Author: Chronicle Editor

An 82-year-old bodybuilder attacked an intruder with a table, squirted shampoo in his face and was found by police beating him with a broom.

Uber has been stripped of its London operating licence by the regulator over a series of breaches that put passenger safety at risk.

Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs, Chairman of Platform Petroleum and the second son of High Chief O. B. Lulu-Briggs has loudly disapproved of the High Court-ordered autopsy done on his father at the 37 Military Hospital, Accra, Ghana on Friday 19th July 2019. Reacting to a letter of protest by Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs’ lawyers to CP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, Director General of the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghanaian Police, the stepmother’s lawyer alleged that Dumo is unhappy that the pathologist did not give out samples of his father’s body parts after the autopsy. However, in the reaction, it was stated…

Trading reopened for the week on the Nigerians Stock Exchange (NSE) with a growth of 0.16 per cent, extending the bullish run to five consecutive trading sessions. Specifically, the All-Share Index which opened at 26,991.42 rose by 44.36 points or 0.16 per cent to close at 27,035.78. Similarly, the market capitalisation inched N22 billion or 0.16 per cent to close at N13.049 trillion in contrast with N13.027 trillion on Friday. The market growth was championed by Nestle Nigeria, Presco, Dangote Sugar Refinery, Cadbury Nigeria and Guaranty Trust Bank. Analysts at Afrinvest Limited expected the local bourse to sustain gains as…

Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Monday in Ilorin criticised the proposed capital punishment clause in the hate speech bill before the National Assembly. Akeredolu expressed his views while delivering an address at the Biennial Conference of the Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies (CPSS) of the University of Ilorin. The governor spoke on the theme:” Domesticating Sustainable Development Goal 16 in Nigeria: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions” He said that the expression of people’s opinions on social and news media should not warrant death penalty, arguing that whatever people circulate on social media will eventually fade away. The…

A 63-year-old tailor, Gbenga Oyeneye, on Monday, at a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, pleaded guilty to stealing a student’s bag containing his laptop, phone and ATM card, all valued at N140,000. Following the sexagenarian’s guilty plea, the Chief Magistrate, Mrs Oluwatoyin Oghere, adjourned to November 27, the review of the facts of the case and sentencing. NAN reports that Oyeneye, who resides at Shomolu, Lagos, was arraigned on a three-count charge of conspiracy, stealing and breach of peace. Earlier, Prosecutor, Sgt. Modupe Olaluwoye, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on Oct. 31, at Yaba College…

The Federal Government says items estimated at N3.5 billion have so far been apprehended with the partial closure of its land and maritime borders with neighbouring countries. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this on Monday at Seme, a border town between Nigeria and Benin Republic. Mohammed is among the Federal Government ministerial delegation on inspection and assessment of the potency of the border closure directive. Other members of the delegation are, Ministers of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema, Minister of State, Finance and National Planning, Clement Agba. The National Security Adviser, Gen. Babagana…

Alhaji Abdulmunaf Sarina, President and Chief Executive Officer of Azman Air Services Limited and Azman Oil and Gas Limited has been awarded an honorary doctorate degree in Business Administration by Gregory University, Uturu, Abia State. Sarina was conferred with the degree by Professor Gregory Iyke Ibe, Chancellor and Founder of the university, during the institution’s convocation ceremony held last Saturday at the school premises. According to the institution, Sarina was awarded the degree based on the impact of his entrepreneurial activities in the country for over 35 years, as well as his contributions to the development of the aviation and…

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain in Kogi State, Mr. Toba Abraham says former Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, and the National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus, as responsible for the dilemma of the party in Kogi State. Abraham stated that the way and manner the duo were running the affairs of the state party without recourse to democratic principles led the party to its present predicament in the state Abraham who spoke on Monday in Lokoja on the Saturday’s defection of former House of Representatives member, Sunday Karimi (Yagba Fed constituency, 2011 – 2019) from PDP to APC. He…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called for the identification, punishment of culprits of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and adoption of preventive measures to end the scourge in the country. Osinbajo made the call during the launch of the Nigeria Sexual Offenders Registry and Guidelines for Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Abuja on Monday. The launch is in line with the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence”, an international campaign to challenge violence against women and girls. The campaign runs every year from Nov. 25, as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to December 10, which is…