Author: Vincent Osuwo

A father of nine children, simply identified as Mr. Charles, reportedly committed suicide in Delta State’s Jeddo town.  Chronicle NG gathered that the gruesome tragedy occurred in the early hours of Monday. The man apparently killed himself after drinking pesticide. Dung: 17-year-old boy discovered dead one week after suicide According to sources familiar with the incident, Mr. Charles, who lived in the Jeddo town of Okpe Local Government Area, drank the poison at home before going to his in-law’s house in adjacent Ugbokodo, where he eventually passed away. Before the suicide, Charles, a Jeddo Community Vigilante member, reportedly had a…

The police have arrested a commercial sex worker, Joy Kelvin, who allegedly stabbed a 48-year-old man identified simply as Okafor to death at the Jakande Housing Estate in Lekki, Lagos State. The incident, according to the report, occurred on Monday morning at about 5:30 am. Chronicle NG gathered that the late Okafor had brought Joy to his house to spend the night, but an argument broke out between them the following morning over payment. Serial killer Philip Ogunnaike begs for death sentence after murder of three girls A police source who spoke to our correspondent, under anonymity as he was…

Philip Ogunnaike, a suspected serial killer apprehended in Ogun State, has appealed for the death penalty for himself and his accomplices. Ogunnaike made the plea in an interrogation video published by Omolola Odutola, the state police public relations officer, on her X page on Monday. According to the suspect, he was enticed into the killing by Danjuma and others who allegedly initiated him into the unlawful Eiye confraternity. #JusticeForChristianah: Nigerians demand justice as serial killer Adeleye Ayomide kills 300L FUNAAB student While encouraging the police to capture Danjuma and other accused accomplices, Ogunnaike insisted that his sole plea was to…

A 17-year-old boy simply identified as Dung has been discovered dead one week after committing suicide. Dung’s corpse was discovered hanging on a mango tree in his compound in the early hours of Monday, at the Busa Buji Area of Jos, Plateau State. Our correspondent, who visited the scene where he hung himself, was informed that the boy who stays with his grandmother was discovered dead after the smell of his corpse disturbed the entire neighbourhood. Suicide: 40-year-old man hangs self in Jigawa According to his neighbours, the boy committed suicide after having a fallout with his grandmother. A neighbour…

At least one person has been feared dead following a protest by aggrieved protesters in Bori, the Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State, on Monday. It is unclear whether the event is related to the protest that erupted in several LGs over the police order to unseal the secretariats of the state’s 23 LGs, which have been under lock and key since July. A person who requested anonymity told our reporter that a gunshot was heard near Bori and that people began rushing in various directions. He said, “It was near Bori, but I can’t say exactly where. A…

The Labour Party (LP) on Sunday welcomed the offer by the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, to be running mate to LP’s Peter Obi in the 2027 presidential election. In a recent viral tweet, Kwankwaso expressed his desire to serve as the previous Labour Party presidential flagbearer’s running mate, just two years after talks between the two parties failed. According to reports, the LP and the NNPP discussed merging ahead of the 2023 general elections, but the failure of either Obi or Kwankwaso to yield leadership derailed the heightened move. Kwankwaso…

Richard Adamu Tallen, the son of former Minister of Women Affairs and the ex-deputy governor of Plateau state Pauline Tallen, is dead. According to reports, Richard, the only son of the minister, was admitted to the intensive care unit at Cedar Crest Hospital in Abuja on Friday evening for treatment of an undisclosed illness and was receiving oxygen support before his demise. Richard graduated from St. Joseph’s College Aka Collegium Sancti Joseph (CSJ) VOM, a premier Catholic missionary school offering comprehensive secondary education to boys in Plateau State. Endurance Gunat, 25-year-old woman dies seven months after wedding His set coordinator…

South African police have arrested three people in connection with the gruesome murder of 18 relatives that took place in a remote town last week following a manhunt. Police Minister Senzo Mchunu revealed the arrests during a memorial service for the 18 deceased on Sunday in Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape, where the killings took place. He stated that the arrest of a fourth suspect would be reported shortly. Gunmen opened fire on two homes in South Africa, killing fifteen women and three men, causing shockwaves throughout the country. Several were shot in the head. The victims ranged in age from 14…

Ildar Dadin, a well-known Russian opposition activist fighting in Ukraine on Kiev’s side, was killed in action, according to the party that recruited him.  A spokesman for that group, the Civic Council, told the BBC that Dadin had died, adding that “he was, and remains, a hero.” The activist-turned-fighter was slain when men from his volunteer battalion, the Freedom of Russia Legion, were targeted by Russian artillery in the Kharkiv region of northeastern Ukraine. Russian strike kills seven in Ukraine For the time being, no additional information is available, and the Legion will not comment while a military action is…

The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Bala Mustapha, has issued an order to open the secretariats of the state’s 23 local government areas immediately. This is in accordance with a direction issued by Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbetokun. Grace Iringe-Koko, spokesperson for the State Police Command, stated on Monday that the decision was made in accordance with the IGP’s directions. Rivers: Wike camp heads for court as Fubara swears in LG chairmen The opening of the secretariats comes just 24 hours after Governor Siminalayi Fubara swore in the newly elected chairmen from Saturday’s local government elections. It is worth…