Author: Chronicle Editor

The Federal Government has approved a new uniform for the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) to reflect its new name.

The Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, on Thursday granted bail in the sum of N10 million to detained Nigeria journalist, Agba Jalingo, the publisher of online newspaper, Crossriverwatch. The court presided over by Justice Sule Shuaibu, who was sitting over the matter for the first time, granted bail to the journalist based on an application for bail made by his counsel, Attah Ochinke. Ochinke, in his motion, brought pursuant to sections 35 and 36 of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended as well as sections 158, 161, 162 and 165 of…

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has bought a Beverly Hills mansion from media mogul David Geffen in a record-breaking transaction for Los Angeles, according to the Wall Street Journal

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, on Thursday, February 13, 2020, arraigned Abayomi Kukoyi, Prince Okpala, Prince Okpalaeze and Prince Okpalaeze alongside a company, Petro Union & Gas Company Limited, before Justice Mohammad Liman of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on a seven-count charge bordering on conspiracy, obtaining by false pretence, attempt to steal and forgery to the tune of £2,556,000,000.00 (Two Billion, Five Hundred and Fifty-six Million Pounds). One of the counts reads: “That you, Petro Union Oil and Gas Company Limited, Prince Isaac Okpala (now deceased), Abayomi Kukoyi, Prince Kingsley Okpala, Prince…

The last seems not to have been heard on Dumo’s hunt for the absurd in his unending desperate quest to place a phantom murder charge on his stepmother Dr. Mrs. Seinye O. B. Lulu-Briggs. From an initial claim that his father passed on in Abonnema on the 26th of December 2018, Dumo has constantly shifted grounds to allege smuggling of his father’s corpse to Ghana, depending on who he is entertaining at the material time. The latest from his pocket of absurdities is his claim that his father was Dead on Arrival at the Kotako International Airport, Ghana on the…

Chelsea have reached an agreement with Ajax to sign the Dutch club’s winger Hakim Ziyech this summer. The 26-year-old was a January transfer target for Chelsea boss Frank Lampard. Ajax were unwilling to sell the Morocco international in the transfer window as they chase the Eredevisie title. Hey @ChelseaFC, you have to believe in his magic. And great things will happen. ???? #???????????????????????????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/XMYCtuYR2e — AFC Ajax (@AFCAjax) February 13, 2020 Ajax have confirmed they have accepted a fee of 40m euros (£33.3m) – potentially rising to 44m euros (£36.6m) – with the move subject to Ziyech agreeing personal terms. The…

The Supreme Court has nullified the election of Bayelsa State governor-elect, David Lyon and his running mate Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo. A five-man panel of the apex court led by Justice Mary Peter-Odili ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to withdraw the Certificate of Return issued to the All Progressives Congress’ candidates as the winners of the November 16, 2019 governorship election in the state. The apex court ordered INEC to issue fresh certificates to the candidates of the party with the next highest votes and with the required constitutional spread of votes in the results of the election, which are the…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday urged community leaders to cooperate with leaders to end Boko Haram insurgency, noting that they cannot attack without support of the locals. Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has sought the cooperation of community leaders to end the Boko Haram insurgency in the northeast. “This Boko Haram or whatever they are, cannot come up to Maiduguri or environs without the local leadership knowing.  Because traditionally the local leadership is in charge of security in their areas. So, with my understanding of our culture, I wonder how Boko Haram survives up to this end,” he added. I assure…

At least 16 members of the same family have been burned to death during an attack by gunmen in north-western Kaduna state. Witnesses said they were locked in a room before their house was set on fire. A number of other people were shot dead when dozens of gunmen arrived in their village. Vehicles and other property were set ablaze. Reps ask Buhari to declare emergency on security It is not clear who carried out the attack. Kidnapping gangs, bandits and a faction of the Islamist group, Boko Haram – known as Ansaru – are active in the area.

The House of Representatives on Wednesday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency on security in northeast Nigeria. It also called for investigation into the reported low morale of frontline troops in the Northeast, the establishment of special/super camps by the army and the withdrawal of soldiers from checkpoints to the camps. The lawmakers lamented the killing of 30 travellers in Auno, near Maiduguri on Sunday by insurgents. They insisted that a drastic action to curtail the trend had become more than imperative. The decision followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance by Chief…