Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo

Lawal Sodiq Adewale aka CHOCOMILO is an award winning journalist. Mail me at Chocomilo@withinnigeria.com. See full profile on Within Nigeria's TEAM PAGE
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Why Kidnappers Released Oyo Pupils, Teachers – Army Reveals

The Nigerian Army has disclosed that multiple arrests made during a month-long intelligence-led operation forced terrorists to release 44…

July 11 in Nigerian History: Remembering the 1991 Hajj Jet Disaster and 2010 NUJ Kidnapping

Every chapter of history, marked by its triumphs and its failures, shapes the identity of the generation that…

Abducted Oyo Teachers, Pupils Regain Freedom

Abducted teachers and pupils in Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State have regained their freedom after 55…

Surviving on ₦50,000: Inside the Low-Capital Businesses Sustaining Nigeria’s Underprivileged Women

Several underprivileged Nigerian women, each running a business with less than ₦40,000 in capital, recently spoke with the…

July 10 in Nigerian History: 100+ Slain in Niger Delta Pipeline Explosion; 4 Students Shot at OAU

On July 10, 2000, over 100 people were burnt to death yesterday in Adeje and Oviri-Court villages following…

July 9 in Nigerian History: Lt Gen Oladipo Diya, Others Escape Firing Squad Over Coup Plot

On July 9, 1998 the Armed Forces Ruling Council, AFRC, under the military leadership of General Sani Abacha…

July 8 in Nigerian History: MEND Pipeline Bombings, 150 women blocked Chevron Facility

On July 8, 2008, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND blown up two major…

‘Fake Agency’: Gbajabiamila sues Adeyemi with N10bn suit over murder, bribery claims

Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila, has filed a N10 billion defamation suit against Prince…

July 7 in Nigerian History: MKO Abiola Died

On July 7, 1998, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, the acclaimed winner of Nigeria’s annulled June 12, 1993…

Tinubu Orders FCCPC Probe of Meta, Google, X Over Alleged Anti-Competitive Practices

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) to investigate major global…

Why We Pulled FCTA Out of TSA – Tinubu

President Bola Tinubu has defended his administration’s decision to remove the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) from the…

PFIPC: Police Arrest Father of Alleged ‘Fake Director-General’ Amid Ongoing Scandal, Falana Confirms

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have reportedly stormed the Ogbomoso home of Prince Adeyemi Adeniyi, the central…

Presidential promotion council has no CBN account, received no funds, OAGF reveals

The office of the accountant-general of the federation (OAGF) has disclosed that the presidential foreign intervention promotion council (PFIPC)…

July 6 in History: Ojukwu Declares Biafra, Abduction of Shell Worker

On July 6, 1967, Nigeria was plunged into civil conflict yesterday as federal troops clashed with secessionist forces…

July 5 in Nigerian History: Enugu Communal Clash Claims 14 Lives

On July 5, 2008, 14 people were killed and several buildings razed following communal clashes in Enugu State.  The…