Author: Chronicle Editor

The hosts of America’s popular late-night talk shows have put on a rare united front in response to criticism from President Donald Trump. In a taped segment that opened both Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show and Jimmy Fallon’s The Tonight Show on Tuesday, Colbert and Fallon were seen responding to his recent slights. Fellow talk show host Conan O’Brien also appeared in the segment. It followed Trump disparaging them at a South Carolina rally on Monday. During his speech, the President described Colbert as a “lowlife”, Fallon as a “lost soul” and Jimmy Kimmel, host of ABC’s late night show,…

A police dog in Spain is giving new meaning to the term “rescue dog” after performing a CPR to save the life of an officer. A video of Poncho, a police dog from Madrid, is going viral thanks to the pup’s heroic actions with a human officer during a recent drill, as ABC 33/40 of Birmingham, Alabama, reports. The video posted by Madrid’s police department shows the animal leaping into action after the officer feigns an attack and falls to the ground. By using its weight to repeatedly launch itself onto the man’s chest, Poncho apparently is able to perform…

Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola Saraki and the Speaker House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara are currently meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari over the recent massacre in Plateau state. The meeting which was at the instance of the President of the Senate is currently holding at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The news of the ongoing meeting was disclosed on the twitter handle of the President of the Senate @SPNigeria. The tweet reads: “The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara are now meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari over the…

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa says he suspects a group linked to former first lady Grace Mugabe to be behind an attempt on his life. Two people died and more than 40 were hurt in an explosion near Mr Mnangagwa at a rally in Bulawayo on Saturday. Mr Mnangagwa told the BBC’s Fergal Keane that he suspected the G40 group, which supported Grace Mugabe for the presidency, had carried out the attack. Mrs Mugabe’s husband, Robert Mugabe, was forced from power last year. The army intervened to oppose Mrs Mugabe’s attempt to succeed her husband as the country’s leader, and the…

It’s 2030 and the number of users on Nigeria-owned social media platform, Tanmo, just hit over 500 million users. Its gaining grounds quicker than any other medium across the continent because of its African appeal. The medium which allows users to connect socially, market their businesses and advertise has been dubbed the African Facebook. For youths in their 20s Nigeria is the country to be, they are showing off the latest tech gadgets and concepts all designed and produced by Nigerians. Some are thinking to themselves what would they have done without technology. It’s the same story for the government…

Lionel Messi’s scoring history against Nigeria dates back to the FIFA under 20 World Cup in 2005 when Argentina beat Nigeria to win the junior championship. Since then, he has scored half of his senior World Cup goals against the West African country. Here are the match facts after Messi scored against Nigeria yet again in a crucial encounter. Messi ends drought against familiar foe – stats Lionel Messi’s first-half strike for Argentina ended a run of 662 minutes without a goal in the World Cup – his last was in June 2014, also against Nigeria. Messi (2006, 2014 and…

Manchester United defender Marcos Rojo scored a late goal as Argentina struggled to beat Nigeria 2-1 in Saint Petersburg. A lacklustre Argentina were on the verge of an embarrassing exit, before Manchester United defender Rojo surged into the area to place Gabriel Mercado’s cross into the bottom corner. Lionel Messi had earlier scored a sublime opener to put his side in position to qualify from Group D, only for Javier Mascherano’s poor error to allow Victor Moses to equalise with a penalty. That would have sent Nigeria through but they were wasteful against a ragged defence and punished late on.…

Matchday 13 of the 2018 World Cup sees Nigeria looking to join Croatia in the last 16 and set up a meeting with either Denmark or France, who meet in Moscow this afternoon. Group C is almost sorted as far as who is moving on is concerned, with ‘Les Bleus’ having already qualified and the ‘Danish Dynamite’ needing only a draw. However, their game at the Luzhniki Stadium has been given extra impetus, both by the fact that top spot in the group is up for grabs, and the clash will have some spice in it after Denmark coach Age…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to all the Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council, Geneva urging their delegation “to initiative and actively support the urgent holding of a special session of the Human Rights Council to address the ongoing killings of Nigerians and residents by suspected herdsmen and/or unknown persons in Nigeria, most recently in Plateau State where over 80 people were brutally murdered.” The organization urged the Human Rights Council to adopt a resolution to “condemn in the strongest possible terms the ongoing killings and revenge…

The US has strongly condemned the attacks in Plateau in which no fewer than 86 people were killed and several others injured. The US in a statement by Ms Heather Nauert, Spokesperson for the US Department of State, said the perpetrators of the attacks should be brought to justice. “The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms the killing of civilians and destruction of property in Nigeria’s Middle Belt region over the weekend. “We are concerned by the recent increase in armed violence against civilians and call on all political and community leaders to lend their voices to peace…