Author: Vincent Osuwo

Armed herders killed four persons in a repeat attack on the Abaushwa community, Nzorov council ward, Guma Local Government Area, Benue State. Chronicle NG learned on Tuesday that many people sustained varying degrees of injuries during Monday’s attack. According to a neighborhood insider, the attackers entered the village late at night, raiding homes and killing people while they slept. One of the residents, who just identified himself as Atoundo, claimed there was no provocation to justify the attack. “They came and attacked the community without any provocation, killing people in their sleep. They forced open the doors of their victims…

The Nigeria Police Force has reaffirmed its commitment to due process, institutional discipline, and the rule of law in the wake of the controversy involving social media influencer Martins Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan, and the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 2, Lagos, AIG Moshood Jimoh. In a statement posted on X on Tuesday, the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Ani Iniedu, stated that the criminal case mentioned in VeryDarkMan’s recent public comments had been investigated and was already in court, based on legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions. The police emphasized that because the…

President Bola Tinubu has approved salary increases of between 30 and 80% for Nigeria’s armed forces personnel. The salary increase will benefit approximately 250,000 personnel and take effect from September 1, 2026, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy Bayo Onanuga disclosed in a statement signed Tuesday. Onanuga mentioned that the graduated structure of the increase scales inversely with rank, with the highest percentage increases going to the most junior personnel. Under the new structure, he said officers above the rank of colonel, brigadier generals, major generals, lieutenant generals, and generals will receive a 30 percent salary increase.…

Nollywood actor Charles Okocha has denied claims by musician Habeeb Okikiola, also known as Portable, that he bit him during their recent celebrity boxing rematch. On Friday, the pair faced off at the Balmoral Convention Centre in Lagos, with Okocha winning after Portable was disqualified for violating the rules by abandoning wrestling skills for punches before exiting the ring. Following the fight, Portable said that Okocha bit him on the back and locked his neck throughout the fight, and that he should not have competed in such a competition. During an appearance on TVC Entertainment on Tuesday, Okocha refuted the…

President Bola Tinubu has approved salary increases of between 30 and 80% for Nigeria’s armed forces personnel. The salary increase will benefit approximately 250,000 personnel and take effect from September 1, 2026, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy Bayo Onanuga disclosed in a statement signed Tuesday. Onanuga mentioned that the graduated structure of the increase scales inversely with rank, with the highest percentage increases going to the most junior personnel. Under the new structure, he said officers above the rank of colonel, brigadier generals, major generals, lieutenant generals, and generals will receive a 30 percent salary increase.…

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has stated that the political crisis in Rivers State deprived Governor Siminalayi Fubara the opportunity to seek a second term, blaming bad counsel from political allies and other interests. Wike made the comments at the August edition of his monthly media conference, which aired live on Channels TV on Tuesday, while reflecting on his relationship with an estranged political ally. According to the former Rivers governor, he frequently warned Fubara not to leave the political machinery that had propelled him to prominence. “I said, look, don’t derail. I came as governor;…

The World Bank urged developing countries on Tuesday to adopt artificial intelligence technology tools to improve governance results, warning that if they do not, they risk falling behind. “AI has thrown developing economies a lifeline, and they should seize it,” the Chief Economist of the World Bank Group, Indermit Gill, said as the organisation launched its annual World Development Report. “They do not need large models or big data centres to reap their benefits,” he added, advocating for the adaptation of lower-cost AI tools to local conditions to deliver results in the health, education, justice and agricultural sectors. Advanced AI…

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday dismissed a challenge filed by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) challenging parts of the Electoral Act 2026 regarding the qualification and disqualification of candidates for political office. Justice Muhammed Umar ruled that the action, FHC/ABJ/CS/635/2025, lacked merit, stating that the contested elements of the Electoral Act complement, not contradict, the 1999 Constitution. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) sued the Attorney General of the Federation, the Clerk of the National Assembly, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, and the Independent National Electoral Commission, seeking, among other things, findings that Sections 138 and 77(5) of the…

Benin Electric Distribution Company (BEDC) has confirmed that one of its technical staff members sustained injuries following an electrical incident while carrying out maintenance work on an 11kV feeder in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. Mrs. Evelyn Gbiwen, the company’s head of branding and corporate communications, confirmed this in a statement issued in Benin on Tuesday. She stated that the event occurred around 6:20 p.m. on Saturday in the Ado-Poly Satellite Campus region of Ado-Ekiti. According to the statement, the wounded employee, Mr. Akinyemi Bamidele, a technical linesman, suffered burns to his arm and other areas of his body after being shocked…

Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf personally supervised traffic compliance at Kofar Fanfo Junction on Monday, spending more than an hour ensuring that motorists obeyed traffic lights. Sunusi Dawakin-Tofa, the governor’s spokeswoman, made the announcement in a statement on Tuesday. According to Dawakin-Tofa, the governor was joined by the secretary to the state government, commissioners, and other senior government officials during the exercise aimed at restoring discipline and order on Kano’s highways. Yusuf urged cars, business drivers, tricycle operators, and pedestrians to strictly follow traffic laws, emphasizing that obeying traffic lights is critical to protecting lives and property. He claimed that…