Author: Vincent Osuwo

The federal government has formally set the age of admission to the nation’s higher institutions at 16. This came as the government warned that any entrance made outside of the Central Admission Processing System, or CAPS, would be illegal and the culprits would be arrested. Dr Tunji Alausa, Minister of Education, announced this on Tuesday when opening JAMB’s Policy Meeting in Abuja. He cautioned that heads of institutions discovered to be committing fraud in admitting students will face prosecution. Alausa claimed that the government’s official age of 16 is non-negotiable. Details later…

The US plans to remove the Syrian Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) from its list of foreign terrorist organisations on Tuesday, a State Department memo reveals. In December, the organisation led a rebel offensive that ousted Syria’s 54-year-old Assad dictatorship. Its leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, is now the country’s provisional president. HTS, formerly known as al-Nusra Front, was originally al-Qaeda’s Syrian offshoot until its relationship with al-Sharaa ended in 2016. In recent months, Western countries have attempted to re-establish relations with Syria, which has experienced severe sanctions aimed at the previous regime. In late June, President Trump signed an executive…

The death toll from Friday’s flash floods in central Texas has risen to more than 100 people, with an unknown number still missing. Search and rescue teams are wading through mud-filled riverbanks as further rain and thunderstorms threaten the region, but hope for finding any more survivors is waning four days after the disaster. Camp Mystic, a Christian all-girls summer camp, confirmed that at least 27 girls and staff had died. Ten girls and one camp counsellor are still missing. Meanwhile, the White House denied that funding cuts to the National Weather Service (NWS) hampered disaster response efforts. At least…

The remains of a NYSC corps member and two naval personnel who drowned along with six people when a naval gunboat capsized on Thursday evening have been discovered, according to a naval official. Chronicle NG gathered that those who died in the gunboat mishap could have survived the incident if it had been an open boat. According to preliminary findings, gunboats’ protective windscreens made it harder for victims to swim out when they sank. “Gunboat has protective windscreens as part of the features. When the accident occurred, the protective glasses all over the boat made it difficult for them to…

Over 500 houses have been submerged, while property worth millions of naira was lost due to floods in Kabba, the headquarters of the Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State. The flood disaster destroyed over 500 homes, leaving many families homeless. In Ondo State, a three-day downpour caused flooding in the state’s three senatorial districts, displacing hundreds of citizens. According to accounts, seven bridges fell in some of the impacted areas, restricting inhabitants’ access to farms, markets, and their workplaces. Locals in Kogi revealed Wednesday that the downpour was steady for three days, causing streams and brooks in the area…

The publisher of Ovation Magazine, Dele Momodu, has urged President Bola Tinubu to cease promoting the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, ahead of the 2027 general elections, citing Wike’s questionable character and erratic attitude. Speaking on Channels Politics Today in response to Wike’s recent appearance on a television programme in which the minister attacked political rivals and former associates, Momodu described Wike’s behaviour as “a public display of someone who has lost control,” warning that such a figure should not be elevated to positions of greater national influence. “My appeal to President Bola Tinubu is that no…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has issued a directive for all branches of the union nationwide to withdraw their services due to the delay in paying its members’ June 2025 salaries, citing the enforcement of the “No Pay, No Work” resolution. ASUU branches at two federal universities, the University of Jos and the University of Abuja, have already begun strike action in response to the mandate. President of ASUU, Prof. Chris Piwuna, confirmed the development to Tribune Online on Monday in Abuja, saying the institutions are simply enforcing the union’s National Executive Council (NEC) resolution that any month…

Presidential aide Daniel Bwala has stated that his former mentor and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar may never become Nigeria’s president, despite years of campaigning for the position. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, Bwala, Atiku’s spokesman during the 2023 presidential campaign, stated that the former vice president had most likely exhausted all options to fulfil his dream. “In all honesty, I have expressed my opinion that it may never have been destined by God for him (Atiku) to be a president in Nigeria because he has done everything he needs to do to be president, and he…

The Nigerian Air Force on Saturday, July 6, 2025, launched coordinated airstrikes targeting key Boko Haram enclaves in the Mandara Mountains of Borno State. The airstrikes, executed under Operation Hadin Kai, focused on Wa Jahode and Loghpere, two long-established strongholds of the Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad faction of Boko Haram. A region noted for its rugged terrain near the Nigeria-Cameroon border had recently experienced an increase in terrorist activity, with allegations of a logistics buildup and the presence of senior JAS commanders. According to a statement issued Monday by Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, Director of Public Relations and Information…

The governor of Oyo State, ‘Seyi Makinde, expressed his condolences on the death of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Akinloye Owolabi Olakulehin, Ige Olakulehin I, who passed away on Monday morning. The governor received a delegation from the late traditional ruler’s family, which included the former President-General of the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII) and Aare Mayegun of Ibadanland, Chief Bayo Oyero; Olubadan’s younger brother, Mr Osuolale Owolabi Olakulehin; and the deceased’s son, Aremo Olasumbo Owolabi. While addressing the delegation in his office, Makinde stated that the state would support the family at this difficult time and provide a…