Author: Chronicle Editor

Scores of Rohingya refugees in the UK and US have sued Facebook, accusing the social media giant of allowing hate speech against them to spread. They are demanding more than $150bn (£113bn) in compensation, claiming Facebook’s platforms promoted violence against the persecuted minority. An estimated 10,000 Rohingya Muslims were killed during a military crackdown in Buddhist-majority Myanmar in 2017. Facebook, now called Meta, did not immediately respond to the allegations. The company is accused of allowing “the dissemination of hateful and dangerous misinformation to continue for years”. In the UK, a British law firm representing some of the refugees has…

Demarai Gray’s sublime injury time goal to helped Everton end eight games without a win as they beat Arsenal 2-1 to complete their comeback at Goodison Park. The Gunners took the lead towards the end of the first half through midfielder Martin Odegaard. The Toffees scored twice through Brazilian forward, Richarlison but both chances were ruled out for offside. Richarlison eventually got his goal after Gray hit the woodwork to draw the game level. The scenes at the final whistle were a complete turnaround from last Wednesday, when the mood turned ugly after a 4-1 defeat by their city rivals.…

National League leaders Chesterfield will visit last season’s runners-up Chelsea in the third round of the FA Cup. Elsewhere Liverpool will entertain League One Shrewsbury and Manchester City will visit Swindon Town. Aston Villa have been drawn at Manchester United, West Ham will host Leeds and holders Leicester welcome Watford in all-Premier League ties. The third round will be played between 7 and 10 January 2022. Chesterfield were one of five non-league sides to be in the hat for the draw and will face last season’s runners-up at Stamford Bridge after beating League Two Salford City in the second round.…

The United States has announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in China. The White House said no official delegation would be sent to the games because of concerns about China’s human rights record. But it said US athletes could attend the games and would have the government’s full support. China has previously said it will take “resolute counter-measures” in the event of a boycott. President Joe Biden said last month that he was weighing up a diplomatic boycott of the Games. Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers have called for the boycott as a means to protest…

Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has adjourned the trial of one Ibrahim Kuforiji, Mojeed Raheem and Oladepo Habeeb for an alleged N125million fraud till January 27, 2022. The defendants, who were first arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on February 25, 2020, on a four-count charge bordering on stealing, are alleged to have connived to divert goods worth N125,786,969 belonging to De-Moshadek Nigeria Limited, a major distributor of household goods and groceries. They pleaded “not guilty” to the charges. One of the counts reads: “Ibrahim Kuforiji, Mojeed Raheem and Oladepo…

The Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, December 3, 2021 secured the conviction of five students: John Okonkwo, Okwundu Patrick, Chibuzor Ezechi, Emmanuel Efoke and Chinedu Nwoye, before Justice I.M Buba of the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu on a separate one-count charge bordering on distributing petroleum products without a license. The charge against OKWUNDU PATRICK reads, “that you OKWUNDU PATRICK on the 25th day of July, 2021 at Oba within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, without license did distribute petroleum products and thereby committed an offence contrary…

The Kano Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission today, December 6, 2021 secured the conviction of one Daniel Uche Orji before Justice A.M Liman of the Federal High Court sitting in Kano on a one-count amended charge of retention of proceeds of crime. Daniel’s journey to prison started following intelligence on his alleged Internet-related fraud activities, including recruiting young men into cybercrime. Upon receipt of the Intelligence, the convict was arrested at his residence. A Mercedes Benz GLK, two laptops, a printer and an iPhone 12 were recovered from him during the arrest. EFCC arrests 3 suspects…

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan said on Monday that the National Assembly will provide resources in 2022 budget for the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic but will insist on prudence in the use of the funds. Lawan spoke in Abuja while declaring open a National Summit on COVID-19 with the theme: ‘End the Pandemic and Build Back Better.” The summit was organised by the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19. The Senate President told the participants at the summit that “in the 2022 appropriation, whatever is necessary will be provided for Nigeria to continue to fight the pandemic…

The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has suspended its industrial action that led to the outage of electricity in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja and other states like Nasarawa, Kaduna, Kogi, Niger and part of Edo state. The labour union has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the federal government on Monday evening. Chronicle NG reports that at the end of the meeting, the Nigerian government agreed to pay NUEE their entitlements. “At the end of an expansive meeting between the leadership of NUEE and relevant government institutions in the power sector over the industrial action which affected the Abuja Electricity…

The executive chairman of the FIRS, Muhammad Nami has highlighted the need to include all revenue generated at the national and sub-national levels in order to properly determine the accurate computation of Nigeria’s tax-to-GDP ratio. He stated this in his welcome remarks at the “National Symposium On Taxation And Challenges Of External Shocks: Lessons and Policy Options for Nigeria,” on Monday, organised by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in collaboration with the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS) at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel Abuja. “One of the recurring issues in national discourse has been Nigeria’s low tax-to-GDP ratio,” Nami said.…