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Queen Obioma said she had boarded a plane at Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston when she got into an incident with a white passenger Obioma filed a civil rights lawsuit saying United Airlines discriminated against her because she is black, African and Nigerian Queen Obioma, a Nigerian woman has sued United Airlines claiming she and her two children were kicked off a flight because a passenger said she smelled. Queen Obioma said she was traveling from Lagos, Nigeria, to Ontario, Canada, on March 4, 2016, when an airline employee escorted her from the plane before takeoff. Obioma said the employee…

Manchester City assistant coach Mikel Arteta has been contacted by Arsenal as one of a number of options being considered to be their new manager. Spaniard Arteta, who made 150 appearances for the Gunners and captained the side, took up a coaching role at City in 2016. However, the club is not close to making an appointment yet. Also among those contacted by Arsenal during the process is another of their former captains, Patrick Vieira. The club remains confident of naming a successor before the World Cup begins on 14 June. READ: Arjen Robben signs new deal with Bayern Munich…

Governor Ayodele Fayose has said his predecessor whom he beat at the polls will suffer his worse defeat at the gubernatorial elections in July. Fayose who took to Twitter to react to Fayemi’s emergence as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ekiti said APC has given the people a candidate Ekiti people like to vote against. “I thank the APC for giving Ekiti people a candidate they love to vote against at all times,” he wrote on Twitter. Adding that, ” Fayemi should not celebrate this pyrrhic victory yet because it is nothing but a flame…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday left Abuja to attend the inauguration of President Julius Bio in Freetown, Sierra Leone. According to a statement by Mr Laolu Akande, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Vice President, Osinbanjo is expected to Abuja later in the evening. Bio won the country’s presidential run-off election on March 31. NAN reports that the presidents of Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Senegal, Burkina Faso, and Gambia have been confirmed to attend the ceremony. Also on the lineup is a list of Nollywood stars from Nigeria, among them Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, Mercy…

A Nigerian lawyer Ogedi Ogu has sued the publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary for more than £20,000 (10m Nigerian naira) for mixing up the definitions of two words. Ogu said he was left embarrassed and was no longer asked for legal advice after he lost the respect of his colleagues when he used the incorrect words while finalising a mortgage deal. He claimed he relied on the definitions in the Oxford Mini Reference Dictionary and the Oxford English Mini Dictionary, which he purchased in 2005 and 2006 respectively, of the word ‘mortgagee’, which was defined as the borrower, and…

No fewer than one hundred youths on the platform of Anambra State Youth Organisation on Friday stage a solidarity march in support of the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the youths carrying placards with various inscriptions marched through Amawbia by-pass and adjourning streets before ending at Anambra Police Headquarters, Amawbia. Some of the placards which the demonstrators carried read; “Senate public is watching”, “Senate should leave the working IGP alone”, “IGP not enemy of democracy and IGP Ibrahim Idris is competent.” Spokesman of the organisation, Mr. Anthony Ogbugu, said the decision…

There’s been widespread claims that the Vice President of Nigeria, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has refused to speak on killings across the country especially those perpetuated by herdsmen or against Christians. But findings by Chronicle NG shows otherwise. The Vice President has spoken against killings in the country at a handful of occasions. Here’s a timeline of instances where the Vice President either condemned killings in Nigeria or gave an insight to how the government is combating insecurity. 12 June 2017: At the opening session of the Golden Jubilee Conference of the Nigerian Association of Law Teachers, themed: Law, Security and…

Are you in Lagos? Do you want to enjoy free secured WI-FI while you are in town? Here are the places you can visit as Lagos steps up its smart city agenda. There’s uninterrupted Wi-Fi access at the Ndubuisi Kanu Park, Ikeja and also Muri-Okunola Park, Victoria Island. You can also enjoy Wi-Fi at the Johnson Jakande Tinubu Park, Ikeja, all these venues use solar-powered panels, that way users are assured of constant surfing. Speaking on the initiative, Hakeem Fahm, Lagos State Commissioner for Science and Technology said that the free public Wi-Fi at the state’s Parks and Gardens were…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has come under attack from the Yoruba Ronu Leadership Forum over his campaign against President Muhammadu Buhari ahead of the 2019 general elections. In a strongly worded statement signed by its General Secretary, Akin Malaolu, on Friday night, the group said Obasanjo was trying to deceive Nigerians again with “rhetorical and platitudinous speeches”. The statement came barely 24 hours after Obasanjo endorsed the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as the political platform to be deployed to unseat Buhari in 2019. Addressing a news conference in Abeokuta on Thursday, Obasanjo said his Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CNM) had…

Nigeria’s capital inflow has risen to $6.3 billion almost sixfold in the first quarter compared to a year ago, following last year’s liberalisation of the currency for foreign investors and steps to tighten liquidity to attract offshore funds. Figures released on Friday by the National Bureau of Statistics showed capital inflow had hit $6.3 billion in the quarter, dominated by offshore portfolio investors buying local shares and bonds rather than foreign direct investment. Capital imports have been growing especially as economic activity gains pace after Nigeria emerged from a recession last year. They rose for the fourth straight quarter since…