Author: Chronicle Editor

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday fixed Sept.11 to deliver judgment in the petition filed by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar challenging president Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in the February 23 general election. Atiku Abubakar, the PDP candidate is seeking to nullify the election of Buhari in the February 23 polls. The Court of Appeal Public Relations Officer, Mrs Sadiat Kachalla, announced this in a notice of judgment  in Abuja. The tribunal on August 21 reserved judgment on the appeal after parties adopted their addresses. Justice Mohammed Garba, Chairman of the five-man panel…

Nigerian Singer Yemi Alade has signed a licensing deal with Universal Music group Africa/France. Universal Music Group also known in the United States as UMG Recordings (and abbreviated as UMG) is an American global music corporation that is a subsidiary of the French media conglomerate, Vivendi. The Universal Music Group’s west African affiliate is in partnership with Universal Music France (UMF) Alade, one of Africa’s most creatively and commercially successful artists through her record label signed the deal with the global licensing in agreement with Universal Music Africa (UMA). Based on the multi-year agreement, UMA would  serve as the exclusive worldwide…

By Louis Odion, FNGE So, after all his thunderous imprecations and venomous profiling of the Wazirin Adamawa as “hopelessly corrupt”, OBJ could not resist the temptation of a N50m “egunje” from the same tainted hand. Perhaps, our ever sanctimonious patriarch never reckoned the secret would leak. No less amusing was the explanation offered by the giver when the EFCC hound uncovered an assortment of fingerprints and footprints of beneficiaries of a staggering 150m Euros (N60b) moneybag Atiku allegedly laundered ahead of the 2019 polls of which a consortium of local and foreign marabouts were said to have assured him, with…

The National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) which will be commissioned by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in Adamawa state on Tuesday is not the same as the suspended Rural Grazing Area plan (RUGA). Some reports on social media and online have interchangeably used both programmes claiming that they are same programme but in the real sense, they are two different programmes. Our correspondent reports that in July, President Muhammadu Buhari announced the suspension of RUGA, a programme of the Ministry of Agriculture in favour of NLTP. The idea of NLTP was conceived at the National Economic Council chaired by Prof. Osinbajo.…

In the first week of September, International football clubs in France, Germany, Spain and Italy closed transfer windows after top footballers were successfully transferred to different clubs. However, in Nigeria, on Monday, history was made in Gano Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area of Kano state. A club known as ”Super Stars, FA league” bought talented footballer Ibrahim Salisu Iriyos from Aston Villa Gano for N5000 ($13.85). The deal is the most expensive transfer in the history of the town. The Aston Villa Gano striker, Ibrahim who is one of the club’s top goal scorers said he showed interest in joining…

Reality Star, Kim Kardashian has tested positive for Lupus antibodies. Chronicle reports that Lupus is a systemic autoimmune disease that occurs when your body’s immune system attacks your own tissues and organs. Inflammation caused by lupus can affect many different body systems  including your joints, skin, kidneys, blood cells, brain, heart and lungs. The health scare was revealed during the premiere of the 17th season of ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ on Sunday night. The 38-year-old Kim revealed she was having some worrying symptoms. “I’ve been feeling so tired, so nauseous and my hands are really getting swollen. I feel…

The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) also known as shi’ites have vowed to embark on its procession in the federal capital territory (FCT) and in other parts of the country on Tuesday despite a warning by the police. On Monday, Mohammed Adamu, inspector-general of police, warned that ‘’all gathering or procession by the group remains ultimately illegal and will be treated as a gathering in the advancement of terrorism’’. He said the IMN has been proscribed and declared a terrorist group and that its activities are outlawed. But in a statement, Ibrahim Musa, president of the media forum of the…

Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa says civil servants working with the state government would soon be able to own houses they can afford being constructed in the state. Fintiri gave the assurance during a ground breaking ceremony of the construction of 2,000 housing units  in Yola on Monday. He said that construction of the houses was part of the fulfilment of promises made during the electioneering campaign. ” The 2,,000 housing units are  mainly for  civil servants, to enable them own houses at affordable cost,”  Fintiri said. READ: UNICEF seeks functional education system for Nigerian youths He said that 1,400…

The UN Children Education Fund (UNICEF) and other stakeholders have called for a functional educational system to help Nigerian youths achieve their dreams. They also drew the attention of the Federal Government to the need to create the right vision and environment that would unite us as a nation. They made this call in Abuja on Monday at the maiden edition of the Naija Youth Talk organised by UNICEF with the theme: “The Nigeria we Want”. The UNICEF Country Representative, Mr Peter Hawkins, said there was need to address the challenges of education in the country, with more than 64 million population…

MPs have again rejected Boris Johnson’s calls for a snap election, as the five-week suspension of Parliament begins. In all, 293 MPs voted for the prime minister’s motion for an early poll, far short of the number needed. Earlier, opposition MPs confirmed they would not support an October poll, insisting a law blocking a no-deal Brexit must be implemented first. Parliament was officially suspended – or prorogued – just before 02:00 BST on Tuesday and will reopen on 14 October. A group of Labour backbenchers protested against the move, appearing to try to block Speaker John Bercow amid raucous scenes…