Author: Chronicle Editor

Earlier this month it was revealed that Juli Briskman, the cyclist who went viral after sticking a middle finger up at Donald Trump’s motorcade, had lost her job due to the protest. The 50-year-old mother of two had been working for government contractor Akima LLC, who didn’t take kindly to the attention she had brought on herself and the company. The internet has subsequently stepped in, and stepped up, for Briskman and a GoFundMe was promptly launched to help her out. The GoFundMe campaign, which has a goal of $100,000, is currently at over $70,000 and rising. Read Also Serena…

Tennis superstar Serena Williams will wed Alexis Ohanian in New Orleans, an event that has been labelled secret as the couple did not share the information publicly. Music royalties Beyonce and Jay Z, along with actress Eva Longoria are among the A-listers reportedly convening in New Orleans for Williams’ wedding to Reddit co-founder Ohanian. People and The Daily Mail, citing unnamed sources, have reported that about 250 guests will be invited to the ceremony at the Contemporary Arts Center in the Big Easy. The Daily Mail said the wedding planning has been shrouded in secrecy and guests would not learn…

Post-mortem examinations on the bodies of 26 teenage migrant girls found dead in the Mediterranean in early November confirmed they almost all drowned at sea, Italian news agencies reported Wednesday. The loss of the girls — believed to be Nigerians aged 14 to 18 — has been described by the Nigerian foreign ministry as “a monumental loss and a sad moment for our country”. According to the post-mortems carried out in Salerno in southern Italy, 25 of the girls died of asphyxiation in the water, most of them when the inflatable dinghy they were travelling on sank. One girl suffered…

A train has derailed at the Abbatoir area of Agege, the outskirts of Lagos on Thursday morning. Several death have been recorded, others were seriously injured while many vehicles and properties were destroyed. Confirming the incident, the state’s police spokesman, Olarinde Famous-Cole told the Sun that the train rammed into a trailer, injuring many and leaving unconfirmed number of victims feared dead. Read Also Chinua Achebe honoured with google doodle “We just got the information. Our policemen and those attached to the railway command are in control of the situation. I cannot confirm any death, but I can tell you…

Security in Anambra has been tightened as voters in the southeast state go the polls to elect a new governor this weekend, after a call from a pro-Biafran group for people to boycott the polls. The result of Saturday’s election is unlikely to change anything politically at national level but proceedings are being watched closely because of what analysts have said are “unprecedented” measures to stop unrest. Nigeria’s federal police said it is sending 26,000 extra police officers, including counter-terrorism and bomb disposal specialists, sniffer and attack dogs. Three surveillance helicopters will monitor proceedings from the air, while there will…

Late Nigerian author, Chinua Achebe has been honoured with a Google doodle. Google is celebrating Achebe to mark what would have been his 87th birthday. Achebe, who is considered as the father of modern African literature, was born on November 15, 1930, in Ogidi in Eastern Nigeria. Chinua Achebe was one of the greatest African writers of his generation. Read Also Nigeria monitoring probe of killings in South Africa His best-known novel ‘Things Fall Apart’ is one of the most read books in the world. According to The Economist, it has been translated into more than 50 languages, with over…

For your peeps in Diaspora, here’s an opportunity to get a Bank Verification Number (BVN) and not lose all that millions they have stashed in Nigerian banks. If they are reluctant to come home, they can at least go to any of the BVN centers closet to their location to be enrolled. Think about it, if they do not want to do it for themselves, they can do it for you and then wire you all the millions in the account. I’m pretty sure that will come in handy for those of us in Naija. Below are the centers approved…

The Federal Government says it is following police investigations on the death of two Nigerians in South Africa and also taking action to protect its citizens. A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja on Wednesday, signed by the Spokesperson, Mr Tope Elias-Fatile, said their death occurred in two separate incidents. “The mission informs that the first incident involved Mr Ikechukwu Mmanwoke Edmond, an indigene of Anambra State, who was murdered in front of his home in Marvern, a suburb of Johannesburg. “The second incident involved Mr Eluka Agu, who was beaten to death during a robbery alongside…

… Raises N50bn through bond Issuance Programme …Partners with Caterpillar dealer Unatrac Ltd, UK Viathan Engineering Limited a leading indigenous provider of integrated captive and embedded power solutions and a pioneer in the Nigerian power industry recently in London executed a technical partnership agreement with Caterpillar dealer Unatrac Ltd UK; a leading industry supplier of Caterpillar generators. Having set a plan to achieve a generation capacity of 200MW over a five (5) year period from its current 50MW, Viathan Engineering Ltd thus found in Caterpillar/Unatrac a formidable partner to work with in the realisation of its ambitious growth plans. Choosing…

Manchester United are prepared to let Marouane Fellaini leave for nothing at the end of the season rather than sell the midfielder in January. Fellaini’s contract expires on 30 June and while United began talks with the Belgian over a new deal last season, so far there has been no agreement. The 29-year-old rejected United’s latest offer in September. Marouane Fellaini, who joined United for £27m in August 2013, was then manager David Moyes’ first significant signing. READ: Aguero collapses during Argentina-Nigeria match It is understood Fellaini gave up £4m in bonuses in order to ensure the transfer went through.…