israel. He was arrested in June and will face official charges, according to the statement. It’s unclear if the detention happened before or during the current 12-day war with Iran. Authorities…

Protest in Kenya to mark a year since massive anti-government demonstration, turned violent on Wednesday, with eight killed and at least 400 injured as protesters held running battles with police, who flooded Nairobi’s streets with tear gas and sealed off government buildings with barbed wire. Initially calm commemorations turned into mayhem when scattered groups broke up flagstones to throw projectiles at security personnel and demanded President William Ruto’s resignation. The marches were organised to commemorate the anniversary of enormous protests over tax increases last year, which killed at least 60 people and culminated in a vast mob storming parliament on…

Former Super Eagles winger Emmanuel Amuneke has urged the Federal Government to hasten the distribution of houses to the remaining members of the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations-winning squad, confirming that he had received his allotment long before. “You mean the 1994 houses? I received mine long ago,” Amuneke said. “They should hand over to the others now. Let them do it.” Amuneke’s remarks come as the federal government continues to execute its three-decade-old pledge of housing allocations for members of the 1994 Super Eagles squad that won the Africa Cup of Nations in Tunisia. The government recently presented veteran…

Gunmen have killed three people, including the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lade Ward in Mari village, and abducted a 12-year-old girl in a Fulani camp in Lile village in Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State in the early hours of Wednesday. The Kwara State Police Command confirmed two episodes of violent crime, which resulted in the deaths of the PDP ward chairman in Lade Ward in Patigi Local Government Area, his son, Abdullahi Mohammad, and a village resident, Timothy Paul. In the same vein, Chronicle NG gathered that a 12-year-old girl named Hassana Abdullahi was…

Nigeria’s first individual Olympic gold medallist, Chioma Ajunwa, has criticised the failure of sports administrators following the reported nationality switch of top sprinter Favour Ofili from Nigeria to Turkey. Ajunwa responded to the growing trend of elite athletes leaving Nigeria for other countries, saying the mass migration revealed deeply ingrained leadership flaws inside the country’s sports federations. “The Nigerian sports federation needs a lot of work,” Ajunwa posted on her official X account. “Losing Nigerian citizens to other countries like Turkey is a sign of bad leadership. From athletics to football and other sports, we have amazing talents who end…