Author: Vincent Osuwo

Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, has encouraged South-West leaders to support the establishment of Sharia panels in the region to promote peace and religious harmony. Oloyede, who also serves as Secretary-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, made the announcement on Channels Television’s Inside Sources with Laolu Akande on Sunday. He voiced alarm over the lack of awareness surrounding the subject, pointing out that Sharia panels have existed in the region for years. He said, “I believe that Nigeria is great, and Nigeria will continue to be great, but it requires a…

The trial of Nnamdi Kanu, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, has been extended indefinitely by Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja. The ruling, made on Monday, comes after Kanu insisted that Nyako cannot sit over his case, citing her earlier recusal. Chronicle NG had earlier reported that Kanu had been ordered to appear for a hearing on Monday, February 10, 2025, before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja. Kanu had earlier petitioned the National Judicial Council, accusing Justice Nyako of judicial malpractice in handling his trial. Days later, the IPOB leader…

The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board, JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has disclosed that “exceptional” students below the age of 16 can register for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, as the board had opened the Exceptionally Brilliant Window for such candidates. He stated that, while the examination body had set a minimum age of 16 for all students entering higher institutions, the need for under-16s to appear for the UTME was necessary by the number of exceptional individuals. The JAMB registrar, a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, revealed this while appearing as a guest on Channels Television’s…

Popular gospel singer Paul Nwokocha has finally addressed the speculations around his marital problems, offering a blunt response in a trending video on his own YouTube page. Nwokocha stated that he has no regrets about leaving his marriage, citing his wife’s claimed “abominable acts” as the catalyst for his choice. “If I marry today and find out that the wife I married is doing an abominable thing before God and before man, I will send you out of my house,” he asserted in the video, which was posted on Sunday. The gospel singer went on to reveal stunning details about…

The Archbishop of Ibadan Province, Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, Dr. Williams Aladekugbe, has expressed concern that the country’s economic crisis has hindered Christians from attending services and making donations in churches. He made the statement while presenting the 1st Distinguished Alumni Lecture of the Department of Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, in Ibadan over the weekend. The Bishop said that the difficulty had prompted a priest to contact President Bola Tinubu and request that he save people from the economic crisis. Speaking on the sermon titled “The faith once delivered to the saints in the context…

Dr. Kayode Fayemi, former Governor of Ekiti State, claims that the apparent political conflicts are staged to entertain Nigerians. Speaking at his 60th birthday thanksgiving ceremony at St. Martins’ Catholic Church in Isan Ekiti on Sunday, Fayemi downplayed the idea of antagonism between political personalities, underlining that many of the alleged rivalries exist solely on social media. “So, all these things you read on social media are for your entertainment,” he said. “Many will wonder why Governor Segun Oni is here. During his birthday, I spent the entire day with him, and Governor Ayodele Fayose too would have been here…

British pop star Ed Sheeran was stopped from busking in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru on Sunday, with police saying he didn’t have the required permissions. A video of a local police officer unplugging Sheeran’s microphone on Bengaluru’s Church Street, a popular retail and nightlife area, has gone viral. Officials told the ANI news agency that Mr. Sheeran’s team’s request to busk on the road was denied in order to reduce traffic congestion. However, Sheeran insisted on Instagram that “we had permission to busk, by the way. Hence, us playing in that exact spot was planned out before. It…

The federal government is to meet with the Nigeria Union of Teachers and the All Nigeria Confederation of Secondary School Principals on Wednesday to discuss the Minister of Education’s proposal to extend basic education to 12 years. The plan, which seeks to combine junior and senior secondary education into a single continuous course, has elicited varied reactions from education stakeholders, with requests for cautious consideration before any decision is taken. In an exclusive interview, Mr. Musa Ibrahim, National President of ANCOPPS, highlighted that, while the minister had proposed the proposal, it had not yet been adopted into legislation. “The minister…

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has slammed a $5m lawsuit against Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook, over an alleged invasion of his privacy. Falana alleges Meta used his name, image, and voice in a deceptive advertisement for a health product on their platform, representing him as having prostatitis, which he denies. Falana argued in his suit, filed on February 3, 2025, at the Lagos State High Court, that the unauthorised use of his identity violates his fundamental right to privacy under Section 37 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), as well as Sections 24(1)(A) and (E)…

Former Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, and the National Leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, may have been a strategic move by Kwankwaso to assess his political options in the South-West ahead of the 2027 elections. The two politicians held a closed-door meeting at Aregbesola’s residence in Lagos. While details of their discussion were not made public, the meeting has fuelled speculation about a possible coalition or alignment. A source within the Kwankwasiya camp told Chronicle NG that Kwankwaso is seeking to leverage Aregbesola’s influence, especially given his estrangement from President Bola Tinubu and his…