Author: Vincent Osuwo

The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the tragic death of 31-year-old Sunday Jimoh, a resident of Laditan in Oja-Odan, who drowned in a well on February 22, 2025, around 10:00 a.m. CSP Omolola Odutola, a spokesperson for the Ogun state police command, confirmed this in a statement issued on Sunday. According to Odutola, the event was reported by Kabiru Aladeshayi Ayigbere, a resident of the Junction Area in Oja-Odan, who said he saw the deceased attempting to enter a well alongside his shop. She explained, “Jimoh reportedly insisted on retrieving a phone that had accidentally fallen into the well,…

Ms. Pattaphi Wimonnat, a 24-year-old Thai native, was caught by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) while attempting to import 43 boxes of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis weighing 46.60 kg, into Nigeria. Femi Babafemi, the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, confirmed this in a statement issued on Sunday. The statement read: “An attempt by a 24-year-old Thai woman, Ms. Pattaphi Wimonnat, to smuggle 43 parcels of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, weighing 46.60 kilograms, into Nigeria through Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, has been thwarted by NDLEA operatives, who arrested…

Pope Francis’ condition remains “critical” following a “prolonged asthma-like respiratory crisis” early Saturday, according to the Vatican. The pontiff is “more unwell than yesterday” and has required blood transfusions, according to the statement. According to the Vatican, the 88-year-old was conscious and in his armchair, but required a “high flow” of oxygen, and his prognosis “remains guarded.”. The Pope is receiving treatment for pneumonia in both lungs at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital. The Vatican stated that the blood transfusions were necessary due to a low platelet count, which is connected with anemia. “The Holy Father’s condition remains critical,” a statement said.…

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 38-year-old man and his friend for allegedly defiling and impregnating his 14-year-old stepdaughter. CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, the command’s spokesperson, verified this in a statement released to the media on Saturday in Lagos. He claimed that the suspects planned to sexually defile the girl in the Okokomaiko district of the state. According to Hundeyin, the survivor’s mother reported the crime on Friday to the Okokomaiko Police Division. “The survivor’s mother said that her daughter was defiled by her husband and his friend. “The case was transferred from the Okokomaiko police division to the…

The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested three workers of the Lagos State House of Assembly for allegedly attacking its personnel on February 18. During a scene at the assembly on Monday, some people physically assaulted DSS personnel. In a letter dated February 14, 2025, written by the acting clerk, A. T. B. Ottun, the assembly requested that the DSS provide additional protection. According to the letter with the reference LSHA/FAD/0/7554/323, the DSS was instructed to maintain strict access to the facility from February 15 until further notice. However, a DSS source reported that several persons attacked the soldiers posted…

Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 election, has stated that he did not show any signs of desperation that would cause the party’s leadership to conclude he is seeking a ‘free ticket’ or special treatment’ ahead of the 2027 election. Obi, speaking through his media aide Ibrahim Umar, was reacting to a recent interview in which the LP’s National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, denied that the party planned to field Obi, Abia State Governor Alex Otti, and some 2023 candidates in the next election. The retort comes just a few days after the party’s factional National…

Diran Odeyemi, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party’s National Executive Committee, and Anslem Eragbe, a Labour Party chieftain, have cautioned former Vice President Atiku Abubakar not to run for president in 2027. Both Odeyemi and Eragbe believed the South should be permitted to reign for eight years. They suggested that President Bola Tinubu may not be the southern president in 2027. In an interview, Eragbe stated that Atiku should not have run for president in 2023 since the South’s turn had come. He said, “Atiku was not supposed to contest the 2023 presidential election because it was the turn…

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has forced the Federal Government to reduce telecommunications tariff hike from 50 percent to 35 percent. Chronicle NG gathered that the reduction followed a meeting of the 10-man committee comprising government and NLC representatives at the office of the National Security Adviser, NSA, on Friday, February 21, 2025. According to reports, the meeting started around 4 pm and ended about 7 pm, where NLC representatives insisted that the tariff hike must be withdrawn. Sources informed Chronicle NG that after much pressure from NLC representatives in the 10-man committee, the government and NCC buckled and agreed…

The Ogun State Police Command on Saturday said its agents on Friday at about 8:30 pm foiled a kidnap attempt of several travelers along the Warewa axis of the long bridge of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway and neutralized four of the kidnappers during the ensuing gun duel. The spokesperson for the state police command, CSP Omolola Odutola, confirmed this in a statement on Saturday. The gunmen are claimed to have attacked a white Paragon commercial vehicle with the number plate BDG 753 YH, driven by Mr. Morufu Adedeji and headed towards Lagos. The armed guys reportedly forced the vehicle to stop,…

US President Donald Trump sacked the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, CQ Brown, the highest-ranking officer in the country, as part of a dramatic shake-up of top military leadership. “I want to thank General Charles ‘CQ’ Brown for his over 40 years of service to our country,” Trump posted on social media. He said five other top officers were also being replaced. Gen. Brown was the second Black officer to hold the position, which advises both the president and the secretary of defense on national security. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth earlier stated that Gen. Brown should be…