Author: Vincent Osuwo

Super Eagles attacker Victor Osimhen has revealed that he intends to return to school to get a university degree despite his success in professional football. The interview, first provided to Instablog and resurfaced on Monday, has the Galatasaray striker musing on schooling, life lessons, and the significance of planning for life beyond football. During the interview, Osimhen recognized that, while life has given him significant lessons outside of the classroom, he still intends to complete formal schooling. As an adult, I don’t have everything I learned in school. There are some kinds of life lessons you encounter through life’s journey,”…

The Federal Government has suspended the proposed review of registration fees for the 2027 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WAEC) and the National Examinations Council Senior School Certificate Examination, NECO, pending wider consultations with stakeholders. In a Monday statement issued by the Federal Ministry of Education, the ministry said the letter conveying the proposed fee adjustment, dated June 18, 2026, had been withdrawn to allow for a comprehensive review before any final decision is taken. The ministry, in the release signed by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Boriowo Folasade, said the suspension followed concerns and feedback from members…

Terrorists abducted the 60-year-old headmaster of Nomadic Basic School, Igbojaye, Budo Aare, in Oyo State’s Itesiwaju Local Government Area, Kolawale Mathew Owoade, also known as Onaiye, and demanded N30 million as ransom for his release. Chronicle NG gather that the incident occurred on Saturday evening, July 11, 2026, between 5 and 6 p.m. The victim’s son, Abiola Owoade, said, “The incident happened when my father was returning from his farm at Budo Aare within this local government area. “Shortly after the abduction, the kidnappers contacted the family using the victim’s mobile phone and demanded a ransom of N30 million for…

Jurassic Park actor, Sam Neill, died in Australia on Monday aged 78, his family said in a statement that described the beloved actor’s death as “sudden and unexpected”. The New Zealander had in recent times undergone treatment for lymphoma but declared this year that he was cancer-free. “It is with immense sadness that the whanau of Sam Neill share the news of his passing on Monday 13 July, in Sydney, Australia,” the statement read, using the New Zealand Maori word for family. “The loss was sudden and unexpected but blessed by the fact that Sam remained cancer-free.” The statement did…

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress, has described the recent deaths in Benue and Plateau states as sad and troubling. Obi, in a statement posted on his X handle on Monday, said the killing of at least 16 people in the Otukpo-Nobi community of Benue State and the murder of nine members of a family, including a two-month-old baby, in the Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State were unacceptable and called for a proactive, intelligence-driven security response. The assaults, which took place over the weekend, also claimed two lives in Akpachi village in the Ugboju…

FIFA has confirmed the match officials for Match 101 of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with veteran Salvadoran referee Ivan Barton set to handle the highly anticipated semi-final between France and Spain. On Monday, the international football governing body acknowledged the nominations with a post on its official X account. It states, “The match officials for FIFA World Cup Match 101 have been appointed.” According to FIFA, Barton will preside over the highly anticipated match at Dallas Stadium on Tuesday, July 14, with kickoff at 3:00 p.m. EDT. He will be accompanied by fellow Salvadoran David Moran as Assistant Referee…

No fewer than nine members of a single family, including a two-month-old infant, were killed in a late-night attack by suspected terrorists on Kum and Wereng-Camp communities in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State on Saturday. According to neighbours, the assault began about 11:30 p.m. and lasted for almost an hour. During the raid, the village’s head was gravely injured. Precious Tok, a neighbourhood resident who corroborated the incident, said on Sunday that the assailants entered the communities in huge numbers and started fires without regard for anyone who was there. “The gunmen came in large numbers, shooting everywhere.…

The police will arraign the director-general of the controversial Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, Adeniyi Adeyemi, before the Federal High Court on Tuesday. In a new case designated FHC/ABJ/CR/562/2025, the police accused Adeyemi and two others of eight counts related to forgery, impersonation, and similar crimes. The allegation: Police prosecutor Wisdom Madaki lodged the allegation on November 27, 2025. It was claimed that Adeyemi ran the fake agency from the second level of the Federal Secretariat Complex, Phase III, Abuja, prior to his capture. President Bola Tinubu instructed the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission to perform a…

The US asserts that the Strait of Hormuz remains open, even though Iran claims it has shut the passage due to renewed attacks. Fighting, which resumed this week, persisted on Saturday following the US announcement that it had attacked over 140 sites throughout Iran. The assaults were a reaction to Iranian troops striking a vessel traversing the strait, claiming it was following an unauthorised path. Iran has been attempting to establish authority over the waterway and, early on Sunday, announced that it was shut until further notice. On Sunday, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) carried out extensive attacks on…

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, a strong ally of US President Donald Trump, has passed away at the age of 71. He passed away on Saturday night due to a “brief and unexpected illness”, as stated by his office. Elected to the Senate in 2002, the South Carolina legislator was one of Washington’s key figures in foreign policy, frequently advocating for US military action abroad. Donald Trump referred to Graham as a “genuine American patriot” who would be “deeply missed”. Graham had recently come back from Kyiv, where he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday. No health issues were…