Author: Chronicle Editor

An Ugandan pastor has set his path of pissing off Christians all over the world after he burnt thousands of bibles in a burning fire. Reports we gathered reveals that the pastor, who is the Head pastor of House of Prayer Ministries, Kampala, Uganda ordered his members of his congregation to gather hundreds of Bible together. The pastor, who was identified as Aloysius Bugingo set the Holy Book on fire. Narration his reasons for his actions, Bugingo says that various versions of the Bible has have been heavily edited, and were misleading his congregation. His actions have been heavily condemned…

Suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation Babachir Lawal is currently in a closed-door meeting with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Lawal arrived Osinbajo’s office minutes after President Muhammadu Buhari suspended him over his alleged complicity in the mismanagement of funds meant for the Presidential Initiative on North East. Earlier today, President Muhammadu Buhari suspended the director-general of National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ayo Oke and the Secretary to the Federal Government, Engineer Babachir David Lawal. Both men have been mired in some controversies. The President has ordered full scale investigations into their cases. Ayo Oke was linked recently with the…

Nigerian police have arrested 53 persons during a gay marriage and arraigned them on Wednesday before a Magistrates’ Court in Chediya in Zaria. The prosecutor, Mr. Mannir Nasir, alleged that the accused were arrested on April 15 at Zaria Motel. They were being charged with conspiracy, unlawful assembly and belonging to a gang of unlawful society. He said the offences contravened Sections 97, 100 and 197(a) of Criminal Procedure Code [CPC]. “On April 15, 2017 at about 2100 hours a team of policemen led by DSP Muhammad Lawal-Mashi arrested and brought to police station 53 persons. “The arrested persons included;…

President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended the director-general of National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ayo Oke and the Secretary to the Federal Government, Engineer Babachir David Lawal. Both men have been mired in some controversies. The President has ordered full scale investigations into their cases. Ayo Oke was linked recently with the shocking discovery of $43.45million in a private apartment in Ikoyi, Lagos by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. He claimed the money belonged to his agency and was approved by the former president Goodluck Jonathan for some covert operation. President Buhari was said to be furious with the claim as…

Former American football star Aaron Hernandez on Wednesday was found dead in prison where he was serving a life sentence for murder, after hanging himself with a bedsheet, prison officials said. Hernandez, 27, was discovered hanging in his cell by corrections officers in Shirley, Massachusetts at approximately 3:05 am (0705 GMT) Wednesday, Christopher Fallon with the Massachusetts Department of Correction said. “Mr. Hernandez hanged himself utilizing a bedsheet that he attached to his cell window,” Fallon’s statement said. “Mr. Hernandez also attempted to block his door from the inside by jamming the door with various items.” Lifesaving techniques were administered…

Dangote Flour Mills has left the noodles business after they sold their assets to Dufil Prima Foods, makers of Indomie noodles, saying it no longer consider it as strategic. In an announcement on Tuesday, by the company, they said in order to smoothen the transition, it had offered Dufil the use of some of its facilities on an interim basis. The noodles business was part of the DFM, which the Dangote Group recently reacquired from Tiger Brands. The Group Managing Director, Dangote Flour Mills, Thabo Mabo, said the divestment was part of strategies of focusing on core areas of flour…

The Chairman of Chanchangi Airlines, Amadu Chanchangi, is dead. The Taraba-born, Kaduna-based billionaire died along Kaduna-Abuja road while on the way to a hospital in Abuja on Wednesday morning. “He died along the road while we were rushing him to a hospital in Abuja, after a protractive illness,” a family source confirmed to our reporter. He is believed to be survived by three wives and about 33 children, among whom is Rufai Chanchangi, a member of the House of representative. “He will be buried by 2 p.m. today (Wednesday) according to Islamic right at the Bashama road cemetery,” another family…

Some Nigerians were lucky not to have crashed in an Aero Contractor flight that left oil-rich Rivers State for Lagos State on 18 April. In a video making the rounds, what appears to be smoke filling a plane while in flight. Some of the passengers appear calm, but you can hear the sound of people praying and chanting. Every One on this aero contractor flight could have died today but for God. I'm grateful. Nigerian airports need new directors/ flights pic.twitter.com/KB65yWRJYw— ORIAKU (OKWESILIEZE) (@puffypearl) April 18, 2017 One of the clips has been taken from the Twitter account of a…

By Tobi Akinmayowa/Chronicle Access Bank has appointed Mr Roosevelt Michael Ogbonna as the new Group Deputy Managing Director. The bank made the announcement on 19 April 2017 in a letter titled ‘Stock Market Announcement’ According to the letter, Mr Roosevelt Michael Ogbonna was appointed as Group Deputy Managing Director to replace Mr Obinna Nwosu who recently resigned his appointment to pursue other personal endeavours. “Mr Ogbonna is a consummate banking professional with over 19 years working experience across Treasury, Commercial and Corporate Banking,” the statement read. “He has been the Group Executive Director, Commercial Banking Division since October 2013. He…

Stargazers will be looking to the skies on Wednesday as an asteroid up to a mile wide passes by the Earth. The asteroid, known as J025, will be the largest to come this close to our planet for the past 13 years. It will pass within 1.1 million miles – just five times as far away from Earth as the Moon is – a close pass in cosmic terms. But we can all breath easy, as NASA says there is no chance it will hit Earth. The object, discovered in 2014, will not be visible to the naked eye but…