Author: Vincent Osuwo

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed banks and other financial institutions to freeze with immediate effect the accounts and assets of individuals and companies designated for terrorism and terrorism financing, following fresh sanctions issued by Nigerian and United States authorities. The mandate was contained in a circular dated June 24, 2026, issued by the CBN’s Compliance Department and sent to all banks, Payment Service Banks, and other financial institutions governed by the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act 2020. According to the circular, the action is in response to recent sanctions designations on terrorism and terrorism financing issued…

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested three suspects, including a former security guard, over the murder of Olakitan Oyesiku, a former Ogun State Television broadcaster, and her security guard, Pelumi Adetayo. Bode Ojajuni, the state commissioner of police, made the announcement during a news briefing at the command headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta, on Thursday. Ojajuni stated that the arrests followed extensive intelligence collection, technical tracking operations, and forensic investigation by investigators investigating the double murder. Chronicle NG reported that Oyesiku and Adetayo were found dead at the retired broadcaster’s residence in the Owode-Egba area of Ogun State on June…

Justice Samira Bature of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, has issued a new bench warrant directing all law enforcement agencies to arrest Edith Erhunwunse, a police officer, for her continued absence from proceedings in an alleged N300 million criminal eviction and property damage case. The order was issued in suit number FCT/HC/CR/222/2023 following an application by the prosecution, represented by Aderonke Imana. Erhunwunse is on trial alongside property developer Cecil Osakwe and Abuja-based lawyer Victor Giwa on nine counts of conspiracy, unlawful eviction, and intentional destruction. The Federal Government claimed that the defendants unlawfully evicted Asabe Waziri from…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned former Kaduna State Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, his former Senior Special Adviser and Counsellor Jimi Lawal, and five others over an alleged N8.68 billion CCTV surveillance contract awarded during his administration. The anti-graft agency announced this in a statement posted on its website on Thursday, noting that the defendants were arraigned before Justice Hauwa’u Buhari of the Federal High Court in Kaduna in Charge No. FHC/KD/93C/2026. According to the commission, the updated 11-count charge covers suspected corruption, money laundering, and associated offences. The ICPC named El-Rufai as the…

The widow of late Nollywood star John Okafor, also known as Mr. Ibu, has asked Nigerians for help, stating that she and her children are struggling to pay rent, school fees, and other basic necessities. The appeal was made during a video chat with content producer King Mitchy, in which the actor’s wife and children discussed the family’s living situation after his death. Speaking passionately, the widow stated that the family had been without electricity for almost two months after their power supply was withdrawn due to unpaid payments. She also disclosed that their financial status forces them to rely…

A three-story building collapsed in the Alakija area of Lagos State, with many people trapped beneath the rubble. Chronicle NG reported that the incident took place at approximately 11:40 am on Thursday, and authorities could not immediately determine the exact number of individuals trapped. Emergency responders and rescue operators had yet to arrive at the scene at the time of filing this report, while anxious residents and bystanders gathered around the collapsed structure, awaiting intervention. Further information about victims or the cause of the collapse was not immediately available. As efforts to locate anyone believed to be trapped in the…

A trailer loaded with iron rods collided with the perimeter gate of the Federal Medical Centre in Umuahia, Abia State’s capital, in the early hours of Thursday. Chronicle NG gathered that the crash occurred when the trailer lost compression while mounting a hill on the Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene Motorway. The event occurred on Finbarrs Road, close to the Abia State High Court, resulting in major traffic congestion on the busy freeway. The trailer driver, who declined to provide his identity, stated that the accident occurred around 2:00 a.m. He claimed that the truck lost compression while ascending the hill, forcing it…

Nigerians have condemned the improper signing-out photos shared online by certain teenage students celebrating the end of their examination. Viral pictures that have attracted backlash from many Nigerians show students of a yet-to-be-identified secondary school celebrating the end of their West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, in a strange manner. In the picture observed by our correspondent, two teenage graduates were seen holding their female classmates in a bizarre manner. Smiling with glee, the students posed for the camera while fondling the breasts of their colleagues, an act that has attracted condemnation from Nigerians. Our correspondent observed the reactions…

President Bola Tinubu has officially asked the Senate to confirm the appointment of the immediate past vice-chancellor of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Prof. Abayomi Fashina, as a non-career ambassador/high commissioner designate. Tinubu’s request was contained in a letter transmitted to the upper legislative chamber and read during Wednesday’s plenary by Senate President Godswill Akpabio. Tinubu, in the latter, noted that the nomination was made in line with constitutional provisions governing diplomatic appointments and urged lawmakers to consider the request expeditiously. “In accordance with the provisions of section 121, subsections 2, 3, and 4 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic…

The Abia State Police Command has arrested two individuals accused of impersonating National Drug Law Enforcement Agency officers after a viral video showed them abusing and handcuffing an auto-rickshaw rider in Umuahia. The accused, Anthony Kelechi, 41, and Bright Abraham, 42, were apprehended by detectives from Umuahia’s Central Police Station after an inquiry into the incident. DSP Maureen Chinaka, the Police Public Relations Officer, confirmed this in a statement released on Wednesday. According to her, the arrests came after a video circulated on social media showing two men—one dressed as a community security worker and the other in normal clothes—physically…