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 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…

July 4 in Nigerian History: Ex-UN Peacekeepers Protest, NUPENG Strike Action

On July 4, 2008, hundreds of ex-Nigerian soldiers who served with the UN Mission in Liberia, UNMIL, took…

Inside Nigeria’s Online Hook-up Economy: How Some Female Vendors Use Sex To Survive

Couple of women who sell clothes, shoes, phones, beverages, perfumes, household items, and other goods through online platforms…

July 3 in Nigeria’s history: 1 killed at Sea, 12 Taken in Niger Delta, 8 Killed in Maiduguri Bomb Blast

On July 3, 2010, armed gunmen attacked two cargo vessels off the coast of Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta…

July 2 in Nigerian History: Ex-Ministers Charged in $165m Scandal, FG Signs $4.5bn Refineries MoU

On July 2, 2008, the Federal Government charged two former Ministers of Aviation before an Abuja High Court…

July 1 in Nigerian History: CBN’s First Banknotes Released

On July 1, 1959, the Central Bank of Nigeria released the country’s first indigenous banknotes, replacing the West…

June 30: Jonathan suspended Nigeria’s national football team, Super Eagles, for 2 years

On June 30, 2010, President Goodluck Jonathan suspended Nigeria’s national soccer team from all international competition for two…

JUNE 29 in Nigerian History: Macpherson Constitution was promulgated and signed in London 

On June 29, 1951, the Nigeria (Constitution) Order in Council, the legal document which made Macpherson Constitution official…

NIMC Act 2026: 19 Things Nigerians Must Know About the New ID Law

President Bola Tinubu assented to the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, Act 2026 on Friday, June 26, 2026. …

June 28 in Nigerian History: Yar’adua declares assets, makes history as first sitting president to do so

On June 28, 2007, President Umar Musa Yar’Adua made public his assets declaration form, becoming the first sitting…

June 27: Two Suicide Bombers Killed Attempting Attack on Ramadan Vigil in Maiduguri  

On June 27, 2014, two suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers were killed while attempting to attack worshippers at…