Author: Vincent Osuwo

Olukayode Ojo, a 36-year-old Nigerian pilot, is facing a five-year jail term in Texas, United States, after being found guilty of making false statements to obtain a certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration. Chronicle NG gathered on Thursday that after the guilty verdict, US District Judge Jodi Dishman ordered the detention of the Nigerian pilot until his sentencing. US Attorney Robert Troester revealed Ojo’s conviction on Monday via a statement on the FAA’s official website, saying that Ojo was seeking to get a medical certificate required for piloting a commercial passenger aircraft, which resulted in his conviction on August 16,…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has set September 14, 2024, as the final date for Nigerians to link Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs) to National Identity Numbers, NIN. “To ensure full compliance with the NIN-SIM linkage policy, the NCC has directed all mobile network operators to complete the mandatory verification and linkage of SIMs to NINs by September 14, 2024. “Effective September 15, 2024, the commission expects that no SIM operating in Nigeria will be without a valid NIN,” the NCC stated in a statement signed by its Director, Public Affairs, Reuben Muoka, on Wednesday. Muoka explained that over 153 million…

The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Shave arranged a follow-up meeting on September 6, 2024.  Prof. Tahir Mamman, Minister of Education, made the announcement at the conclusion of a meeting with union leadership on Wednesday at the Federal Ministry of Education. Following resolutions passed at the union’s national executive council meeting on August 19, 2024, at the University of Ibadan, public university lecturers planned a nationwide strike in protest of the Federal Government’s inability to follow the 2009 renegotiated agreement. ASUU’s demands include improved welfare and university finance, as well as a halt to the…

Tens of thousands of international students flocked to the streets throughout Canada to protest the federal government’s new immigration rules.  According to a City News Toronto article on Monday, the rallies, which drew around 70,000 students, took place in key provinces such as Prince Edward Island, Ontario, Manitoba, and British Columbia. The protests erupted in reaction to a slew of immigration regulations that have left many overseas students fearing deportation. In 2021, Canada ended the Post-Graduation Job Permit program, which historically permitted overseas students to get useful job experience in the country after finishing their studies. To exacerbate the situation,…

In a TikTok live meeting video, a Nigerian woman based in Ontario, Canada, called for mass poisoning of Yoruba and the people of Benin, the capital of Edo State.  She vowed to start poisoning the foods and waters of Yoruba and Benin people at her workplace. She also asked people from Nigeria’s South-East region, known as Igbos, to develop a hard heart and start poisoning Yorubas of the South-West and Benins of the South-South by poisoning their foods and waters anywhere they see them. Speaking in Pidgin, the woman, who is reportedly Igbo, said, “Record me very, very well. It…

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s Federal Government for imposing an 18-year age limit on NECO and WAEC exams, calling it ludicrous and a barrier to scholarship opportunities.  Recall that the Federal Government has prohibited anyone under the age of 18 from taking the NECO and WAEC exams. Prof. Tahir Mamman, Minister of Education, announced this while appearing on Channels Television’s ‘Sunday Politics’ show. Mamman claimed that the federal government has directed WAEC, which is in charge of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination, and NECO, which administers the Senior…

Peter Obi, the Labour Party candidate in the 2023 presidential election, has described President Bola Tinubu’s administration as “ineffective,” in its fight against terrorism. Obi in a statement on X on Wednesday, lamented over the worrisome prevalence of the activities of bandits, kidnappers and terrorists in the country, saying the Tinubu-led administration has left Nigeria at the “mercy of terrorists and bandits.” Obi made the statement while condemning the gruesome murder of the Emir of Gobir, Alhaji Muhammad Isa Bawa, by his abductors. Nigerians criticise Tinubu over hike in international passport fees Chronicle NG reports that Alhaji Muhammad Bawa, the…

Peter Obi, the Labour Party candidate in the 2023 presidential election, has condemned the killing of Alhaji Muhammad Isa Bawa, the abducted Emir of Gobir, by his abductors. Chronicle NG reports that Alhaji Muhammad Isa Bawa, the abducted district chief of Gatawa in Sokoto State’s Sabon Birni Local Government Area, was killed in captivity by bandits. On Wednesday, August 21, 2023, a family member announced his death, alleging a failure to pay the bandits’ ransom demand. The monarch was kidnapped together with his son and six others on the Sokoto-Sabon Birni Road 25 days ago and has since been held…

Four Nigerians have been imprisoned for forging over 2,000 marriage documents in order to assist illegal immigrants in the United Kingdom, UK. Abraham Alade Olarotimi Onifade, 41, Abayomi Aderinsoye Shodipo, 38, Nosimot Mojisola Gbadamosi, 31, and Adekunle Kabir, 54, were sentenced on Tuesday at Woolwich Crown Court in London. According to the Home Office, the four were part of an organised criminal cell that fraudulently applied for the EU Settlement Scheme for Nigerian nationals between 2019 and 2023. Anthony Odiong, US-based Nigerian priest faces sexual assault charges after homily against ‘gay’ They were all sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court on…

Cristiano Ronaldo has said that he intends to retire from football within the next “two or three years,” however, he has yet to decide when his illustrious career will come to an end.  The 39-year-old, who will turn 40 on February 5, 2025, continues to excel for Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia and is still active on the world stage. In a recent interview with NOW, Ronaldo said that his retirement from international football will be an unexpected decision, according to Marca. The Portuguese star, who recently faced questions about his future after a goalless UEFA Euros campaign, is still committed…