Author: Vincent Osuwo

Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo’s daughter, Priscilla Ojo, and Tanzanian musician Juma Jux are expecting their first child together. The couple made the announcement on Instagram on Thursday, posting a maternity photograph of Priscilla’s increasing baby bump. The post’s was simply captioned “Mum & Dad.” The couple married in a series of extravagant ceremonies around Nigeria and Tanzania. The celebrations began with a traditional Yoruba wedding in Lagos on April 17, followed by a white wedding on April 19. Prior to this, they celebrated a Nikkah and civil wedding in Tanzania in February. The last party was held at a magnificently…

Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, the immediate previous National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has welcomed President Bola Tinubu’s choice of Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda Goshwe as the party’s new National Chairman. In a statement issued Thursday night, Ganduje hailed Prof. Yilwatda’s emergence as strategic, emphasising that it occurs at a vital point in the party’s history. The former Kano governor also expressed great trust in the capacity, intellect, maturity, and administrative competence of the incoming chairman to carry the party forward. He also used the opportunity to praise the APC National Executive Committee NEC and other party organs for…

No fewer than 14 villagers and a mobile police officer were killed on Thursday in two separate attacks carried out by terrorists in the Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. Chronicle NG gathered that one of the terrorists’ attacks took place around 4:00 pm as the victims, mostly from the Chirang community, were returning from Bokkos market to Mangor village in the locality. The Chairman of Community Peace Observers in Bokkos, Kefas Mallai, confirmed the killings to the press in Jos on Thursday night. Mallai said, “Yes, it is true. There was an attack on our people at about…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, on Wednesday in Kano, uncovered and sealed a warehouse stocked with 88,560 litres of controlled chemicals, including sulphuric and nitric acid, used for explosives in Kano. Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, Director-General of the Agency, made the announcement while briefing reporters at the facility in Kwakwachi, Fagge Local Government Area of the state. Adeyeye, represented by NAFDAC’s Director of Investigation and Enforcement, Dr. Martins Iluyomade, stated that the warehouse contained 60,000 litres of 90.5 percent sulphuric acid and 28,560 litres of 68 percent nitric acid, as well as 330 empty jerrycans…

The Labour Party candidate in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, on Thursday dismissed a statement credited to Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo, who reportedly said Obi must seek clearance before visiting the state. The former governor of Anambra state stated that he is not afraid of visiting any part of the country. Obi stated this in Onitsha during the presentation of a ₦50 million check to his alma mater, Christ the King College (CKC), in support of infrastructural development. The donation, made in collaboration with fellow Old Boys of the school, is aimed at improving educational facilities and learning…

Adebayo Pelumi, a correctional officer who was declared wanted for the murder of a photojournalist, Ayo Aiyepekun, in Lokoja, Kogi State, reportedly committed suicide. Pelumi, who worked for the Nigeria Correctional Service, was claimed to have checked into a hotel on Wednesday afternoon and was discovered dead in the room at 1 p.m. on Thursday. A hotel employee discovered his body while performing standard cleanup at checkout. According to a hotel employee who spoke on the condition of anonymity, management immediately notified the police, who identified the deceased as the main suspect in Aiyepekun’s murder. Aiyepekun, a photojournalist with InsideStory…

Prof. Yilwatda Nentawe, the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s new National Chairman, has committed to unifying the party’s organs and participants across the country. Nentawe’s appointment was revealed during the ruling party’s NEC meeting in Abuja on Thursday. “I pledge without hesitation that I will work with everybody in the party… I will expand the party with you,” said Nentawe in his acceptance speech. The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has named the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development, Nentawe, as substantive national chairman of the party. Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma, who leads the…

President Bola Tinubu announced plans Thursday to build a new national secretariat for the All Progressives Congress in Abuja. “We’ll look for suitable land to build a fitting secretariat,” Tinubu stated at the 14th APC National Executive Committee meeting, which was held at the State House Conference Centre in Abuja. However, Tinubu did not specify a budget for the project. Muhammadu Buhari House is the current APC national secretariat, located at 40 Blantyre Street, Wuse II, Abuja. The party’s Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee named the building after Buhari in June 2021, after the party paid N2.5 billion for the property…

The Sokoto State Government has prohibited all sorts of “signing-out” ceremonies for graduating secondary school students throughout the state. Prof Ahmad Ladan Ala, the Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, issued the prohibition on Thursday, citing an increase in student misconduct, vandalism, and public disturbances linked to such gatherings. The directive applies to both public and private schools in Sokoto state. Ala claims that the signing-out trend has strayed from its initial celebratory meaning and now threatens the principles of discipline, academic attention, and responsible behaviour that the state’s education system seeks to encourage. “All principals have been directed to…

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has named the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development, Yilwatda Nentawe, as substantive national chairman of the party. Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma, who leads the Progressive Governors’ Forum, announced the motion during the Committee’s 14th meeting, which is currently taking place at the State House Conference Centre in Abuja. The proposal was seconded by Tajudeen Abbas, Speaker of the House of Representatives. The minister was sworn in immediately afterward. The Plateau State-born politician contested for the 2023 governorship election on the platform of the APC. However, he…