Author: Chronicle Editor

The Federal Government has extended the completion date of the Lagos-Ibadan railway project to April 2020.

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested five police officers who extorted N705,000 from Kareem Jamiu, a 29-year-old resident of Sagamu, Ogun State last Monday

President Muhammadu Buhari has finally reacted to the to the heinous murder of Madam Achejuh Abuh, Woman Leader of the PDP , in the just concluded gubernatorial election in Kogi State.

The Future Awards Africa was held at The Balmoral, Federal Palace, Victoria Island, Lagos on Sunday, attracting young professionals from across Africa.

A Dutch doctor who was evacuated from Sierra Leone after contracting Lassa fever has died in hospital.

A Korean pop star who used to sing for the K-Pop group Kara has been found dead at her home in Seoul.

Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has congratulated former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, GCON, as he clocks 73 on Monday November 25. He described the former PDP Presidential candidate as a man of strong convictions, saying that his drive and tenacity to lead the country would one day come to fruition. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Olisa Ifeajika, on Sunday in Asaba, the governor described Abubakar, the presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections as “a man strong convictions”. He urged him at 73, to keep on doing his best for…

The Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), on Sunday, said that one person died, while two others sustained injuries in a road accident that occurred at Onihale area, near Owode-Ijako, on the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway. Mrs Temitope Oseni, the TRACE Unit Commander, Owode-Ijako, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota, Ogun, that the accident occurred at about 6.15 am. on Sunday. She explained that a truck, with no registration number, heading to Sango-Ota from Abeokuta, lost control due to tyre burst. Oseni said that the vehicle somersaulted twice, resulting in the death of the motor boy, while the…

The Ogun police command says it has arrested a 42-year-old woman, Temitope Akinola, for allegedly poisoning and killing her two-day-old granddaughter with a deadly insecticide, Sniper. The suspect, a resident of Isote area of Sagamu town, Sagamu Local Government area of the state, was arrested on Nov. 21 by operatives of the command. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement, said the grandmother was arrested, following the information received by the police in Sagamu division that the baby left in care of the suspect by her mother had been found dead. Oyeyemi said that the…

Nigeria’s Odion Ighalo, Victor Osimhen and Wilfred Ndidi have been shortlisted for the 2019 CAF Men Footballer of the Year. The trio were nominated alongside 27 others in a list released by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Sunday. Your African Player of the Year Nominees ???????? Who’ll win the prestigious award? ???? #CAFAwards2019 pic.twitter.com/vRhPh3IAz7 — CAF (@CAF_Online) November 24, 2019 Usual suspects, Mohammed Salah of Egypt, Senegal’s Sadio Mane and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Gabon, also made the cut. The Women’s Player of the Year category boasts of record holder, Christiana Kgatalana of South Africa as well as three-time…