Author: Vincent Osuwo

French international and Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe has reportedly lost his verified X account to hackers. In the early hours of Thursday, several suspicious derogatory tweets were published on Mbappe’s X page, which many believe has been hacked. The tweets targeted, among others, his former teammate and world cup winner Lionel Messi and Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. Describing Messi as a “midget,” while sharing a crying picture of the former Barcelona talisman, one of the tweets published by the hackers reads, “Cristiano Ronaldo is the greatest footballer of all time. This midget is not my goat.” While calling…

Robert Telles, a former Nevada politician, has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of a journalist who published critical pieces about his tenure in office.  Telles, 47, has been in jail without bail since 2022 for slashing investigative journalist Jeff German of the Las Vegas Review Journal. During the trial, prosecutors presented the jurors with DNA evidence discovered under Mr. German’s fingernails, which they claimed belonged to Telles, who had pleaded not guilty. After two days of deliberation, a 12-person jury found the defendant guilty on Wednesday. Several hours later, the same jury convicted Telles to life…

Jeremy Skibicki, a Canadian serial killer, has received four life sentences for the 2022 killings of four Indigenous women in Winnipeg.  He had no reaction as the punishment was given, and he remained emotionless as family members of victims made angry impact statements in court on Wednesday. Skibicki, 37, was accused by prosecutors of killing four people in 2022 as part of a premeditated and racially motivated crime. However, he pleaded not guilty owing to a mental illness. The killings and following trial sent shockwaves through Canada’s Indigenous society, which has long dealt with violence against women. Police arrest serial…

A 36-year-old woman, simply identified as Abiola, has been confirmed dead while undergoing a buttocks enlargement procedure (BBL) at a clinic in the Lekki-Phase 1 area of Lagos State. Chronicle NG gathered on Wednesday that the incident occurred around 3 pm on Monday. A buttock enlargement procedure, commonly known as a Brazilian Butt Lift, BBL, is a cosmetic surgery that involves removing fat from other parts of the body and injecting it into the buttocks to achieve a rounder and fuller shape. A police source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the incident, told…

The president Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Education, has established a subcommittee to consider the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. This follows agreement by all parties involved to reconvene on September 6, 2024. These choices were made following a closed-door meeting held on Wednesday at the Ministry of Education in Abuja. The meeting lasted two and a half hours and was attended by ASUU leadership, Minister of Education Tahir Mamman, and other ministry officials. Mamman told reporters after the meeting that a subcommittee had been formed to study the union’s demands and guarantee…

Olukayode Ojo, a 36-year-old Nigerian pilot, is facing a five-year jail term in Texas, United States, after being found guilty of making false statements to obtain a certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration. Chronicle NG gathered on Thursday that after the guilty verdict, US District Judge Jodi Dishman ordered the detention of the Nigerian pilot until his sentencing. US Attorney Robert Troester revealed Ojo’s conviction on Monday via a statement on the FAA’s official website, saying that Ojo was seeking to get a medical certificate required for piloting a commercial passenger aircraft, which resulted in his conviction on August 16,…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has set September 14, 2024, as the final date for Nigerians to link Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs) to National Identity Numbers, NIN. “To ensure full compliance with the NIN-SIM linkage policy, the NCC has directed all mobile network operators to complete the mandatory verification and linkage of SIMs to NINs by September 14, 2024. “Effective September 15, 2024, the commission expects that no SIM operating in Nigeria will be without a valid NIN,” the NCC stated in a statement signed by its Director, Public Affairs, Reuben Muoka, on Wednesday. Muoka explained that over 153 million…

The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Shave arranged a follow-up meeting on September 6, 2024.  Prof. Tahir Mamman, Minister of Education, made the announcement at the conclusion of a meeting with union leadership on Wednesday at the Federal Ministry of Education. Following resolutions passed at the union’s national executive council meeting on August 19, 2024, at the University of Ibadan, public university lecturers planned a nationwide strike in protest of the Federal Government’s inability to follow the 2009 renegotiated agreement. ASUU’s demands include improved welfare and university finance, as well as a halt to the…

Tens of thousands of international students flocked to the streets throughout Canada to protest the federal government’s new immigration rules.  According to a City News Toronto article on Monday, the rallies, which drew around 70,000 students, took place in key provinces such as Prince Edward Island, Ontario, Manitoba, and British Columbia. The protests erupted in reaction to a slew of immigration regulations that have left many overseas students fearing deportation. In 2021, Canada ended the Post-Graduation Job Permit program, which historically permitted overseas students to get useful job experience in the country after finishing their studies. To exacerbate the situation,…

In a TikTok live meeting video, a Nigerian woman based in Ontario, Canada, called for mass poisoning of Yoruba and the people of Benin, the capital of Edo State.  She vowed to start poisoning the foods and waters of Yoruba and Benin people at her workplace. She also asked people from Nigeria’s South-East region, known as Igbos, to develop a hard heart and start poisoning Yorubas of the South-West and Benins of the South-South by poisoning their foods and waters anywhere they see them. Speaking in Pidgin, the woman, who is reportedly Igbo, said, “Record me very, very well. It…