Author: Vincent Osuwo

In the early hours of Tuesday, bandits kidnapped Mansur Kaura, a bank manager at TAJ Bank’s Zamfara State branch. According to Musa Ibrahim, a resident of the region, Kaura was kidnapped when bandits broke into his home in the Rijiyar Gabas area of Gusau, the capital of Zamfara State, at about 1 a.m. The development comes after an attack on Sunday in the Piko district of the Bwari Area council in the Federal Capital Territory, in which 13 people were kidnapped. According to a source close to the community’s Madaki (head), Chief John Jatau, the criminals demanded N900 million to…

The Zone 2 Police Command in Onikan, Lagos, has arrested a 37-year-old fake  medical doctor and practitioner suspected of forging certifications. Olatoye Durosinmi, the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of the zone, confirmed the arrest on Tuesday as he paraded the suspect before reporters in Lagos. Durosinmi stated that operatives from the Zonal Anti-Piracy Unit apprehended the suspect, who claimed to be the Managing Director of Skylink Medical Centre in Ikorodu. “Based on the intelligence gathered by the command through members of the Elepe community concerning the activities of the suspect, a team of detectives, led by SP Mariam…

The Delta State Police Command has detained one Akpoveta School student who admitted to killing his lover, Glory Akpaku, for N100,000. Bright Edafe, the state police public relations officer, confirmed this in a post accompanied by a video uploaded on his X handle on Tuesday. The suspect alleged that after the deceased promised to give him the money when she returned from the market, he threatened her with revealing their secret connection to her child, which enraged her and caused Glory to say she would no longer give him the money. The post read, “I share stories like this so…

Binance’s CEO, Richard Teng, has characterised the detention of its employee, Tigran Gambaryan, by the Nigerian government as ‘unjust’ and a ‘dangerous precedent’ for multinational enterprises. Teng further stated that, despite Binance’s repeated attempts at constructive engagement and collaboration with Nigerian authorities, Gambaryan remains detained for spurious’ reasons. Binance’s CEO, in a statement to the press on Tuesday, said, “To invite a company’s mid-level employees for collaborative policy meetings, only to detain them, has set a dangerous new precedent for all companies worldwide.” He added, “The message from the Nigerian government is clear: we must detain an innocent, mid-level employee,…

The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the 27 members of the State House of Assembly who support Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike to quickly begin the impeachment process against Governor Siminlayi Fubara. Tony Okocha, Chairman of the State APC Caretaker Committee, made the call during a news briefing in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. He stated that Fubara has continued to insult President Bola Tinubu by refusing to follow all eight points of the Abuja peace agreement on the state’s political problem, which he has signed. He further stated, “A state as crucial and…

Senator Shehu Sani, a former Kaduna Central congressman, has asked President Bola Tinubu not to allow US and French military sites in Nigeria. Sani issued this request on Tuesday via his verified X handle. He stated, “The French forces and American troops evicted from the Niger Republic must not be accommodated in our Nigerian soil. “President Tinubu should fully equip and fund our military and other security forces to confront our security challenges. This should be clear and simple.” Meanwhile, the Kaduna senator has urged Tinubu to adequately support Nigeria’s military to address the country’s difficulties. Remember how certain Northern…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) mandated all banks on Monday to begin imposing a 0.5% cybersecurity levy on all electronic transactions in the country. The CBN stated this in a circular signed by Chibuzo Efobi, Director of Payments System Management Department, and Haruna Mustafa, Director of Financial Policy and Regulation Department, which Chronicle NG received a copy of. The circular, which was sent to all commercial, merchant, non-interest, and payment service banks, among others, stated that the charge will go into effect two weeks from Monday, May 6, 2024. “The levy shall be applied at the point of electronic…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has ordered banks in the country to begin imposing a cybersecurity fee on transactions. According to a circular issued by the apex bank on Monday, the levy will begin two weeks from today. The circular was aimed at all commercial, merchant, non-interest, and payment service banks, among others. The circular stated that it was a follow-up to previous letters dated June 25, 2018 (Ref: BPS/DIR/GEN/CIR/05/008) and October 5, 2018 (Ref: BSD/DIR/GEN/LAB/11/023) about compliance with the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc.) Act 2015. Following the enactment of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) (Amendment) Act 2024, and…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its counterpart, the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), have given the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) until May 12 to rescind the recent increase in electricity tariffs or face unprecedented industrial action. The ultimatum was issued in a joint letter to the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, CEO, on May 3, 2024, and copied to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, the Ministers of Labour and Power, and the electricity distribution companies, DisCos, among others, Joe Ajaero and Festus Osifo, President of NLC and its TUC counterpart. The letter read, “This is…

Nigerians have criticized a social media user over her criticism of the use of the Igbo language by pilots aboard Air Peace flights.  In a statement on Monday, an X user, simply identified as Queen Veekay, berated the airline for using Igbo language aboard its flight. Describing it as “disgusting behavior,” Queen Veekay alleged that Igbos would have complained if Yoruba was used by other airlines in their audio. Veekay said, “Air Peace has started using Igbo audio on their planes, and I must say this is another disgusting behavior because if this plane were owned by a Yoruba person,…