Author: Chronicle Editor

The Federal Government has assured all staff of Federal Universities that the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) will efficiently address all genuine concerns and peculiarities in the institutions. The Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Ahmed Idris, stated this in a statement signed by Mr Henshaw Ogubike, the Deputy Director (Press and Public Relations), of the agency on Tuesday in Abuja. Idris was responding to concerns raised by the Committee of Vice Chancellors of Federal Universities, when they visited him. He gave an assurance that all rules and peculiarities in the universities that were recognised by the…

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has commended the Federal government for ordering the release of former National Security Adviser (NSA), retired  Col. Sambo Dasuki, and the leader of RevolutionNow Movement, Mr Omoyele Sowore. The President of  CAN, Rev. Samson Ayokunle,  expressed the view in a statement signed by Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, Special Assistant, Media and Communications to the CAN President, in Abuja on Tuesday. Ayokunle described the gesture as a Christmas gift to Nigerians and “a New Dawn for our democracy”. “We are very happy with the decision of the Federal Government to release the duo of former National…

President Muhammadu Buhari wished Nigerians across the country a Merry Christmas as they celebrate 2019 Christmas on Wednesday. In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Femi Adesina, Buhari said, “I felicitate with our Christian brothers and sisters in particular, and all Nigerians in general, on the joyous occasion of Christmas of the year 2019. “As Christendom commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, I enjoin all Nigerians to imbibe and demonstrate the essence of the season of love; goodwill among all the ethnic groups in the country; giving and sharing; strengthening the bonds of brotherhood and good neighbourliness; and focusing on…

Mr Antonio Canhandula, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator to Nigeria, has condemned the alleged execution and abduction of people on major highways by armed groups in Borno. Mrs Eve Sabbagh, the Head of Public Information of the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Maiduguri. Canhandula said the organisation was horrified by reports it received on Monday of the execution of many civilians and the abduction of several others traveling on Monguno-Maiduguri and Damaturu-Biu Roads respectively. “As information is still coming through, the humanitarian community working in the northeastern state of Borno,…

President Muhammadu Buhari has called former President Goodluck Jonathan to sympathise with him following an attack by gunmen on his Otuoke country residence in Bayelsa. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, confirmed this development in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. In the telephone conversation, Buhari expressed sadness over the “tragic and unfortunate attack,” during which a gallant soldier lost his life. Finally, DSS releases Sowore While commending the soldiers on guard for bravely repelling the attack, the president condoled with family members as well as officers and men of the Nigerian Army over…

The Department of State Services (DSS) has released the convener of #RevolutionNow protest Omoyele Sowore following a Federal Government ordero to do so. Sahara Reporters, which he owns, broke the news on its verified Twitter handle @SaharaReporters. It tweeted: “He was released on Tuesday evening following order to the Department of State Services by Nigeria’s Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), for his freedom.” READ: Teacher wears bodysuit to teach students anatomy In a statement issued earlier today, Abubakar Malami, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation ordered the release of Sambo Dasuki…

A teacher in Spain has come up with an inventive way to teach students about anatomy, according to reports.

Thieves who looted goods from the stores of victims of Ekiosa Market fire disaster in Edo state on Sunday have returned some items they stole, less than 24 hours after juju priests invoked curses on them.

Nigerian Government on Tuesday ordered the release of former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki and Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore from detention

At least two civilians were killed and 13 others injured when boko haram jihadists attacked a military checkpoint in northeast Nigeria