Author: Vincent Osuwo

Former Arsenal defender William Gallas has advised the team to replace Kai Havertz with Victor Osimhen if they hope to win the Premier League. Mikel Arteta faced criticism for signing Kai Havertz from Chelsea in the summer of 2023 rather than a natural centre-forward. The Germany international originally struggled to settle at Emirates Stadium, but he has now established himself as a staple in the Gunners’ assault, appearing in 68 games and scoring 21 goals. Havertz had a good start to the 2024-25 season, scoring four goals in his first seven Premier League appearances, but he hasn’t scored in his…

Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court discharged and acquitted Taiwo Opasina, a 35-year-old upholstery maker accused of sexually assaulting his four-year-old daughter. The judge ruled that the prosecution failed to discharge its burden of proof against Opasina. According to Oshodi, the prosecution failed to produce the essential witness (the claimed survivor) before the court to give evidence. He held that the absence of direct information from the purported survivor creates an evidential gap that cannot be filled solely by circumstantial evidence. The judge ruled that the prosecution’s case faced a fundamental challenge, the absence…

The Akwa Ibom Police Command stated that it had begun a manhunt for the abductors of Samuel Ekerenam, a prominent businessman, in Eket Local Government Area of the state. Chronicle NG gathered that Ekerenam, who owns Hephzibah Mall Eket in the LGA, was abducted on Saturday after the hoodlums arrived at his shopping complex and started shooting into the air to scare people away. A witness, Udobong Asuquo, reported on Tuesday that the businessman’s driver was killed in the process while the police officer attached to him as an orderly was severely injured before he was whisked away. “The incident…

President Bola Tinubu has nominated three new members to fill existing vacancies on the board of the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB. According to Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga,The announcement was made in a formal letter addressed to the Senate President” on Tuesday titled ‘President Tinubu nominates three new board members for the Code of Conduct Bureau.’ The nominees are Fatai Ibikunle from Oyo State, Kennedy Ikpeme from Cross River, and Justice Ibrahim Buba, a retired Federal High Court judge. They will form the bureau’s 10-member board to “enhance oversight mechanisms,” according to Onanuga. The…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday urged Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, to continue developing every part of the state. Obasanjo stated that Osun holds a special place in Yoruba history as a state that includes Ile-Ife, the cradle of the race, and that development experience in the state will bring dignity to the Yoruba people wherever they live. Speaking shortly before commissioning the Old Garage-Oke Fia-Lameco Dual Carriageway in Osogbo, one of the projects being used to commemorate Adeleke’s second anniversary in office, Obasanjo recalled seeing Yoruba people in faraway Brazil during a visit to a city called Bahia…

Inter Miami has hired former Barcelona and Argentina international Javier Mascherano as their new coach. His appointment comes after Inter Miami coach Gerardo Martino left the MLS club for “personal reasons,” a club source told AFP. The former Barcelona and Argentina coach led the team to the top of the regular season standings this season before a shock exit to Atlanta United in the first round of the playoffs. Martino, widely known as ‘Tata’, joined Inter Miami last June as part of the transformation of the club that took place with the arrival of his compatriot Lionel Messi. Mascherano, the…

Samuel Ekerenam, a famous businessman from Akwa Ibom State’s Eket Local Government Area, has been kidnapped by gunmen.  Ekerenam, who runs Hephzibah Mall in the LG, was kidnapped over the weekend after gunmen stormed his shopping complex and began firing into the air to scare customers away. An eyewitness, Udobong Asuquo, informed our correspondent in Uyo, the state capital, on Tuesday that the man’s driver was murdered in the process, while the police officer accompanying him was hurt. “The incident occurred at about 10 p.m. on Saturday and claimed the life of the driver, while the policeman attached to the…

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on his 78th birthday. In a statement issued on Tuesday by his Special Adviser on Media and Communications, Sunday Dare, the President described Atiku, who ran against him in the 2023 presidential election as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, as a dedicated figure in Nigeria’s democratic journey dating back to 1999. The President reflected on their shared experiences as founding members of the All Progressives Congress, where they collaborated to accomplish the country’s development goals. Tinubu also praised Atiku’s public service and philanthropic efforts, wishing him continued health and…

A former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has honoured the invitation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged misappropriation of funds. According to reports, the former governor visited the anti-graft agency’s office on Tuesday morning with his counsel. His visit to the commission comes after the Supreme Court dismissed the states’ appeal challenging the constitutionality of the anti-graft agency. According to reports, Bello drove himself and his lawyers to the EFCC office in a black Hilux. Recall that at the last hearing on the fresh charges preferred against the former governor, which was heard on November…

The National Assembly has disputed social media reports that President Bola Tinubu will propose the 2025 budget to a joint session on Wednesday.  Dr. Ali Umoru, the National Assembly’s Secretary of Research and Information, stated on Tuesday that the reports were untrue. He advised the public to dismiss the report, noting that the legislative body has yet to approve the 2024-2026 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper, which must come before the national budget presentation. Umoru suggested that all official correspondence involving the National Assembly be routed through its permitted channels and cautioned against distributing unconfirmed and false…