Author: Chronicle Editor

Manchester United’s struggles in front of goal continued as they laboured to a 0-0 Europa League draw away to AZ.

England manager Gareth Southgate has included Chelsea duo Tammy Abraham and Fikayo Tomori in his latest England squad

The striker’s American team has confirmed the passing of the former Golden Eaglets and Flying Eagles’ skipper

Ekiti State Government has proposed a life imprisonment for anyone found guilty of rape in the state, NAN reports. The Executive Bill is entitled: A Bill for a Law to Repeal the Ekiti Gender-Based Violence,(Prohibition) Law, 2011 and enact the Ekiti Gender-Based Violence, (Prohibition) Bill, 2019. NAN reports that the bill was deliberated on by members of the Ekiti House of Assembly at Thursday’s plenary presided over by the Speaker, Mr Funminiyi Afuye. Contributors during debate who included, the Speaker, Funminiyi Afuye, Mr Gboyega Aribisogan, the Majority Leader and Mrs Teju Okunyiga, (Gbonyin Constituency) lauded the initiatives. They said the…

BBNaija Pepper Dem housemate, Mercy aka Lambo shows promise by becoming the last woman standing in the house, competing for the N60million worth of prizes alongside fellow male housemates Frodd, Seyi, Mike and Omashola. Mercy’s time in the house so far has not been without drama particularly the moment when she had to be physically restrained during a row with now disqualified housemate Tacha. Besides the drama, Mercy has proven herself to be goal driven, from winning the HoH challenge down to the tasks prepared by the sponsors. She is also known for her ever-changing style and sense of humor. The…

It has been fourteen weeks of pepper, loads of drama, and intense moments. Finally, the Big Brother Naija Pepper Dem season is gradually coming to an end with voting ending this Friday. The show kicked off with 21 housemates and as the show progressed, we witnessed the entrant of an additional 5 housemates. After weeks of nominations and eliminations, we are down to 5 housemates; Mercy, Frodd, Seyi, Mike and Omashola. Voting for the winner of Big Brother Naija Season 4 ends Friday, 4 October 2019 at 9:00pm WAT. Fans can now vote for their most favorite housemate to win via SMS by texting…

President, Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday, October 8 present the 2020 budget to the joint session of the National Assembly. President of the senate,Dr. Ahmad Lawan disclosed this, on Thursday in Abuja. He read a letter from Buhari to the lawmakers on the presentation of the 2020 Appropriation Bill on Tuesday, 8th October, 2019 to the Joint session of the National Assembly. The letter reads: “May I crave the kind indulgence of the Distinguished Senate to grant me the slot of 1400 hours on Tuesday, 8th October, 2019, to formally present the 2020 Appropriation Bill to the Joint session of…

By ‘Dayo Peters I was one of those who believed very strongly that TraderMoni was vote buying and this was so for obvious reasons. Firstly, the disbursement of funds to traders happened too close to the campaign for 2019 elections, even though the claim was that the senate approved the budget late. Secondly, I thought it as a project of the Vice President’s to attract the masses, instead of truly being a social welfare programme. I also thought it would end after the elections. Also, there were too many news but it obviously now seems like most of them were…

Organised labour has given the Federal Government an October 16 ultimatum to resolve all issues surrounding the consequential adjustment of salaries for the implementation of the minimum wage. Its leadership, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) threatened to call their members out for industrial action if the government failed to act at the expiration of the two-week ultimatum. The decision was contained in a communique issued after the leadership was briefed at the Labour House, Abuja, by members of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC). The commuque was signed by NLC President…

A US former police officer who shot dead her neighbour inside his own apartment in Dallas has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for murder. Amber Guyger, 31, argued she killed Botham Jean, 26, after mistakenly thinking she was in her own flat and that he was an intruder. During a tense seven-day trial, Guyger admitted she shot “an innocent man”. Prosecutors accused her of bursting into Jean’s apartment and firing at him while he was sitting on his sofa. Jean, a native of the Caribbean island of St Lucia, worked as an accountant at financial services firm Pricewaterhouse…