Author: Vincent Osuwo

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, stated on Thursday that he is not fighting for dominance with any monarch in Yorubaland or anyplace else in the world. This information was disclosed in a statement issued in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, by his Director of Media and Publicity, Bode Durojaiye. Chronicle NG reports that the fresh battle between the Alaafin, Oba Owoade, and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, started last Monday after the Alaafin faulted the Ooni’s decision to confer the title of Okanlomo of Oduwa on a businessman, Dotun Sanusi, during the unveiling of an…

A National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Jennifer Elohor, has recounted her harrowing encounter with members of the Anambra State Vigilante Group, who broke into her residence, assaulted her, and forcefully took her and her colleagues away. Elohor, who described her trauma in an interview with media personality Aprokoking published on Wednesday, stated that the incident occurred on July 13 at 5 p.m. at the lodge where she and other corps members were sleeping. According to Elohor, she and her colleagues were inside when they heard a forceful knock on the door. “At first, we thought it was our neighbours’…

Prof. Charles Soludo, Governor of Anambra State, has defended his remark that any politician who commits to spend only one term in office should undergo psychological assessment. Soludo said in an interview with Arise Television’s Prime Time programme on Wednesday that his statement was made in light of Anambra political discussions about zoning. He claimed that similar promises had been made in the past but were continually rejected by voters. According to him, such promises are frequently employed as a deceitful strategy to sway voters, despite manifestos that say otherwise. “You see, I said that in the context of the…

The National Secretariat of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has voted no confidence in Dr Amos Dangut, Head of the National Office of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), and has demanded that the examination body’s management be removed immediately. This resolution was made at the recently finished 87th NANS National Senate Sitting/Congress, which took place at Yobe State University in Damaturu, Yobe. The decision followed the council’s systemic failure under his watch, as evidenced by the recently released 2025 WAEC English Language results, which many students sat for under questionable circumstances, as the examination was conducted late…

Arsenal are set to sign Eberechi Eze from Crystal Palace in what could be one of the more audacious signings of the Premier League’s summer transfer season, according to reports on Wednesday. The Germany international came on in the second half of Sunday’s win against Manchester United and finished the game, but he was absent from Arsenal’s open training session at the Emirates on Wednesday. Arsenal became runners-up to Premier League champions Liverpool last season and are likely to fight for the title again, while Spurs, who won the Europa League final, concluded the campaign in a disappointing 17th place.…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), and African Democratic Congress (ADC) have unanimously rejected the planned pay rise for political office holders, calling it “insensitive”, “tone-deaf”, and “ill-timed” considering Nigeria’s deteriorating economic circumstances. The Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation, and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has announced plans to evaluate the wages of the President, Vice President, ministers, governors, and other top officials, which were last updated in 2008, claiming the compensation system is outmoded. However, opposition parties argue the move smacks of greed and a disturbing disconnect from the realities faced by ordinary Nigerians battling hunger, inflation, and an…

Dr Nonye Soludo, the wife of the Anambra State governor, has invited Miss Jenifer Elohor, a female National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member who was brutalised by operatives of the state-controlled Agunechemba security outfit, to the government house to express her sympathies over the unfortunate incident. This occurred as the Anambra State government announced on Wednesday the arrest of members of the security force who brutalised the corps member. An aide to the Anambra first lady said, “The wife of the governor, Dr Nonye Soludo, has reached out to the NYSC member and invited her to the government house. She…

Chief Bisi Akande, the pioneer National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of Osun State, praised the late former President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday as an angel in human flesh, claiming that his legacy of nation-building would remain. Akande, who led a group of political associates to Kaduna to express condolences to the Buhari family, described Buhari’s death as a “painful personal loss” that severely affected him. He described his last interaction with the late president in Daura, Katsina State, and noted that Buhari appeared “healthy and strong,” with no signs of impending death. “I first…

Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri reunited 14 abducted children with their families on Wednesday after rescuing them from Igbo traffickers in Anambra State. During the official handover ceremony at Government House in Yola, Fintiri, represented by his deputy, Prof. Kaletapwa Farauta, described how the combined efforts of security agencies resulted in the children’s rescue and the arrest of the suspected kidnap kingpin, Ngozi Abdulwahab, a middle-aged woman of Igbo extraction. The governor added that in July 2025, intelligence reports indicated a string of missing children, especially kids, prompting immediate action by security personnel from the police, the Department of…

Suspected armed herdsmen killed a mother, her son, and two others in the Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State. According to locals, the herdsmen attack  occurred on Wednesday in the Egwuma and Ogbai communities of the LGA. Chronicle NG gathered that two people were reported missing at the time of the attack by the herdsmen. On Wednesday, a local from Egwuma named Inalegwu told our correspondent over the phone that suspected armed herdsmen raided the two communities and attacked the innocent inhabitants. Inalegwu said, “Some Fulani herdsmen attacked the Egwuma and Ogbai communities today. They killed a woman and…