Author: Chronicle Editor

Just before her demise, Olaiya made some comments on her Instagram wall. In an Instagram post two days ago, she wrote: “Allhamdulilahi to you Allah I give all the glory for all you have done. I will forever praise and worship you. It’s not by power but the Grace of Allah. Thank you for the gift of life. Thanks also to all my friends and family my fans for your supports and prayers. Love you all.” And this was penned on Tuesday. The day after, she dramatically left the world. In another post, she made after, she announced to her…

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo will assent to the 2017 budget when he is satisfied with the content, his spokesperson said on Wednesday, in apparent reaction to a report that Information Minister Lai Mohammed said the government was unsure of who to sign the budget. Earlier on Wednesday, Vanguard newspaper had published a report entitled: “We don’t know who will sign 2017 budget – Lai Mohammed.” “It’s absolute rubbish,” said Mr. Mohammed, dismissing the report when contacted by PREMIUM TIMES. Coming shortly after President Muhammadu Buhari’s “medical follow-up” letter to the Senate had generated controversy, Nigerians started expressing concerns over the…

Nigerian air operator, Medview airline, has been banned from operating within the airspace of the European Commission. A statement released by the commission said that a total of 181 airlines have been banned from EU skies. “Today the European Commission updated the EU air safety list, the list of non-European airlines that do not meet international safety standards, and are therefore subject to an operating ban or operational restrictions within the European Union,” said the commsision. “Following today’s update, all airlines certified in Benin and Mozambique are cleared from the list, following further improvements to the aviation safety situation in…

The raid simultaneously conducted on Ikare and Akure motor parks in Ado Ekiti, on Thursday by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency(NDLEA), yesterday disrupted public peace for hours in the capital city. A total of 20 members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers(NURTW), Road Transport Employers’ Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), passengers and hawkers , were arrested during the process and detained for possible prosecution. The NDLEA’s action had sparked up serious protests along Ikare and Akure roads, with drivers brandishing dangerous weapons and chasing passers-by with cutlasses , bottles, knives and clubs. They also threatened to…

President Donald Trump on Thursday called the appointment of a special counsel to lead the Russia probe as “the single greatest witch hunt” in U.S. history, hours after he said he looked forward to a thorough investigation. In the face of rising pressure from Capitol Hill, the U.S. Justice Department named former FBI Director Robert Mueller on Wednesday as special counsel to investigate alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election and possible collusion between Trump’s campaign and Moscow. Trump said in a statement that “a thorough investigation will confirm what we already know, there was no collusion between my…

An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan on Wednesday sentenced a 30-year-old man, Yusuf Nasiru, to death by hanging for strangulating and hacking to death a six-year-old girl. Justice Eni Esan held that the evidence before the court proved that Nasiru was guilty of murder. Mr. Esan said the prosecutor, Abdualah Olawale, was able to prove the charge of murder against the accused. “The accused is an evil man that deserves no mercy for terminating the life of a six-year-old girl; he deserves the full wrath of the law. “He is hereby sentenced to death by hanging until he…

Players who dive in English football will face bans from next season under new Football Association regulations. Under the new rules, passed by the governing body at its annual general meeting on Thursday, a panel will review footage from the weekend each Monday looking for cases of simulation. Any player unanimously found guilty of diving would be given a suspension. The FA also announced it has passed reforms it proposed in March, following criticism over the way it is run. How will the new bans work? The FA defines the new offence for which players will be punished as “successful…

Chocolate City boss, Audu Maikori, has instituted a N10bn lawsuit against Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State for gross violation of his rights. In the suit filed by his lawyers, Ballason’s Chambers, at the Federal High Court, Abuja, Maikori prayed the court to enforce his fundamental rights against undue harassment and intimidation by the Kaduna state government, the state governor and the Nigeria police. The suit came up for hearing before the trial judge, John Tsoho on Tuesday. Maikori, a native of Southern Kaduna, had been at the forefront of an advocacy to bring attention to the killings in the…

At least two soldiers were injured on Wednesday when a female suicide bomber attacked a military post located behind a camp for internally displaced persons in Konduga town of Borno State, police said. The attack occurred at about 7.30 a.m. when the bomber crept on the unsuspecting soldiers. Konduga is about 35 kilometres away from Maiduguri. It is among the few local government headquarters that have been repeatedly attacked but had never been seized by the Boko Haram. Wednesday’s attack came as the second of such incident around the neighbourhood in about 48 hours. On Monday, three female suicide bombers…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Nasarawa State has arrested a 21-year-old suspected candidate for being in possession of firearms in one of the centres of the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in the state. Mr Bashir Lawal-Kano, the state commandant of the NSCDC, told newsmen in Lafia on Thursday that the suspect was arrested at the Nasarawa State Polytechnic centre during a search at the entrance to the hall. Lawal-Kano said that the suspect was arrested on Tuesday after he was found to be in possession of a locally-made pistol and two rounds of live…