Author: Chronicle Editor

Manchester City will face Real Madrid while holders Liverpool have been drawn against Atletico Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League. Chelsea take on Bayern Munich in a repeat of the 2012 final won by the Blues while Tottenham face RB Leipzig. In the pick of the other ties, Borussia Dortmund will play Paris St-Germain and Napoli take on Barcelona. The first legs will be played on 18, 19, 25 and 26 February with the return matches on 10, 11, 17 and 18 March. This season’s final is on 30 May at the Ataturk Stadium in Istanbul, the…

President of the Nigerian Boxing Board of Control (NBB of C), Dr. Rauf Ladipo and Secretary-General of the boxing body, Remi Aboderin, have commended the sponsors of GOtv Boxing Night for their plan to stage the World Boxing Federation (WBF) Intercontinental heavyweight title bout in Lagos. The high-profile match, which will see Nigeria’s Onos “Godzilla” Ehwariemi take on Argentina’s Ariel “Chiquito” Baracamonte, is the headline encounter of the nine-bout show holding on 28 December at the Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos. Speaking over the weekend, Ladipo described the WBF bout as an indication of progress Nigerian Boxing has made. “The WBF…

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X3M Ideas emerged the biggest winner at the 2019 Lagos Advertising and Ideas Festival (LAIF) Awards, which held on Saturday at the Landmark Event Centre in Lagos. The event, which had as its theme: “Tori Tori of LAIF: Our stories, to the world”, is organized annually by the Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria (AAAN) as a platform for the recognition of creativity and innovation in the industry. The awards had seven categories: Outdoor/Poster, Press, Digital and Mobile, Radio, Television, LAIF Campaign and LAIF Grand Prix. X3M Ideas won three gold, two silver and five bronze medals. The agency was…

Tension brews in Ogun state All Progressives Congress (APC) after loyalists of Aremo Segun Osoba’s rejected of the Commissioner-nominees list sent by Governor Dapo Abiodun. The loyalists of former Governor Segun Osoba said they were not only dismayed that the commissioner list negated the promise of Governor Abiodun to “run an all inclusive” government, but also disturbed that the policy has turned out to be a ploy to ease Osoba political family out of the present administration in the state. In a press release signed by Alhaja Yemisi Ayinla, Mrs Toyin Usifo, Pastor Matthew Oladele, Mr. Jelili Onayemi, Chief Labeth…

The federal lawmakers in Nigeria have approved a whooping N37 billion for the renovation of the National Assembly complex used by the Senate and House of Representatives. Also endorsed as part of the Budget 2020 is N1 billion to cater for the amendment of the Constitution. This is slated to begin early next year. President Muhammadu Buhari on October 8, presented a N10.33 trillion budget proposal to the joint session of the national assembly but lawmakers passed a N10.594 trillion estimate, an increase of N264 billion on December 5. The N37 billion renovation cash is part of the N2.5trillion capital…

Protests over a controversial new law on migrants have raged across several Indian cities, prompting police to clash with demonstrators. The new law entitles non-Muslim migrants from three Muslim-majority countries to citizenship if they are facing religious persecution. Police used tear gas and detained protesters in the capital Delhi as buses were torched and roads blocked. Protests have raged across northern and eastern India since the law was passed. Some critics say the law is anti-Muslim, while others – especially in border regions – fear large-scale migration. Six people have been killed in the five days of unrest. Over the…

Twenty-four people were reportedly killed when a landslide engulfed a gold mine in DR Congo’s eastern Ituri province after days of torrential rain battered the region, an official said Sunday

Two fine goals and an assist for Kevin De Bruyne inspired Manchester City to a 3-0 win over a woeful Arsenal in the Premier League on Super Sunday.

Jan Vertonghen scored a dramatic late winner as Tottenham ended Wolves’ 11-match unbeaten Premier League run to narrow the gap on the top four with victory at Molineux.