Author: Chronicle Editor

Chelsea 1 – Crystal Palace 2 Chelsea’s lead at the top of the Premier League was cut to seven points after they suffered a shock home defeat by Crystal Palace and Tottenham beat Burnley. Antonio Conte’s side had won their past 10 league games at Stamford Bridge and had not lost there in any competition since 16 September, but saw that run ended by a battling Eagles side. The Blues struck first, when Cesc Fabregas turned home Eden Hazard’s cross after five minutes, but they were quickly behind. Wilfried Zaha produced a fine solo finish to turn and fire home…

Football lovers across the nation can be assured of another football feast this weekend as the Nigerian Professional Football League enters its week 17 stage. In Umuahia seventh placed Abia Warriors welcomes ninth placed ABS of Ilorin at the township stadium. Shooting stars will travel to Uyo where they will be entertained by twelfth placed Akwa United at the 30,000 capacity nest of Champions. It will be an all northern affair as Elkanemi line up against fourth placed neighbours Kano Pillars. In Calabar,Rangers coach Imama Amakpakabo will be hoping to end a string of dissapointing results when his bottom placed…

About 328 deaths associated with Meningitis have been recorded in the country since November 2016, as 1.3 million vaccines arrived from World Health Organization and the United Kingdom. The Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday by Mrs Boade Akinola, the Director, Media and Public Relations of the ministry. Adewole assured Nigerians that the ministry would curtail the outbreak of meningitis ravaging some states. “We have started working with the affected states on massive awareness and sensitisation, laboratory investigation and analysis, proper documentation and disease surveillance techniques.’’ The minister added that…

A Special Offences Mobile Court in Oshodi, Lagos, on Saturday remanded 13 students of the University of Lagos in Kirikiri Prisons pending their bail application. The police arraigned the students on a two-count charge of unlawful invasion and disruption of activities. The accused, standing trial before Chief Magistrate P.E Nwaka, are alleged to have engaged in unlawful invasion of TVC Television in Lagos. They all pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge. The magistrate, who ordered that the accused be remanded, adjourned the case till April 6, for a determination of their bail. The accused are: Femi Adeyeye, Toni Aina,…

Nigeria’s Senate President Bukola Saraki is in the news again for the wrong reasons and might be on a collision course with law enforcement agents. A 35-year old kidnap suspect, Abdulrasheed Maigari, arrested by the police has revealed how he and others stole N310m from the residence of the Senate President in Abuja in 2015. Saraki never reported that the said money was missing. Maigari, in a report published by the Vanguard, said he and his gang suspected that the money found in Saraki’s house was government money wrongly appropriated by the Senate President and so decided to steal it.…

MTN has distanced itself from certain numbers dubbed as ‘killer numbers’ on social media and in the news. The serial killer numbers, which have been used to take people’s lives when calls are received through them, are largely believed to be numbers on the MTN Nigeria network. There were also claims that when calls are received from these numbers, the receiver is talked into taking his or her own life. According to a message on WhatsApp: “08030004600 and 08066699666: Warning: Do not pick any of these numbers. They are severe killer numbers, which was reported to have been killing people…

President Donald Trump walked out of an executive order signing ceremony Friday without actually signing the orders. During the signing ceremony, White House pool reporters asked Trump questions about his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who has offered to testify on Russian involvement in the U.S. election in return for immunity from prosecution. According to CNN, The President ignored the questions and moved to another room, only to be chased by Vice President Mike Pence, who picked up the folders containing the two executive orders. Trump later signed the pair of orders aimed at identifying and targeting foreign trade…

Documents released by the White House have revealed millions of dollars in assets held by its senior staff. President Trump’s daughter Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, have assets valued between $240m and $740m (£191m- £590m). That includes a stake in Trump International Hotel, which earned Ms Trump between $1m and $5m last year. The financial disclosure documents also detail salaries of several other high-profile figures in the administration. Ethics regulations require such financial disclosures for staff working in the White House. The documents show income and assets at the time they started working for the US government – before…

Roger Federer needed more than three hours to outlast Nick Kyrgios 7-6(9) 6-7(9) 7-6(5) in a pulsating Miami Open semi-final on Friday to set up another mouthwatering final clash with Rafa Nadal. The Swiss, who has won two of his last three tournaments including the Australian Open, had to dig deep to get through a second straight test after fending off a match point in his quarter-final victory over Tomas Berdych. Australian Kyrgios, who has twice beaten Novak Djokovic over the last month, left his racket a twisted heap on the court after coming up short in a battle against…

Chelsea Wingback Marcos Alonso says the team’s success this season is based on the players absolute trust in Manager Antonio Conte. The high flying “Roman Army” square up against Sam Allardyce’s Crystal Palace in today’s early kick off at the bridge and the Spainiard believes the Italian deserves all the accolades for bringing his innovative methods to bear on the team’s fortunes. Meanwhile, Crystal Palace goal keeper Wayne Hennessy is hopeful that his side can pull a surprise against the highly consistent league leaders and earn another three points on the bounce. Palace have won their last three Premier league…