Author: Chronicle Editor

Manchester United needed a late goal from Mason Greenwood to earn a point against Everton in the Premier League on Sunday.

Former Nigeria Head of State, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida popularly known as IBB is not dead, a spokesperson to the former President said on Sunday. Yemi Saka, a spokesperson to the former military leader said reports in some online news platform and on social media were false. He said Babangida is very much alive and in good health, “he is hale and hearty” he said in a statement. “My attention has been drawn to a misinformation in public domain, just as I have been inundated with calls about the purported demise of General General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (retd). 6 DisCos…

A six-year-old girl was among three people killed when a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck the southern Philippines island of Mindanao on Sunday.

Around 54,000 people were evacuated Sunday morning from Brindisi the southern city of Italy as experts worked to defuse a British World War II bomb

The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) says from Dec. 21, it will embark on a clean-up exercise by removing illegal structures in Lekki

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says six out of eight power Distribution Companies (DisCos) have complied or substantially complied with the approved minimum remittance threshold in the Order for July to September 2019. NERC, which is the regulator of the industry, confirmed the development in a notice sent to the affected companies and obtained by NAN in Lagos on Sunday. The notice dated Dec. 12 was signed by Mr Dafe Akpeneye, Commissioner, Legal Licensing and Compliance, NERC. It said only Enugu Electricity Distribution Company Plc and Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company Plc failed to comply with the remittance directive…

Colby Covington garnered attention as a trash-talking cartoon character. Saturday night marked his comeuppance. Covington (15-2), who adopted the mannerisms of a MAGA-loving, pro wrestling-type villain, challenged Kamaru Usman (16-1) for the UFC welterweight title in main event of UFC 245, and seemed to be winning the bout at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. But Usman appeared to break Covington’s jaw with a strong right hand in the third round. Covington incredibly willed his way through it, in what turned into a down-and-dirty slugfest, only to lose in the fight’s 25th and final minute. Kamaru Usman KO’s Colby Covington in…

Former minister of Police Affairs, Humphrey Abba, has advised Nigerians to be mindful of who they engage to serve them as domestic servants. Abba stated this in Abuja, at a special training for domestic service personnel, organised by the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), Asokoro Division, in collaboration with Rightangle PR, a public relations firm. Abba who spoke at the event with the theme: “Dealing with Contemporary Issues of Domestic Security,” noted that domestic servants were critical in improving security at the home and the larger society. He emphasised the need to teach them how to conduct themselves without drifting.…

The Chairman, National Agricultural Foundation, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, has restated the need for the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to hand over administration of the Anchor Borrowers Programme and other agricultural programmes. Adamu, who made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Abuja, urged the CBN to handover agricultural programmes to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD). The senator said it was high time CBN allowed FMARD carry out its mandate through the various agencies under it, adding that the mandate of the apex bank was to act as referee or monitor financial…

There is prospect Nigerians keen on knowing details of spending of the $460 million loan obtained in 2010 from China to fund the apparently failed Abuja Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) project, the names of contractors who collected money, and why Nigeria is re-paying the loan, may soon have some answers, as Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has won the latest round in the legal battle to compel the Federal Government to disclose these details. Justice Anwuri Ichegbuo Chikere of the Federal High Court, Abuja last week granted leave clearing the way for SERAP to advance its case to compel Mrs…