Author: Vincent Osuwo

Alhaji Jelili Adesiyan, a former Minister of State for Police Affairs, expressed concern on Saturday about the slow performance of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) at his polling unit in Unit 8, Ward 6, Lagere Idiose, Ode Omu. He was concerned about how long it would take the large number of voters on the queue to cast their ballots, given the machine’s performance. The former minister said, “The exercise is peaceful here. There have not been any problems, only that the BVAS is very slow. “In this place, we have almost 1,000 people who registered,…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has started publishing the results of Saturday’s Osun State governorship election on its Result Viewing portal. Our correspondent checked the INEC Results Viewing Portal and found that 402 polling unit results had been posted out of an expected 3,763, accounting for 10.68 percent of the total. According to data from the IReV site, the most recent upload occurred at 4:03:10pm on Saturday from polling unit 29/02/04/006, while collation continued across the state’s 30 local government regions. The election, in which Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party is running for re-election against Bola Oyebamiji…

Paris Saint-Germain has confirmed the signing of Spanish World Cup-winning forward Ferran Torres, who will join the French champions until 2031. On Saturday, the club revealed the change on its official website, announcing that Torres will wear number nine. Torres was born on February 29, 2000, in Foios, Spain, and began his football career with futsal before entering the Valencia CF academy at the age of seven. He progressed through the Valencia ranks and created history in December 2017 as he became the first player born in the twenty-first century to play in La Liga, making his debut against Eibar.…

Governor Ademola Adeleke, the Accord Party’s governorship candidate and incumbent governor of Osun State, voted on Saturday in the ongoing governorship election. Adeleke voted in Ward 02, Polling Unit 009, Abogunde Compound, Ede North Local Government Area of the state. Adeleke is running for reelection on the Accord Party platform in Saturday’s governorship election. Chronicle NG reports that the Adeleke Campaign Council has expressed concern about the reported presence of armed security men at the residence of the Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Adewale Egbedun, on Saturday, the day of the governorship election. According to a statement…

The Adeleke Campaign Council has expressed concern about the reported presence of armed security men at the residence of the Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Adewale Egbedun, on Saturday, the day of the governorship election. According to a statement issued by the campaign council’s spokeswoman, Pelumi Olajengbesi, the personnel arrived in over ten black Hilux cars and encircled the speaker’s apartment. It said that the residence had been blocked off, with individuals inside reportedly unable to leave. However, the council stated that it was unable to independently establish the objective of the security deployment, as well as…

Nigerian Afrobeats superstar David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has claimed that soldiers are attempting to prevent him from entering Osun State on Saturday as the state holds its governorship election. In a statement on his verified X account early on Saturday, Davido wrote, “I’ve been reliably informed that soldiers are trying to prevent me from entering Osun tomorrow; this won’t happen. Every citizen of Nigeria has the right to movement at any point in time.” The post comes hours after the Nigeria Police Force announced a restriction of movement across Osun State from 12:00 midnight on Friday, August 14,…

A female student of Taraba State University, simply identified as Precious, attempted to end her life after her unclad pictures were sent to her father. Precious reportedly attempted to end her own life at the institution’s State Polytechnic campus hostel. According to separate accounts, Precious allegedly sent unclad photographs of herself to her boyfriend, which were later leaked and forwarded to her father. Chronicle NG gathered that the development reportedly left her distressed, prompting her to climb the three-story hostel building in an apparent attempt to jump to her death. However, her colleagues in the hostel reportedly rushed to the…

The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has extended the registration deadline for the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates, Second Series. WAEC announced the extension of the deadline in a post on its X handle on Saturday. “Registration for the WASSCE for Private Candidates, 2026 – Second Series has now been extended to Friday, 28 August 2026,” the council said. It called on prospective candidates to take advantage of the extension and complete their registration. Popularly referred to as WAEC GCE, the exam caters to individuals who are not enrolled in regular secondary schools. The…

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress for 2027, has urged the federal government to step up measures to preserve lives and property in the wake of recent atrocities in Benue State. Obi made the plea after visiting the Otukpo-Nobi and Efeyi-Ugboju communities in Otukpo Local Government Area, where previous attacks killed, injured, and left several persons missing. Obi claimed in a statement on his X account on Friday that he visited Otukpo-Nobi, where “over 10 persons were either killed or went missing,” while numerous others were injured and hospitalized. He also went to Efeyi-Ugboju, where “over…

A new internal conflict is emerging within the Nigeria Labor Congress, NLC, following a warning from its national secretariat to affiliate unions and their leaders to avoid the Working People United, a support group advocating for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027. The instruction has reportedly caused tension among elements of the organized labor movement, notably after the NLC’s Lagos State Council Chairman, Agnes Sessi, participated in WoPU events on Wednesday, despite the national leadership’s position. Sessi is also the Lagos State Coordinator for WoPU, which is led at the national level by Williams Akporeha, the immediate past president of…