Author: Chronicle Editor

Nigeria’s annual inflation rose for the third consecutive month in November, marking the longest run of increases in almost two years as prices soared across all categories measured by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS. In August, Nigeria closed parts of its borders to fight smuggling of rice and other goods, a move which has exacerbated inflation according to customers and economists. The head of customs confirmed in October that all trade in goods via land borders had been halted indefinitely. Annual inflation was 11.85% in November, up from 11.61% in October, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday,…

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General Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s former military leader, has been sentenced to death at a special court hearing in Islamabad. The three-member court sentenced him over a high treason charge that has been pending since 2013. Gen Musharraf seized power in a military coup in 1999 and served as the country’s president from 2001 to 2008. He is currently in Dubai after being allowed to leave the country for medical treatment in 2016. The charge relates to Gen Musharraf’s suspension of the constitution in 2007, when he imposed emergency rule in a move intended to extend his tenure. He issued a…

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Carlo Ancelotti is Everton’s first choice to be their new manager with the Toffees set to intensify their attempts to secure a deal for the Italian. However, reports that the 60-year-old was on Merseyside on Monday to hold talks were wide of the mark. Ancelotti was sacked by Napoli after taking them into the Champions League knockout stages. A statement from Everton said the club had “held meetings with a number of candidates”. “We can confirm that thus far no contract offer has been made and no candidate has chosen to withdraw from the process,” added the statement. “While the…

India’s foreign ministry said on Monday that 20 of its nationals had been kidnapped from an oil tanker in West African waters, where piracy has been on the rise. “Our Mission in Abuja has taken up the matter with the Nigerian authorities, as also with the authorities of the neighbouring countries,” the ministry said in a statement. It said the vessel was the Marshall Islands-flagged DUKE. The ship’s operator Union Maritime wrote on its website that the craft was “attacked and boarded” while carrying fuel oil to the Togolese capital Lome from Angola and that the company was working with…

The Northern States Governors Forum has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari as he marks his 77th birthday on Tuesday. The Forum in a congratulatory message by its Chairman and Governor of Plateau, Simon Lalong, said that President Buhari had demonstrated unparalleled leadership skills, patriotism, integrity and courage in bringing change to Nigeria. “The revival of the economy, industries, railways, agriculture and other sectors by the ‘Change Government’ under your leadership has brought back confidence to the nation. “You are putting the economy on the path of productivity and self sufficiency,” Lalong said in a statement by his Director of Press and…

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has approved the redeployment and posting of the recently promoted senior officers in the Nigerian Army to different positions. The acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said the redeployment was to reinvigorate the system for professional efficiency. The new postings, according to Musa, include the redeployment of Maj.-Gen. E.O Ogunkale from Command Army Records, Lokoja to Defence Headquarters as Chief of Defence Standards and Evaluation. He said that Maj.-Gen. A.O. Uthman had been redeployed from Nigerian Army School of Signals,…