Author: Vincent Osuwo

Miss Tamunosoye Karibi-George, representing Bayelsa State, was crowned Miss World Nigeria 2026. The 26-year-old from Port Harcourt, Rivers State, was chosen as the winner of a competition titled “Pride, Power, and Purpose”. She was crowned on Saturday night in a grand finale at the Federal Palace Hotel’s Balmoral Hall in Lagos. She will represent Nigeria at the 73rd Miss World Festival, which will be held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on August 9–September 5, 2026. Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, founder of Silverbird Group and former Bayelsa East lawmaker, declared and hailed Karibi-George’s victory, describing her as “more than a queen”.…

The Oyo State Police Command on Sunday confirmed the arrest of four suspects and the death of two others during a rescue operation involving the sister of the former Minister of Power, Bayo Adelabu, Busola, and her two children in Ibadan. Firearms, including a pump-action gun, were also found during the Saturday night raid in the Ayegun region of the state’s Oluyole Local Government region, which lasted several hours. The abductees were smoked out of their three-bedroom cottage, where they were hibernating. On Sunday, while leading journalists around Ibadan, the state capital, the state Commissioner of Police, Oluwagbemiga Abimbola, said,…

Sen. Sharafadeen Alli, the lawmaker representing Oyo South Senatorial District and the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate for Oyo State in the 2027 elections, has denied any role in the kidnapping of Mrs. Olaide Adegoke, the younger sister of former Minister of Power Adebayo Adelabu. Alli described social media reports linking him to the event as “false, malicious, baseless, irresponsible, defamatory, and politically motivated.” The denial was made in a statement signed by his media office and posted on his X account on Sunday. Mrs. Adegoke was taken around 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, while driving her 12-year-old…

OPEC+ ministers increased oil quotas by 188,000 barrels per day for July, but analysts believe this will have little impact on rising prices due to the Mideast war. Jorge Leon, analyst at Rystad Energy, stated that the increase “means very little while the Strait of Hormuz remains closed.” He added: “The market is not short of quota announcements; it is short of physical barrels that can actually move. In that sense, the 188,000 barrels per day increase would be more of a policy signal than a real supply boost.” The increase was similar to ones decided in previous months. The…

Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has praised Nigeria’s military, specifically Operation HADIN KAI forces, for successfully rescuing 360 abductees from the Mandara Mountains, a notorious terrorist bastion in the state’s south. Zulum, in a statement released on Sunday by his Special Adviser on Media, Dauda Iliya, characterized the operation as a remarkable display of courage, professionalism, and the growing efficiency of intelligence-led military operations in the battle against insurgency in the North East. The governor stated that the mission, which resulted in the safe recovery of hundreds of men, women, and children held captive by terrorists, has restored hope in…

The kidnappers of a former Director of Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Rabe Abubakar (retd), and his wife have demanded the release of three detained fighters and the return of livestock allegedly seized during security operations as conditions for the couple’s freedom. The demands of the terrorists were conveyed in a four-minute video released by the abductors and obtained by Chronicle NG on Saturday. The video shows the retired military commander and his wife in captivity, days after they were kidnapped in Katsina State. In the video, the widow of the former defence spokesman, who spoke in Hausa, pleaded with the Katsina…

The US said it shot down a pair of Iranian drones threatening the Strait of Hormuz, the latest escalation of violence as the war reached its 100th day on Sunday with no end in sight. It happened as Pakistan, the mediator, conveyed a message to Iran’s supreme leader after weeks of indirect talks marred by tit-for-tat threats and sporadic gunfire. Efforts to turn a cease-fire into a long-term settlement have repeatedly failed, while the fighting has shaken global markets and increased domestic pressure on US President Donald Trump ahead of the 2018 elections. However, there were signs of renewed diplomatic…

Mirra Andreeva won her maiden Grand Slam championship on Saturday, defeating Polish qualifier Maja Chwalinska in straight sets in the French Open final. The 19-year-old Russian defeated Chwalinska 6-3, 6-2 to become the youngest Roland Garros women’s singles champion since Monica Seles, then 18, won her third consecutive title in Paris in 1992. With her first major title, Andreeva became the first man or woman born after 2005 to win the Grand Slam. The Coupe Suzanne Lenglen will now take center stage in Andreeva’s expanding trophy collection, which already includes two WTA 1000 titles. Chwalinska’s incredible run began in qualifying,…

Argentina and Marseille central defender Leonardo Balerdi has been ruled out of the World Cup due to a calf injury, the world champions confirmed on Saturday. The 27-year-old had a muscle injury in his right leg and will miss the World Cup, the Argentine federation stated on social media, wishing the player a swift recovery. Balerdi, who hoped to play in his first World Cup, shared a photo of himself training with the team in Kansas City on social media on Friday. Argentina has not yet announced a successor. Argentina’s warm-up match against Honduras is scheduled for late Saturday in…

No fewer than 58,187 students on Saturday sat for the 2026 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) conducted by the National Examinations Council (NECO) for admission into federal government colleges across the country. Prof. Ibrahim Wushishi, Registrar of NECO, made the announcement while briefing press in Abuja after overseeing the test with Minister of State for Education Prof. Suwaiba Ahmad. Wushishi stated that the statistic marked a decrease from the 64,578 candidates who registered for the exam in 2025. He said that female candidates made up the majority of those who registered for this year’s exam. According to him, moreover, 31,000…