Author: Vincent Osuwo

Super Eagles forward Victor Osimhen has turned down an offer to join Chelsea Football Club. According to Skysport in Italy, the Nigerian forward would choose to join Saudi Arabian side Al Ahli in a four-year deal with his old club, with Napoli expecting to pay £67.3 million (€80 million) plus add-ons for the Nigerian international. Recall that the Napoli talisman had supposedly agreed to join Chelsea on a €350,000 weekly salary, bringing him one step closer to fulfilling his dream Premier League move. However, some significant news about the Chelsea target shows that Osimhen would rather play in the Saudi…

A Florida man was executed after being found guilty of murdering a college freshman and raping the victim’s older sister while on a camping trip.  Loran Cole, 57, received a fatal injection at Florida State Prison. He was pronounced dead at 18:15 local time (23:15 BST). He was sentenced to death for killing 18-year-old John Edwards in 1994, and he was also serving two life terms for rape. The US Supreme Court refused Cole’s appeal against the death penalty earlier on Thursday. His defence attorneys contended that he should not be executed since he had Parkinson’s disease and had been…

Olúwaṣeun Shorinola, 32-year-old man, committed suicide in the Kémta neighbourhood of Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State.  Omolola Odutola, the Ogun State Police Command’s spokeswoman, confirmed this to our correspondent via electronic message on Thursday. Chronicle NG gathered that the incident occurred at 10 p.m. on Wednesday. The command official told our correspondent that the deceased’s wife discovered him hanging from a wall. Odutola said, “On August 28, 2024, Temitope Oguntade reported at the Kémta Police Division that she received a call from Tajudeen Aremu that her immediate brother was found dead by his wife. “A team of policemen was…

The Lagos State Police Command has declared Idara Bassey, a doctor, sought in connection with the death of a 36-year-old woman named Abiola, who died undergoing a buttocks enlargement treatment at a clinic in the state’s Lekki Phase 1 region. Benjamin Hundeyin, the state police command spokesperson, verified this to our correspondent on Thursday. Chronicle NG reported on Wednesday that the deceased had visited the clinic for a buttocks enlargement procedure, which took a fatal turn after a nurse (name withheld), allegedly acting on Bassey’s orders, administered an injection. Commonly known as BBL, an acronym for Brazilian Butt Lift, the…

Joe Ajaero, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, paid a visit to the Nigeria Police Force’s intelligence response team headquarters in Abuja on Thursday to honour an invitation issued by the police last week. Ajaero, who was summoned by the police to face charges of terrorism financing, cybercrime, subversion, criminal conspiracy, and treasonable felony, appeared at the IRT office at 10:17 a.m. and left shortly after 11:15 a.m. He was accompanied by NLC lawyer Femi Falana (SAN), as well as a large number of union members and supporters. Ajaero emerged immediately after entering, claiming that he was left alone after…

The Federal Government said on Thursday that it would implement the ‘no work, no pay’ policy for the striking resident doctors.  However, the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) informed reporters that it was unaffected by the threat and that the strike will continue for the entire seven days. The aggrieved doctors launched a seven-day warning strike on Monday to demand the release of its member, Dr Ganiyat Popoola, who was kidnapped eight months ago. Popoola, a registrar in the Department of Ophthalmology at the National Eye Centre in Kaduna, was abducted on December 27, 2023, together with her husband…

The federal government announced on Thursday that it will apply the ‘no work, no pay’ policy to striking resident doctors.  The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare issued a statement signed by Ado Bako, Assistant Director of Information and Public Relations. The statement stated that the ministry is dissatisfied with the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors’ decision to go on a seven-day warning strike, despite all conversations and attempts by the Federal Government to resolve its concerns and ensure continuing industrial harmony. FG urges resident doctors to call off warning strike On Monday, NARD launched a seven-day warning strike…

Portuguese international Cristiano Ronaldo has been honoured with a special award to recognise his remarkable legacy as the all-time leading goal scorer in the Champions League. Also, former Italy and Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has received the 2024 UEFA President’s Award. The former teammates were honoured at the UEFA Champions League phase draw that took place in Monaco on Thursday evening. Cristiano Ronaldo, a name synonymous with excellence in European football, received a prestigious honour from UEFA, solidifying his status as the UEFA Champions League’s all-time top scorer. The special award was presented by Aleksander Čeferin, UEFA President. This took…

Waheed Ayilara, the Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police, has died.  The Nation reported that Ayilara died in the early hours of Thursday at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital in Ikeja. Sources close to the family informed The Nation that he had prostate cancer surgery on Wednesday before dying hours later. “We are very sad to inform you that our friend, brother, and family, the Commissioner of Police for Akwa Ibom State, Waheed Ayilara, is dead,” the family was quoted as saying. A top police personnel in Akwa Ibom State, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he was…

The Federal Government has urged members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to end their seven-day warning strike.  Dr. Tunji Alausa, Minister of State for Health, made the call while visiting the National Eye Centre in Kaduna on Thursday. According to Alausa, negotiations are currently underway to protect the safety of their kidnapped colleague, Dr. Ganiyat Popoola. The minister stated that the federal government and security forces were working hard to rescue Popoola. He said, “We are on top of the matter and have been on talking terms with the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, regarding the issue.…