Author: Chronicle Editor

Special Assistant on New Media to the President of the Senate, Mr Olu Onemola, has urged Nigerians not to link the President of the Senate Dr Bukola Saraki with the decision of his Chief of Staff Akeem Baba-Ahmed to dump the All Progressives Congress (APC). Mr Onemola in a series of tweets on his twitter handle absolved the President of the Senate of any links with the decision of his chief of staff. The Chief of Staff dumped the APC in Kaduna on Monday. But in a swift reaction, the SA new media urged Nigerias not to be quick in…

New Arsenal defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos said he was joining “one of the three biggest teams in the Premier League” as he joined the club from Borussia Dortmund. The Greece international, 30, joined for an undisclosed fee for what the Gunners describe as a “long-term” deal. Prior to making 186 appearances for Dortmund he played for Werder Bremen, Genoa and AC Milan. “I feel very good, everything is special,” Papastathopoulos said. He told Arsenal’s website: “It is a beautiful moment and I am very happy that for the next years I will be here. Arsenal are one of the three biggest…

Neymar scored one goal and played a key role in the second as Brazil edged out Mexico in Samara to reach the World Cup quarter-finals for a seventh consecutive time. Brazil did not have it all their own way, especially in an opening period dominated by Mexico, but the five-time winners grew into what became a controlled performance. It means Mexico are once again eliminated at the last-16 stage – as they have been at every World Cup since 1994. They did have plenty of chances early on, and it was only after a largely frustrating first half for Brazil…

Globacom has congratulated the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, upon his induction as a fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering as well as his conferment with an honorary degree by the University of Jos. Professor Danbatta was formally inducted as a fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering on June 21, 2018. Two days later, he was conferred with an honorary degree at the 29th and 30th combined convocation ceremony of the University of Jos in Plateau State. READ: Tanker Explosion: Lagos to prosecute truck owner, driver Globacom, in a congratulatory…

…Orders security agencies to step up enforcement of traffic law …As CP allays fears over renewed threat of militancy in Epe, Ikorodu axis The Lagos State Government is perfecting plans to prosecute the owner and driver of the ill-fated fuel tanker which exploded last Thursday on Otedola Bridge inward Ojodu Berger along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, the State’s Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal said on Monday. Already, the State’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem had at the weekend written to the CP to advise him on the relevant provisions of the law that could guide the ongoing investigation…

MainOne’s Data Centre subsidiary, MDXI has just received its Tier III Constructed Facility certification (TCCF) from the Uptime Institute. With this new milestone, MDXI becomes the leading Data center in West Africa with the top 5 certifications in the industry, being the Tier III Constructed Facility certification, TCCF, the PCI-DSS certification which certifies the Data center to process payment card information, the SAP Infrastructure Services license which certifies the Data Center as ideal for running SAP applications and infrastructure, and ISO 27001 and 9001 certifications. This TCCF certification is awarded by the Uptime Institute as a performance-based evaluation of a…

Liverpool Football Club has confirmed that Mohamed Salah has signed a new long-term contract with the club after a blistering first year. The Egypt forward has committed his future to the Reds by putting pen to paper on the deal, a little over one year after originally arriving at Anfield from AS Roma. Salah enjoyed a remarkable debut campaign with Liverpool, in which he scored an incredible 44 goals in just 52 appearances. In doing so, he registered the second highest total of strikes in a season in the Reds’ history, just three behind Ian Rush’s record of 47 and…

Mobile policemen on Monday in Maiduguri, Borno state northern Nigeria staged a protest over non-payment of their allowances. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the protesting policemen barricaded the command headquarters located on Maiduguri-Kano expressway. The protest disrupted traffic on the road. One of protesting policemen who pleaded anonymity, said they were angry over non-payment of their allowances in the last six months. “About 10, 000 mobile policemen were deployed to the state from different commands but we have not received our allowances in the past six months. READ: We’ve introduced dynamism into banking at Keystone Bank –…

Mr. Obeahon Ohiwerei is the Group Managing Director/CEO of one of the fastest growing financial institutions in Nigeria, Keystone Bank Limited. In this interview with INTERNATIONAL BANKER MAGAZINE, UK, the banking guru speaks on the achievements of the bank in the last few months since assuming office. In less than one year of AMCON’s divestment from Keystone Bank, the lender has experienced tremendous transformation in all ramifications. Aside revamping all its branches across the country and bolstering its workforce, it has invested substantially in technology and developed fully integrated service models that enable customers access banking services through a wide…

Tracka NG, a social platform that consists of active citizens tracking implementation of government projects has proffered five simple steps for more Nigerians to become active citizens. For many years, Nigerians have wondered what the members of the national assembly and even the federal government have been doing with the resource of the country. Many more have even lamented the fact that billions of naira are awarded for projects that never materialise but all that is about to end if more Nigerians get into the ‘Nigeria Business’. An active citizen is a person who actively takes responsibility and initiative in…