Author: Chronicle Editor

The executive governor of Taraba state, Darius Ishaku, has asked the military to deploy operatives to secure the state’s ‘long-stretch’ border with Cameroon. The Governor said this following the attack by suspected Ambazonian soldiers on a community in the state which left 11 people dead including a traditional ruler. “Taraba has one of the longest borders with Cameroon,” Mr. Ishaku said during his appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today. “There is an absolute need that this our boundary must be manned by security agencies. The military, precisely, must man it. “Because they (the separatists) are well armed, they are a separatist group,…

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has warned Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang not to rest on his laurels, demanding more goals from the Gabon forward. Arteta’s side are on an eight-match unbeaten run in the Premier League as they prepare for the acid test of their revival at Liverpool on Saturday. Arsenal captain Aubameyang has played a key role in the Gunners’ rise to fifth place, with three goals in his past six matches. However the 32-year-old, who has seven goals in all competitions this term, has in the past had a habit of drifting through games, making little impact. Arteta knows how crucial…

New Tottenham manager Antonio Conte has challenged midfielder Tanguy Ndombele to put his talent “into the team” and not just play for himself. The France international, 24, is Spurs’ record signing but has failed to consistently perform since joining from Lyon for £53.8m in 2019. Ndombele could start against Leeds on Sunday with Oliver Skipp suspended. “I have seen that many managers struggle about this situation, about the position,” said Conte. “Tanguy has the quality. At the same time he has to understand that there is a team and he has to play into the team. I think it means…

A member of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and other matters, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), has noted that there are documents to back the report which was submitted by the panel to the state government on the 15th of November, 2020. Chronicle reported that the report was submitted by the chairman of the panel to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu after a year of sitting. The report revealed that eleven persons were shot dead at Lekki tollgate by operatives of the Nigerian Army on the night of October 20, 2020. However, the counsel of…

An oil company, ASCON Oil Company Limited, has instituted a suit before a Lagos Federal High Court, against a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Wale Akoni, and three others, over alleged unlawfully eviction from its property, located at Block 36, Admiralty Way, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos State. ASCON accused Akoni (SAN) and others of committing the alleged infraction without a subsisting court order, at the dead hour of May 15, 2021. Joined as Akoni’s co-respondents in the suit marked FHC/L/CS/61/2021 are; Rain Oil Limited; Stannic/IBTC Bank Plc and Inspector-General of Police (IGP). ASCON in its originating summons filed before Justice…

Leading entertainment provider, MultiChoice Nigeria, has announced a wide selection of content, pop-up channels, key sporting events and a special festive lineup for DStv and GOtv customers this festive season. The company recently launched a new GOtv package, GOtv Supa, which will focus on an extensive catalogue of general entertainment channels available on DStv such as Honey, Africa Magic Urban, WWE, TLNovelas, Novela Magic, ROK, KIX, Nick Jr and NickToons. worth N5,500. DStv Customers also get to experience the new Add-Movies functionality which allows customers on lower packages to select premium movie channels to their existing DStv packages at a…

An extremely rare original copy of the US Constitution sold Thursday for $43 million — a world record for a historical document at auction — with a cryptocurrency consortium that coveted the text outbid by another investor. Sotheby’s auction house, which staged the sale, said the item was one of only 13 known surviving copies of the US charter, signed on September 17, 1787 at Philadelphia’s Independence Hall by America’s founding fathers including George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and James Madison. The winning bidder was not immediately identified. A group of cryptocurrency investors had raised $40 million to try to buy…

Security forces in Uganda have shot dead a Muslim cleric accused of working with an armed group linked to suicide bombings in the capital Kampala. Officials said Sheikh Muhammad Abas Kirevu had recruited for cells run by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) – rebels who have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group. He was killed just outside Kampala. At least four people were killed by attackers on motorbikes who blew themselves up in the city on Tuesday. More than 30 others were injured in the attack, which IS said it was behind and officials have blamed on the ADF.…

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday and discussed domestic and regional security, and West Africa’s democratic backsliding, including the Federal Government’s handling of anti-police brutality protests last year. Blinken’s trip to Nigeria came days after a leaked report said the Nigerian army had fired live rounds at peaceful protesters at a toll gate in Lagos in October 2020 and described the incident as a “massacre”. Blinken said during a joint news conference with Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama that depending on the conclusions of the report, authorities should “hold accountable any of those…

Jesse Lingard’s Manchester United future is in doubt after talks over a new contract collapsed. The 28-year-old’s present deal expires next summer and United hoped to extend the England midfielder’s time at Old Trafford following an excellent loan spell at West Ham in the second half of last season. Lingard opted to stay at Manchester United this season even though six clubs asked about his services, believing manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer would provide him with more game time. Instead, Lingard has started just one game all season, the EFL Cup defeat by West Ham in September. He has also made…