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A Peoples Democratic Party chieftain has fled Ogun state, Southwest Nigeria following the killing of a party member in Ota, Ogun State in a gun battle incident which occured on 5 July 2017. Olatunji Sokunbi who switched from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC to the main opposition party, PDP in order to contest the 2019 poll, told Chronicle NG that he and others have been a target of his former party. The Ogun state House of Assembly aspirant, while speaking via telephone from his safe house, he explained that he was returning from Ogun West Senatorial District meeting of…

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Mrs Sade Nubi, Senior Environmental Engineer, University of Lagos (UNILAG), said the institution through its recycling initiative realised about N5 million from waste generated by the university community. Nubi disclosed that this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Cape Coast, Ghana at the ongoing Africa Cleanup conference. She said that the university generates about 32.2 tons of wastes monthly from its 97,000 population including visitors. “We try to make sure that the school environment is clean, we make sure that we sensitise people to know that an we can create wealth from waste. READ: Igbo…

The Progressives Leaders Association (PILA), an organisation sponsoring an Igbo Language School in the US, says a similar school has been opened in South Africa. Mr Chima Umealo, Coordinator of PILA in South Africa, said at a dinner in Johannesburg on Sunday that 16 children had started lesson in the school. He said the group’s aim was to secure the Igbo language and ensure it would not be extinct. “Pila’s aim is to secure the Igbo language because UNESCO had predicted that the language was among those that will go out of fashion in no distant time. “ We decided…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has dismissed claims that it has a member representing the Commission on the newly constituted board at Etisalat Nigeria. The Director of Public Affairs, NCC, Mr Tony Ojobo said this in a statement on Saturday in Lagos. Ojobo said that the attention of the commission had been drawn to a report by some media organisations to the effect that NCC was represented on the new Board of Etisalat. “The commission hereby makes it clear that it is not on the Board of Etisalat. “As the regulator of the telecommunications sector, there was a recommendation suggesting…

Pastor Williams Kumuyi, the General Superintendent (GS) Deeper Life Bible Church, held a resounding crusade in Abuja on Sunday where he prayed for divine intervention in Nigeria and for the progress of the people. At the crusade held at the National Stadium, Kumuyi passionately called upon God to intervene in the lives of the people . The pastor who spoke on a message titled “Effective Plea for Divine Intervention,” said that God was ever ready to intervene if people were ready to call on Him to do so. He said that deliberate leaving all sins and iniquities which serve as…

Everton have made a new offer of £32m for Swansea midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson, 27, which would take their summer spending past the £100m mark. (Daily Mail) Having already agreed a deal to sign Romelu Lukaku from Everton, Manchester United could sign another Chelsea target after agreeing a £35m deal for Monaco midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko, 22. (Daily Star) Arsenal are willing to make a third bid of more than £45m for Monaco winger Thomas Lemar, having already had offers of £30m and £40m turned down this summer. (Daily Mirror) Goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, 27, has been left out of Arsenal’s pre-season tour…

US President Donald Trump’s son agreed to meet a Kremlin-linked Russian lawyer last year after being promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton, the New York Times reports. Donald Trump Jr said he met Natalia Veselnitskaya but that “no meaningful information” on Mrs Clinton was shared. Also at the meeting was the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and then-campaign head Paul J Manafort. US officials are investigating alleged Russian meddling in the US election. The FBI and Congress are both looking at whether Trump campaign officials colluded with the alleged Kremlin plot. The inquiries have yet to show evidence of collusion. The…

Striker Olufela Olomola has joined Yeovil Town Football Club on loan from Premier League side Southampton. Olomola who was born in London to Nigerian parents, Olomola is a former Arsenal youth graduate. The 19-year-old becomes the Glovers’ sixth summer signing, joining until January. The striker made his Saints first-team debut last season and is now relishing his first taste of senior football away from St Mary’s. “I’m buzzing to be here,” he told YTFC’s official YouTube channel. ????: "Ive got great confidence in my own ability and I believe I’ll be able to do great things for #YTFC." @olomola chats.…