Author: Chronicle Editor

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the United Nations (UN) of his commitment to conducting credible, free and fair elections in 2019. Buhari gave the assurance when the UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed met him in Abuja, according to a note by the UN issued from New York. “On preparations for the 2019 elections and expected support from the United Nations, President Muhammadu Buhari welcomed continuous support from the United Nations. “And assured the Deputy Secretary-General of his commitment to ensuring credible, free and fair elections in Nigeria,” the UN said. Mohammed undertook a two-day visit to Nigeria from March 23…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has advised public to shun consumption of fruits ripened with calcium carbide, stressing that, it is a criminal offence. The agency gave the warning on Monday in Abuja in a statement signed by its management, saying that dangerous effects of carbide-ripened fruits include cancer and other illnesses. According to the management, consuming such fruits can also cause heart, kidney and liver failure. “NAFDAC hereby warns farmers and the general public against the dangers of using calcium carbide for ripening fruits such as banana, mango, plantain, orange and cashew,” the…

An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Adamawa State, Alhaji Musa Halilu Ahmed, widely known as Musa Yola will on March 31, 2018, be conferred as Dujuma Adamawa, by His Royal Highness, Lamido Adamawa, Alhaji Muhammadu Barindo Aliyu Musdafa PhD OFR. The ceremony, which is billed to hold at the Lamido Adamwa Palace in Yola, Adamawa State, will be attended by traditional rulers from across the six geo-political zones, political and business leaders, among others. Born May 13, 1976 in Gembu (Mambila Plateau) of then Gongola State, Alhaji Musa, is the son of late Alhaji Halilu Ahmadu Chiroma, who was…

In a bid to recover a debt of N361,521,417.74 Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC, (the liquidator of Metropolitan Bank Limited) has dragged a Nigerian businessman Chief Cletus M. Ibeto and his two companies Ibeto Petrochemical Industries Limited and Odoh Holding limited before a Federal high court in Lagos. In an application for the recovery of debt filed before the court by the law firm of Joe kyari Gazama, it was alleged that on the 27th of May, 2003 Ibeto Petrochemical Industries Limited applied for and was granted a revolving Bankers Acceptance facility by defunct Metropolitan Bank Limited in the sum…

MultiChoice Africa and ROK, will on 5 April, launch two new channels, ROK 2 and ROK 3 on DStv and GOtv. The two channels will join ROK (DStv channel 168), which was launched in November 2016, by the Lagos-based film studio renowned for its original TV series and Nollywood movies. ROK 2 and ROK 3 is expected to result in the growth of the studio’s linear TV programming, as it continues to build a pan-African TV audience on one of the continent’s most widely consumed entertainment platforms. The new TV channels will see a spike in content production, as the…

A Lagos widow Amina Adegoke has dragged the Registered Trustees of the Deeper Christian life ministry before a Lagos multi-door court house demanding N20million damages for the death of her husband who died working for the church. Joined as co-respondent is the General Superintendent of the church Pastor W. F. Kumuyi. In a statement of issues filed before the court by a Lagos lawyer Barrister Charles Ebomah, it was alleged that sometime in July 2017 Pastor Kumuyi was scheduled to visit one of the churches at Temidire District, off AIT Road, Alagbado, Lagos for a weekend meeting. Preparatory to the…

The Chairmen of 20 Local Government Areas and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) of Lagos State on Sunday unanimously endorse the State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode for a second term in office. Rising from a meeting with the Governor at Lagos House in Alausa, Ikeja, the council chiefs said their decision to support Governor Ambode for another term was on account of the need to allow him continue with the massive infrastructural renewal and transformation of all parts of the State. The Governor had in recent time received series of endorsements for a second term in office from critical…

At least five civilians were killed and several others wounded in an attack by suspected Boko Haram militants in southeast Niger, near the border with Nigeria, according to local sources. “The BH (Boko Haram) came to the market place early Friday evening, they shot the crowd and took food,” said a resident of Toummour, in the southwest Diffa region, which was targeted by the attack. A local official on Sunday confirmed the toll of “five dead, all civilians”, adding that several were also wounded in the attack. Diffa governor Mahamadou Laoualy Dan went to Toummour on Saturday to “offer his…

A legal practitioner, Dr. Charles Mekwunye has asked the Court of Appeal in Lagos to refrain telecoms operator, MTN from listing its shares in the Nigeria Stock Exchange pending the determination of a suit between him, the telecom giant and four other firms. In his appeal CA/L/1349/16, Dr. Mekwunye is seeking an order of interlocutory injunction restraining MTN, its agents or licenses from listing its shares in the Nigeria Stock Exchange or any globally recognized stock exchange pending the determination of his appeal. Mekwunye had dragged MTN before the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos over the breach of a…

By Koyejo Bajomo Back in 1996, when the the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) licensed 38 internet service providers to sell Internet services in Nigeria, many ICT experts expressed the view that the development would lead to the end of traditional television as a medium of influence. I do not think there is anybody in the modern age with a doubt that the internet is a powerful medium of communication. The belief that Internet will replace traditional television is not peculiar to Nigeria. When the internet launched in America, many in the industry thought that television viewing, as we still know…