Author: Chronicle Editor

A group of teenagers entered a hospital in Naples and forced staff to drive an ambulance to a nearby neighborhood to attend a boy suffering a minor knee sprain, Italian doctors say

A man convicted of 159 sex offences and said to be Britain’s most prolific rapist can be identified for the first time after the end of his latest trial.

Huge crowds packed the streets of the Iranian capital Tehran for the funeral of the slain Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani.

Following the killing of top Iranian Military Commander, General Qasem Soleimani by the United States and the pledge by Iran to revenge, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Abubakar Adamu has placed all Police Formations, Zonal Commands and State Police Commands on Red Alert. This followed intelligence reports showing that certain interests sympathetic to Iran may by planning to cash in on the tensed situation of the General’s killing to cause havoc. Making the disclosure in a statement titled, ‘Death of Iranian General: IGP Places Policemen on Red Alert Nationwide’, Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba said, “The…

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has announced the reopening of flight operations at the Port Harcourt International Airport (PHIA) to the general public. Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, General Manager, Corporate Affairs, of the FAAN, said on Sunday in Lagos that the airport was on Saturday night closed due to the fire incident. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that FAAN had on Saturday night announced the temporary closure of Port Harcourt International Airport runway following a bush fire incident close to the area. Anchor Borowers’ Programme: RIFAN In Nasarawa State urges members to repay loans Yakubu said the…

Alhaji Abbas Ramallan, Chairman, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Nasarawa State Chapter, has urged its members, to repay the farm inputs loan they received under the Federal Government’s Anchor Borrowers’ Programme. Ramallah made the call at the Wet Season Loan Recovery meeting with local government and zonal chairmen of RIFAN held in Keffi, on Sunday. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Anchor Borrowers Programme was launched by President Muhammadu Buhari on Nov. 17, 2015. It is intended to create a linkage between anchor companies involved in the processing and smallholder farmers (SHFs)…

The latest statement by Dumo Lulu-Briggs that his stepmother has buried his father in March 2019 smacks of the grandest bout of self-induced confusion if not blatant and misleading mischief. High Chief Dr. O. B. Lulu-Briggs, one of the greatest philanthropist Nigeria has seen, who was so kind that he refused to reveal the inadequacies and sheer wickedness of his three eldest sons, truly does not deserve the treatment he is receiving from them. If one is to take Dumo for his words today, then on whose body did he approach the Magistrate court in Ghana on the 12th of…

Wu Lei’s late equaliser for Espanyol against Barcelona heralds “a new chapter” in Chinese football, the country’s media declared on Sunday, as the forward’s heroics went viral.

The Islamist militant group al-Shabab has attacked a naval base used by Kenyan and US forces in the popular Kenyan coastal region of Lamu.

Six people have been killed and 11 hurt after a suspected drunk driver crashed into a group of German tourists at an Italian ski resort.