Author: Vincent Osuwo

In a comprehensive operation aimed at ridding the Lekki-Epe Motorway of miscreants and suspected criminals who have been terrorising motorists and residents in the area, the Lagos State Taskforce commenced operations on Friday to bring normalcy to the locality. Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, Director of Press and Public Affairs of the Taskforce, announced this in a statement on Friday. The operation, which took place at major areas such as Chisco Roundabout, Elegushi, Ikate Roundabout, and Marwa Bus Stop, was carried out in response to a series of complaints received by the agency through its feedback channels from concerned motorists and residents. These…

Award-winning Nigerian cinematographer and music producer, ThankGod Omori, popularly called TG Omori, announced on Friday that he has been recuperating from the stitches of his failed kidney transplant. TG Omori stated that although he cannot express his gratitude to God with a backflip, he is getting better and will continue the fight. While appreciating the outpouring of love from his fans, he expressed his eagerness to bounce back and produce new music videos to delight his supporters. In a statement on his X account on Friday, Omori wrote, “Up and grateful, O Lord. (Sadly, I can’t backflip.) Thank you all…

Three students of Faudiya School in Geidam Local Government Area of Yobe State have been confirmed dead after an attack by gunmen at the school in the early hours of Friday. According to reports, the school belongs to the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, a Shiite sect. The gunmen, who have not been identified as members of the dangerous Boko Haram insurgency organisation or bandits, entered the school grounds on motorcycles holding AK-47 rifles. Kidnappers raid Abuja Home, abduct four family members When contacted, Dungus Abdulkarim, the state command’s public relations officer, reported in a telephone interview that the police “received…

Kidnappers abducted four family members in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja. The abduction, which occurred at the Tundun Fulani extension area of the Bwari Area Council, happened around 1:30 am on Friday. A local resident who spoke on the condition of anonymity said the abductors pushed their way into the family’s home to abduct the victims. According to the resident, the abductors shot another person who fled being captured. The source said, “There was a kidnapping incident in Tundun Fulani extension in Bwari around 1:30 am. The kidnappers were many and fully armed. The kidnappers broke into a house…

Nigerian music icon Onyeka Onwenu, also known as the “Elegant Stallion,” will be buried in Lagos on Friday.  According to CKN News, the family has announced that the funeral would be held at the Fountain of Life Church in Ilupeju, followed by a private burial in an Ikoyi mausoleum. A funeral poster also revealed that the Service of Songs is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., with the burial following from 2-4 pm. The music maestro, loved also for her serenading voice, died on Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at Reddington Hospital in Lagos after collapsing during the 80th birthday…

Super Eagles forward Victor Osimhen has turned down an offer to join Chelsea Football Club. According to Skysport in Italy, the Nigerian forward would choose to join Saudi Arabian side Al Ahli in a four-year deal with his old club, with Napoli expecting to pay £67.3 million (€80 million) plus add-ons for the Nigerian international. Recall that the Napoli talisman had supposedly agreed to join Chelsea on a €350,000 weekly salary, bringing him one step closer to fulfilling his dream Premier League move. However, some significant news about the Chelsea target shows that Osimhen would rather play in the Saudi…

A Florida man was executed after being found guilty of murdering a college freshman and raping the victim’s older sister while on a camping trip.  Loran Cole, 57, received a fatal injection at Florida State Prison. He was pronounced dead at 18:15 local time (23:15 BST). He was sentenced to death for killing 18-year-old John Edwards in 1994, and he was also serving two life terms for rape. The US Supreme Court refused Cole’s appeal against the death penalty earlier on Thursday. His defence attorneys contended that he should not be executed since he had Parkinson’s disease and had been…

Olúwaṣeun Shorinola, 32-year-old man, committed suicide in the Kémta neighbourhood of Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State.  Omolola Odutola, the Ogun State Police Command’s spokeswoman, confirmed this to our correspondent via electronic message on Thursday. Chronicle NG gathered that the incident occurred at 10 p.m. on Wednesday. The command official told our correspondent that the deceased’s wife discovered him hanging from a wall. Odutola said, “On August 28, 2024, Temitope Oguntade reported at the Kémta Police Division that she received a call from Tajudeen Aremu that her immediate brother was found dead by his wife. “A team of policemen was…

The Lagos State Police Command has declared Idara Bassey, a doctor, sought in connection with the death of a 36-year-old woman named Abiola, who died undergoing a buttocks enlargement treatment at a clinic in the state’s Lekki Phase 1 region. Benjamin Hundeyin, the state police command spokesperson, verified this to our correspondent on Thursday. Chronicle NG reported on Wednesday that the deceased had visited the clinic for a buttocks enlargement procedure, which took a fatal turn after a nurse (name withheld), allegedly acting on Bassey’s orders, administered an injection. Commonly known as BBL, an acronym for Brazilian Butt Lift, the…

Joe Ajaero, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, paid a visit to the Nigeria Police Force’s intelligence response team headquarters in Abuja on Thursday to honour an invitation issued by the police last week. Ajaero, who was summoned by the police to face charges of terrorism financing, cybercrime, subversion, criminal conspiracy, and treasonable felony, appeared at the IRT office at 10:17 a.m. and left shortly after 11:15 a.m. He was accompanied by NLC lawyer Femi Falana (SAN), as well as a large number of union members and supporters. Ajaero emerged immediately after entering, claiming that he was left alone after…