Author: Chronicle Editor

On World AIDS Day, the United States remembers all those who have lost their lives to AIDS, and honours those working together to stop this disease, from caregivers to the families, friends, and communities supporting them. Each year, we renew our commitment to assist those who are living with, or at risk from HIV/AIDS. In Nigeria and around the world, we are closer to controlling the HIV/AIDS pandemic than ever before – binding communities, scientists, and political leaders together to envision a very different future. What once seemed impossible is now possible. But our work is far from done. Through…

An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness on Thursday said a former Director of Finance and Account in Abia State Government House, Umuahia, Jones Udeogu, once claimed that the state engaged the company of former Governor of the state, Orji Kalu, to import Okrika (second-hand clothes) from Cotonou, Benin Republic. According to an investigator with the EFCC, John Egem, Udeogu made the claim when he was confronted with documents showing movement of funds from the coffers of the Abia State Government House into the Inland Bank account of Kalu’s private company, Slok Nigeria Limited. Egem said when Udeogu was,…

David Silva has signed a one-year contract extension to keep him at Manchester City until 2020. The 31-year-old Spaniard joined the Blues from Valencia for £24m in 2010. The midfielder has won two Premier League titles, an FA Cup and two League Cups during his time with City. Pep Guardiola’s side are eight points clear at the top of the Premier League after a run of 12 consecutive wins. El Mago, @21lva signs a new contract! #mancity https://t.co/rhjkjdzhr4— Manchester City (@ManCity) November 30, 2017 Commenting on the new deal, Silva said, “I am so happy to have committed my future…

…As Gov Urges Muslims To Pray For Nigeria’s Progress, Unity At Eid-El-Maulud The Nasrul-lahi-li Fathi Society (NASFAT) of Nigeria on Thursday commended Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode for displaying high level of religious tolerance ever since assuming the mantle of leadership two and half years ago, saying that the development had brought about peace and harmony among all the religious bodies in the State. National President of NASFAT, Alhaji Kamil Abayomi Abolarinwa, who said this when he led the national leadership of the body on a courtesy visit to Lagos House in Alausa, Ikeja, also lauded Governor Ambode for…

A Nigerian returnee from Libya has revealed that 25 compatriots, ferried from Nigeria to Libya by a trafficker identified as Charles, perished in the Sahara Desert, in the course of the journey. The returnee, who identified himself as Alex Otoide, from Edo state, said seven members of the group also died inside a Libyan jail. “We were 55 that travelled from here to Libya, 25 people died in the desert.More than seven people died from hunger and thirst inside the prison”, Otoide said in a report published by TheNation newspaper today. Otoide spoke with journalists in a government camp in…

Dr Zakari Umar, the Executive Director of Nasarawa State Aids Control Agency (NASACA), says 54 babies delivered between January and September in the state tested positive to HIV. Umar made this known on Thursday in Lafia in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Umar said out of the 1,194 pregnant women who keyed into the Prevention of Mother- to- Child Transmission (PMTCT) HIV programme in 2017, 54 of them transmitted the virus to their babies. He explained that cases of transmission recorded were due to lack of adherence to medical advice and refusal to take prescribed drugs.…

Google has introduced ‘Datally’, a mobile data-saving app that helps one to understand, control and save data into the emerging market. The Google Country Manager, Mrs Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor in a media briefing in Lagos, said that with Datally, one could save and do more with data. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that an emerging market is a country that has some characteristics of a developed market, but does not meet standards to be a developed market. This includes countries that may become developed markets in the future. According to Ehimuan-Chiazor, the app is a technology built to tackle…

Pan-African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has once again proven its leadership on the continent, as the Banker Magazine crowned UBA the “African Bank of the Year 2017”. This Banker Award is premier for Nigeria, as it marks the first time a Nigerian-headquartered bank will be wining the prestigious and highly coveted regional award. To further demonstrate the group’s strength and dominance in the financial sector on the continent, four of UBA Group’s operations in Africa also led contenders in their respective countries to emerge the Best Bank of the Year 2017 in their respective markets. UBA…

The Nigerian artist Wizkid may have missed the Grammy nomination this year, but he beat a strong field including Jay-Z, Drake, Travis Scott and Kendrick Lamar to net the best international artist prize at the Mobo awards in London Wednesday night. Other artists edged out by Wizkid are Cardi B, DJ Khaled, Migos, Solange Knowles, SZA. Another Nigerian artist Davido, also emerged the best African Act for the year. He beat a field of artists, including Wizkid to get the award. READ: Trump slams Theresa May: Don’t focus on me, focus on terrorism The other artists in the pack were:…

Donald Trump has told UK Prime Minister Theresa May to focus on “terrorism” in the UK after she criticised his sharing of far-right videos. “Don’t focus on me, focus on the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom,” Mr Trump tweeted. .@Theresa_May, don’t focus on me, focus on the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom. We are doing just fine!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 30, 2017 The US president had earlier retweeted three inflammatory videos posted online by a British far-right group. Mrs May’s spokesman said it was…