Author: Chronicle Editor

North Korea says it has successfully tested a long-range “intercontinental” missile. It is the first time North Korea has claimed to have successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which could potentially have the range to reach the US mainland. Earlier the US said a missile landed in the Sea of Japan but that it did not pose a threat to North America. North Korea has increased the frequency of its missile tests, raising tensions. An announcement on North Korea state television said it had launched a Hwasong-14 missile, overseen by their leader Kim Jong-un. It said the projectile reached…

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The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) today strongly opposed the bail application filed before a Federal High Court in Lagos on behalf of five accused men alleged to have imported 661 pump-action rifles into the country without lawful authority. The prosecuting counsel from the office of the Attorney General of the Federation K.A. Fagbemi, while opposing the bail applications filed by the accused, told the court that it would not augur well for them to be released into the society on bail. Fagbemi, who noted that one of the five accused persons was still at large, argued further that…

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Aston Villa have signed former Chelsea and England captain John Terry. The 36-year-old defender, whose contract at Stamford Bridge expired on 30 June, has signed a one-year deal with the Championship club. Terry, who won 78 caps for England, played 717 games for Chelsea and won his fifth Premier League title in May. Villa finished 13th in the Championship last season but Steve Bruce’s side are among the favourites to win automatic promotion to the top flight in 2017-18. Arsenal to announce Riyad Mahrez signing, PSG prepare Coutinho bid Birmingham City manager Harry Redknapp said in June that his club…

Nigeria’s former Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule, who is Dan Masanin Kano, is dead. He died on Monday morning in a hospital in Cairo, Egypt following a brief illness, a statement released by Alhaji Ashiru Shariff, his close aide said. Late Maitama Sule served Nigeria in various capacities. He was a politician, acclaimed orator and diplomat. ntel gets endorsement for #HalleluyahChallenge In 1976, he became the Federal Commissioner of public complaints, a position that made him the nation’s pioneer ombudsman. In early 1979, he was a presidential aspirants of the National Party of Nigeria but…

Manchester United and Paris St-Germain will meet the £174m release clause in Barcelona forward Neymar’s contract if the Brazil international chooses to leave the Spanish giants. (Don Balon via Daily Star) Arsenal are close to announcing the signing of Leicester’s Algeria winger Riyad Mahrez, 26.(Calciomercato – in Italian) The Gunners could complete a deal for 26-year-old Lyon and France striker Alexandre Lacazette within the next 48 hours, according to the French club’s president Jean-Michel Aulas.(Le Progress via Evening Standard) Paris St-Germain have enquired about the availability of Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho, with the Reds valuing the 25-year-old Brazil midfielder at 100m…

ntel, Nigeria’s first 4G/LTE Advanced network received an unsolicited PR boost early in the evening of Saturday July 1, 2017. The boost came from an Instagram post made by gospel artiste, Nathaniel Bassey, and visionary behind the viral #halleluyahchallenge which ran from June 1 to June 30 2017 during which Mr. Bassey led a praise worship session via Instagram. The challenge was so successful, it notched up over 550,00 followers for the artiste and landed him a spot on CNN. It also helped him get his Instagram account verified. Following the success of Halleluyah Challenge, an excited Nathaniel Bassey told…

John Cardinal Onaiyekan, the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, has called on Christians, to rise and Christianise Nigeria instead of complaining that Muslims want to Islamise the nation. Onaiyekan made the call in his homily at a Mass to celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation at Our Lady of Perpertual Help Parish, Gwarinpa II on Sunday in Abuja. “So let nobody deceive you, I don’t think there is anybody who has plan to Islamise Nigeria, but even if they do, they have every right to do so. “They have every right to do so provided they also know that I have the…