Author: Chronicle Editor

Two goals from Son Heung-min gave Tottenham a comfortable 2-0 Premier League win over Huddersfield Town on Saturday. The South Korea international struck in each half to give the home side all three points at Wembley and move them into third in the table, at least temporarily. Spurs, who have won their last seven games against Huddersfield in all competitions and are unbeaten in 34 league meetings with promoted teams, rarely looked troubled against a visiting side who lost the reverse fixture 4-0 in September. Manager Mauricio Pochettino named a strong team, despite the looming visit of Juventus in the…

YouREAD Initiative, one of CSR programmes of GTBank launched in 2017 to rekindle the interest in reading, has given her support to a 40-year old Nigerian, Olubayode Treasures-Olawunmi who is attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the Longest Marathon Read Aloud. The current record holder, Deepak Sharma Bajaan attained the feat in 2008 after he read a total of 17 books in 113 hours and 15 minutes. Now, Treasures-Olawunmi is taking a shot at breaking the world record by reading over 15 Nigerian published books in 120 hours over a period of 6 days at the Herbert Macaulay…

The United Nations has suspended aid work helping tens of thousands of people in northeastern Nigeria after an attack by suspected Boko Haram militants left three humanitarian workers dead and at least three others missing, possibly kidnapped. The suspension of aid work in the town of Rann, which hosts a camp for 55,000 people displaced by the Islamist Boko Haram insurgency, was announced late on Friday in a statement from the spokesman for the UN Secretary-General. The suspected militants killed at least 11 people, including the three aid workers, in an attack on a military barracks in Rann in Borno…

Governor Ayodele Fayose has agreed to a free and fair Peoples Democratic Party governorship primaries in Ekiti state following a reconciliation meeting. This is the outcome of a reconciliation meeting headed by former President of the Senate and PDP stalwart, Senator David Mark in Abuja. In a statement by Paul Mumeh, media assistant to Mark, in Abuja on Saturday other reconciliation committee members included; Senator Enyinaya Abaribe, Ambassador Ibrahim Kazaure, Alhaji YusuF Ayitogo, Ambassador Fidelia Njeze and Dr. Eddy Olafeso (Secretary). The aspirants who have indicated interest for the plum position so far are: the current Deputy governor, Prof. Kolapo…

The Police Command in Taraba has confirmed that five people were killed and several others injured in fresh attacks on Fulani communities by suspected Mambilla militia in Sardauna local government area of the state. The state’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP David Misal, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday. He said that the crisis erupted in Nyiwa and Yerimaru areas on Thursday as a result of a misunderstanding between a farmer and a herder. He said units of mobile policemen and soldiers from the 20 battalion in Serti have been deployed to the area…

Northern governors have resolved to come up with appropriate legislation to deal with the scourge of drug abuse. The governors also appealed to the Federal Government to declare state of emergency on drug abuse in the country. The decision to fight drug menace was taken at the meeting of the Northern Governors’ Forum on Thursday in Kaduna. A communiqué was read at end of the meeting by the Chairman of the Forum, Governor Kashim Shetima of Borno. Other governors in attendance were Governors Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano), Atiku Bagudu ( Kebbi), Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna) and Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State,…

Nigeria has expressed strong commitment to the full and efficient implementation of the provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, stated the commitment in Nigeria’s statement at the 37th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. A statement by Mrs Sarah Sanda, media aide to the Minister, said Onyeama told the gathering that a number of human rights-related bills had been passed into law by the National Assembly. According to him these include the Anti-Torture Act 2017, the Comprehensive Treatment and Care for Victims of Gun-Shot Act 2017, and the…

Barclays Africa Group, South Africa’s No.2 lender by market value, plans to extend its reach throughout the continent, it’s CEO, Maria Ramos said on Thursday after posting annual profit up nearly 4 percent. Ramos said the bank, which is changing its name back to South African brand ABSA after its split from former parent Barclays, aims to enter Nigeria as it seeks to lift its share of the African market to 12 percent from 6 per cent over the medium term. Finance Director Jason Quinn told Reuters that Nigeria has been in its sights for some time. “We would have…

More than 600 shops at the old market in Bida in Niger state have been destroyed by fire on Thursday night. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the fire, which started at about 8:30 p.m. destroyed goods and other property in the old market. Witnesses said firemen from the Bida Fire Service and Federal Polytechnic Fire Service could not access the burnt section of the market as some shops were still in flames. The cause of the fire could not be ascertained as at the time of this report. Alhaji Mohammad Badugu, the Chairman, Bida Local Government, told…

It’s now official! Supermodel Naomi Campbell is off the market. And she is dating British musician Skepta, whose real name is Joseph Junior Adenuga. He is 15 years younger than the fashion icon. There had been rumour about their relationship, but Naomi, 47, confirmed it via an Instagram post on Thursday, when she shared a GQ cover featuring her and her beau cuddled close while wearing nothing but jewelry. Skepta is the first man Naomi has been linked to since Egyptian millionaire Louis C. Camilleri in July 2017, the Mail Online reported. Born Joseph Junior Adenuga on September 19, 1982,…